I've been watching several YouTube videos and drawing some doodle fill and border patterns for inspiration as I'm often stumped when it comes to choosing what patterns to use and I tend to revert to a limited well-tested vocabulary! I also found some interesting videos with instructions for mandala patterns which would also…
Two more doodle art drawings The first is black and white with a pop of colour in the form of some orange flowers. The second is also mostly black and white apart from the scallop shell in the centre, and this time I have coloured the background. Both pictures were coloured using my…
Doodly Neurographic Art I did another neurographic picture today, this time starting with a background created with Tombow Dual Brush markers. To create this background, I scribbled with several colours of Tombow markers onto a large acrylic block (seen left, under the drawing) and spritzed it with water. I placed it face down…
Exciting new art materials Derwent Coloursoft coloured pencils I have been doing more drawing and colouring recently, and have become increasingly frustrated with my limited set of cheap colouring pencils which are perpetually breaking, so I decided to treat myself to a decent set - the first I have ever owned. I did…
Neurographic Art Chi Rho Tree of Life I decided this picture needed a few more finishing touches, so I added some more lines to the tree roots, and also emphasised the shape of the cross a bit more, by adding some more brown colouring. I think it looks better now. Here it is…
A dear friend of mine in Brazil has started adding drawings to a beautiful book she acquired recently. The theme is mostly Mediaeval and she is illuminating the paintings and text with gold leaf. Most of the entries are based on prayer, or celebrating heroes of the faith from the past, whose words…
This afternoon I dew my first tree. I was inspired by this YouTube video. The lines were drawn with permanent black fine liner pens, and the corners in the branches were rounded off with a gold Sharpie marker (unfortunately the gold doesn't show up adequately on the photo). The colour was added with…
An interesting video came up in my YouTube feed today - a tutorial on neurographic art. I had never heard of this before and it looked intriguing. This art form was invented by Pavel Piskarev, a Russian psychologist, in 2014, with the theory that it would develop more neural connections in the brain.…
The downward spiral In 2020 we longed for the normality of 2019. In 2021 we thought that perhaps 2020 hadn’t been so bad after all. “Three weeks to flatten the curve”? Hmm. The majority are ruled by fear and are willingly giving up their basic freedoms and submitting to totalitarianism. However, for the…
What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? Oh joy, back in my newly revamped studio and actually making some ART!!! I can't tell you how good this feels. However, my studio is now a MESS again - it didn't take long, did it - but at least this is "working" mess as opposed to…
