Thrummie Bizzum

Month: August 2024

  • Monday Postcard

    Monday Postcard

    I spent some time swatching colours today, and mixing with a limited palette, and I also got stuck in with three gel plates rotating for a bit, but my favourite postcard from today is this sketch. Til the morn, Suzanne 184/200

  • I’ve Pulled

    I’ve Pulled

    The satisfaction to be had slowly pulling a gel print that has been left overnight is so good. This was all pulled as one, so lots of waiting for layers to dry in between. It just needs a little tweak on one eye, and it’s good to go. Til the morn, Suzanne 183/200

  • On The Gel Plate

    On The Gel Plate

    Playing with charcoal transfers of the weird face I made the other day. This one is still on the gel plate with the layer drying before I try pulling it. Til the morn, Suzanne 182/200

  • Skull and Red

    Skull and Red

    It’s very weird accepting the death of Murphy even though I knew that it was not going to be long. I just knew. He wasn’t my dog, he only came to stay here for his holidays, and odd weekends here and there, but he was tied up in the story of my own dog who…

  • Inspired By Old Sketchbook Page

    Inspired By Old Sketchbook Page

    I’ve probably said this before, but there are so many videos on social media flipping through perfect and beautiful sketchbooks, and that’s all very relaxing to watch, but my sketchbooks are a clusterbourach of discombobulation, especially the older stuff. That’s fine, there are all sorts of ways of filling a book, and although I have…

  • Dour Mood

    Dour Mood

    Til the morn, Suzanne 179/200

  • Sad

    Sad

    Dogs don’t live long enough, and all I have is paint smears. Til the morn, Suzanne

  • RIP

    RIP

    The northern lights came last night, and I felt that was a sign that my dear, sweet Murphy’s time was close. My parents messaged me to say he’s had a bad day yesterday, and they didn’t think he was there anymore, so when the aurora showed, it felt like a message. He will be going…

  • Sunday Splash

    Sunday Splash

    I love watercolours. I hate watercolours. I love watercolours. I don’t know how to use watercolours. I know how to use watercolours, I just don’t practise. I have a Let’s Face It class from months ago that is haunting me. I really want to nail it, but it is just not happening. The artist is…

  • Critic Versus Paintbrush

    Critic Versus Paintbrush

    The remnants of my recent migraine were crawling around my brain today, combined with not enough sleep brought on by staying up too late last night watching art YouTube and wondering if I am going to go on the rollercoaster that is the learning curve of making vlogs. I’m not sure if it’s me, really.…

  • By The Sea

    By The Sea

    I spent some time today doing another two colour play exercise, but this time I chose my colours. I didn’t enjoy it as much as yesterday, and although I mixed some nice colours, I wasn’t feeling the interplay between a transparent paint and an opaque one. Not today. It was a fun warm up exercise,…

  • Two Colour Play Portrait

    Two Colour Play Portrait

    Today I opened my insanely ancient sketchbook that I would really like to finish with no idea what I was going to do, so I stared at the blank page for a few minutes. Sometimes I think gardening and painting involve a very similar process of standing and staring at things until something in the…