Summer and an art tip.

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it, and sharing an art tip too.

It's summer, it's festival time, it's beach time, it's camping time!
Today's drawing is a summer doodle.
#drawingadayclub
Tip: Folding up a pop up tent always involves a fleeting moment of panic and a more lasting moment of triumph, most art is like this in my limited experience, I try to persevere to the winning moments.

Birds in flight and tip from Lee

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it, and sharing an art tip too.

Today's drawing is birds in flight.
Today's tip is from actor director Lee Purcell.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002517/bio

Lee Purcell This is actually harder than I thought , as during a lifetime ( still going strong) of art, I have gone through several evolutions of how I create art and several different types of art. I think my best tip (s) ( at least for today) is be true to yourself as an artist, don't be afraid to experiment and discard those experiments. When your heart and breath beat faster and you're experiencing what might be considered fear it's really excitement and adrenaline and you're on the right track. Try many different forms and genres of art, you might just surprise yourself. And remember, you can pursue more than one type of art at a time! One last thing, don't think you can run away from being an artist because you can't, it'll just chase you down and jump in your face until you give up and just be an artist.

Apple blossom

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it, and sharing an art tip too.

Today's drawing is apple blossom.
Today's tip is: I don't know best for your art - you do!
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Scotland, mountains and sea, stories and secrets.

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it, and sharing an art tip too.
Today's drawing is Scotland, mountains and sea.
Today's art tip: Examine all conventions for your self. In art, as in life, some conventions are there because they work well, for example: windows looking dark in the distance, or top lip darker than bottom lip, others are perhaps obsolete, or false to begin with, example: brown tree trunks (they are usually silver, grey, green or black). Use your own looking skills, they are the true gift an artist brings the world.
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Campervan, what do the signs say?

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it, and sharing an art tip too.
Today's drawing is a campervan collage.
Today's tip: Whatever else you do art for, teaching, making money, political messages, to win a contest... don't forget to do it for joy.
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Sharks

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it, and sharing an art tip too.

Today's drawing is sharks, l love them!

Today's art tip: Use the biggest brush you dare, use the biggest paper you dare, and get yourself a bunch of it so you don't feel it's too valuable and you have to get it right. Things look good big, it will uncramp you and help you like what you do!

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Kingfisher and art tip.

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it.
Today's is a kingfisher.

I'm also now offering an art tip every day.

Today's tip: Create as you go. The realm of imagination is a perfect place where anything is possible, the material world is not! Try not to create a perfect art work in your mind and then unfavourably compare it with an attempt to "copy" it on paper, that is the way to hate everything  you create, start an unfinished idea and create it as you work in the real world. One day the technology will exit to put your imagination straight onto the page, till then give those finished ideas a kiss and wave them off to the clouds.

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Dolphins

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it.
Today's is dolphins. #drawingadayclub

 #kirsteenlyons #kirsteenlyonsart #kirsteenlyonsdesign

Butterfly

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it.
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Today's is a butterfly. I have been designing furnishing fabric for the last two hours which I have to keep secret untill it's sold and manufactured - it's very nice for me to share the drawing of the day with my friends and have a two way communication!

If you want to see some textile design that is not secret you can see it here:
http://enchantedtextiledesign.blogspot.co.uk

Also I have included a picture of me wearing one of my fabrics.

Ice-skating girl

I'm creating a drawing a day, for two years (yeah! It's official, I'm going to do it again) just for the art of it.

Some of my lovely artist friends have decided to do it too (some every day, some once a month) and you can search on Facebook for #drawingadayclub to see their varied and interesting works of art.

Today's drawing is a girl ice-skating. My daughter Jasmine of course.

Calligraphy butterfly with a brush

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it.
Today's is a calligraphy butterfly, yesterday's concept, with a bit more of whatever it was it needed, probably giving a **it, I was pretty exhausted yesterday.

Also I had some excellent advice, a girl needs a master calligrapher to turn to in times of stress! :)

River landscape with directional pencil lines.

I'm creating a drawing a day for a year, just for the art of it.

Today's is a landscape where I have been careful to keep the pencil lines all going one way and then broken my rule on top.

Dolphins playing

I'm creating a drawing a day for a year, my daughter chose the subject today.

Today's are dolphins playing.

Home - Ben Lomond viewed from Loch Lomond.

I'm creating a drawing a day for a year, just for the art of it.

Today's is Ben Lomond. Ben means "mountain" and Lomond probably comes from "laom" meaning blaze or beacon. Presumably a beacon was once lit on "mountain beacon" and I guess the loch was named after the mountain. Loch means lake.

I was born here here which is why I refer to it as home, it's also the clan lands of my ancestors.

Day 262 of 366 (it's a leap year).

Dragonfly fairy

I'm creating a drawing a day for a year, just for the art of it.

Today's is a dragonfly fairy. Day 256.

The colour is very subtle and has not photographed well in artificial light.

Butterfly

I'm creating a drawing a day for a year, just for the art of it.

Today's is a butterfly.

Rays

I'm creating a drawing a day for a year, just for the art of it.

Today's is a group of rays. I like to tell anyone who will listen that I've seen these in the wild off the coast of Australia. They are so sure of themselves - wolves of the sea!

Butterfly with tipex

I'm creating a drawing a day for a year, just for the art of it.

Today's is a butterfly with mixt media, including tipex.

Bamboo, butterfly and scribble!

I'm creating a drawing a day for a year, just for the art of it.

Today's is a butterfly on bamboo.

I am making it up as I go and I seem to have scribbled all over this one 30 seconds before it was finished. I'm completely mystified as to why I did this, as before the scribble it was a nice tight, perfectly acceptable drawing! Perhaps it makes it? I'm honestly not too sure!

The beauty of doing a drawing a day is it doesn't really matter if it's a good idea or not, I can just try it, there are loads more to go, and no money related deadline on my back. :)

Peacock

I'm creating a drawing a day for a year, just for the art of it.

Today's is a peacock.