Flowers in acrylic

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it.
Today's is flowers in acrylic.
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Rose

I'm creating a drawing a day, for two years, for practice and fun, to see what I learn by it.
Today's is a rose. (Actually yesterday's)
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Sea

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

Today's drawing is a seascape.
Today's tip is: semetrical is usually not best, put things in groups of three and five(whole objects or just dark parts of a whole). Put horizons in any part of the page that is not the middle.

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Comino, Malta

This is the island of Comino, off the coast of Malta. There are no shops or houses, just rocks and beach. You take a picnic and a boat drops you for the day. When I went I lost a sandal in the med, of the front of the boat. A big wave just sucked it right off my foot which was hanging off the side of the boat. but I didn't need it all day. #drawingadayclub

Abu Dhabi, escape British February!

This is Abu Dhabi. It's so so so hot you think your standing in the blast from a jet engine the whole day long! I got a real fright when a fish nibbled my foot! Those foot spas you get...I was not paid up or ready, and I nearly jumped clean out of two meters of water warmer than your last sauna! I'm thinking of doing a whole set of beaches I wish I was back at instead of in Britain in February! #drawingadayclub #kirsteenlyons #kirsteenlyonsart

Tulip

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

Blue grey water

Today I paddled in the place where blue meets grey, and skimmed stones across to gold! #drawingadayclub

Poppy

I'm creating a drawing a, just for the art of it.
Today's is a poppy. I've done two textile designs today and felt I'd had enough of painting but I got into this once I started. So often the case. #drawingadayclub

Wave

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it.
Today's is a wave. As a kid I was mesmerised by the waves in Asterix and Obelix, then as a young woman I found Hakusai prints on a gallery in Munich and stood transfixed so long they began to wonder if I was researching for a heist! Four years living on the coast did not satisfy my fascination with each and every breaker! #drawingadayclub

Confession of a cheating scoundrel!

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

I started on the 16th of January 2016 after seeing Dominic Roberts doing it and filled some days backwards to get the year full. I had no idea why I was doing it beyond it sounded fun.
Now I have very clear ideas what it does. It helps me by teaching me dicapline and practice and I get some creative time each day which keeps the rubbish out of my head a bit. For my friends, it shares a bit of beauty and some of my ideas, it's communication.

Sometimes I put a filter on a pic that makes it look better, sometimes I miss one and do it the next day, sometimes I use other art I was doing anyway but yesterday was the first time I really cheated! I found a drawing form 2016 I had never shared and as I was sick but didn't want to draw twice I shared it! There, I'm clean now!

Here is the drawing I owe from yesterday.

Water lily

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it.
Today's is a water lily. I'm also very pleased with my new mini paint set! :)

Flowers

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

Today's are some flowers.

Wax crayon and watercolour flowers

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

My daughter (who is eight) said about her painting, "You have to like it because if you hate, it that means you hate me." I understand, art is so personal, a little bit of your soul, but if you are going to show it to anyone, even close friends, you need to unlearn that. Art is personal to them too, that means what they like can be wildly different to what you do, even if you are very good. Whatever you do is valid regardless of others. And for the record, I love all my daughter's paintings but they, and she would still be good even if I didn't!

I have included my daughter's painting.

Irises

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

White tiger

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

Today's is a white tiger finding something to eat.

Akaroa Bay New Zealand.

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

This is Akaroa Bay, New Zealand.

I think I left part of my heart here, not only is New Zealand so beautiful it's like Scotland with the volume turned up, brilliant colour and less secretive landscape, but also this trip was the last time I saw my grandad alive. Saying goodbye to a 93 year old man who lived, literally, at the other side of the world, I think we both knew it would be.

Further I saw Christchurch before it was all but flattened in the earthquake shortly after. So this image, for me, is of a time, utterly unreturnable to.

Nile Felucca

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

Nile felucca

These graceful little boats with their asymmetrical sails litter the Nile's banks, competing for space with house boats and hotel balconies.

I took one from Luxor to Banana island, it seemed like easy sailing over very smooth water but the men who sail these boats must know the strange currents in such a big, shifting river.

They make you tea on board, with a tiny gas stove, in a shot glass and medicinally sweet!

Out on the more than a mile wide river it's cool, the only cool outdoor place I experienced in Egypt. When you get to Banana island it's hot again. But as the island is thickly forested with banana trees, it's a shadowy hot unknown on the banks of the Nile, which are cultivated or bare but not thick with trees usually.

You get tiny bananas to eat, a hand span long and sweet, really sweet!

Egypt is a treasure, I loved it, and despite any Egyptology you may have studied, I challenge you to stand under the columns of the template at Karnak and not believe aliens helped build it!

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Loch Lomond drawing and film.

I'm creating a drawing a day for the art of it.
Today's is Loch Lomond, very close to where I was born.

Here is a film of me drawing.

https://youtu.be/J1oK5-GkuN0

Daffodil

I am creating a daring a day for a year, just for the art of it. Today I have done daffodils.