Linzé Brandon's Blog, page 21

A to Z Challenge: Day 21 - U

UMBRELLA by LinzéI did this all ink umbrella frame for a miniature art exhibition last year. It is a card 7 x 7 cm made from fine art paper with its own envelope.

A to Z Challenge: Day 20 - T

TIME by LinzéMy next art journal entry in my Stoicism series this year of #JournalArt2020. It was done with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils and a Faber-Castell PITT marker for the text. The size of the leaf is 100% since I picked up the leaf and then traced it directly on the journal's pages before colouring it.

A to Z Challenge: Day 19 - S

Shilpa Suraj on Love, Marriage, and Other Disasters(a guest post)Divorced, Ice Queen, Snob, Homewrecker, Damaged These are just some of the labels applied to Alisha, the heroine of Love, Marriage, and Other Disasters. Whether they are deserved, true or even just required, labels are less about who the person truly is and more about how people wish to slot them.When I was growing up, relatives would often tell my parents to stop giving me ideas. Because a girl having actual ideas would be the...

A to Z Challenge: Day 18 - R

Red by LinzéMy first colour drawing for the Intober52 challenge was a bit of a fluke - I didn't want to draw something similar that I have been drawing since the start of the challenge in January. In April the prompts are colours because of a sponsor of the event, and the illuminated letters were born. I have always loved old books and these really old books were copied and decorated by hand.
   So I have continued with the theme of the illuminated letters for both RED and BLUE. They...

A to Z Challenge: Day 17 - Q

QUIRKY bird by LinzéI did an online Sketchbook Workshop while in isolation and one of the lessons was this quirky bird. The artist/presenter of this lesson was Tamara Laporte (https://www.willowing.org). I loved the concept and shared it with the artists in my writers' group who also made their own quirky birds. But here is mine. Enjoy!

A to Z Challenge: Day 16 - P

POT by LinzéOne day I was itching to draw something a little more challenging, so I decided to compose a still life. I photographed the greyish pot standing on a draped piece of black fabric I found in Francois' studio. I used my phone to capture the still life.

It was done with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils on black paper.

A to Z Challenge: Day 15 - O

Oryx by LinzéA drawing I did a while back - white pencil on black paper. The photograph was taken by an ex-colleague who kindly gave his permission for me to use it.

A to Z Challenge: Day 14 - N

Charlene Namdhari's A STRANGER'S AFFECTION** a book feature **

e-BookRevenge is a deadly weapon. But it takes a special kind of vengeance to make a woman kill without remorse, to laugh without mirth, to challenge without thought. Kidnapped at seventeen, held captive and then forced into the world of crime, Nishani Scott Callahan defines fearless.
Back with her family eleven years later and ready for normalcy,...

A to Z Challenge: Day 13 - M

Memories of Moments by Andrea Vermaak
I have a small magnetic white board on the side of my fridge. When I first moved into my own place, I wrote,  The small, seemingly meaningless moments make the most extraordinary memories.  This quote (my own) is still there on that tiny white board because its so true in my life.

Ive had the privilege of meeting many people and travelling a bit, but its not visiting Edinburgh Castle or London Tower, or meeting Just Jinger or The Parlotones that...

A to Z Challenge: Day 12 - L

Lemons and Lemonade by Carmen BotmanWhile Ive been handed many lemons during my lifetime (who hasnt?) there are a few big ones that have stood out.Ive always considered myself to be a writer and this was my ultimate goal. I was utterly convinced that I would be a full-time writer one day, living in a remote cottage somewhere in the world, producing novel after novel. I completed my first manuscript a week before my eighteenth birthday. I was on my way to achieving my dream. Big lemon number...