Linzé Brandon's Blog, page 22

A to Z Challenge: Day 11 - K

Kayelle Allen's A STOLEN HEART (a book feature)After rescuing a half-alien / half-human child who's running for his life, warrior-turned-entrepreneur Luc Saint-Cyr stumbles onto a conspiracy at the highest levels of the powerful Thieves' Guild. Complicating matters, Luc's immortal ex might be involved.Now Luc must deal with his ex, find a home for the child, squelch the flames of conspiracy and eradicate its perpetrators. As if that's not enough, an unseen enemy is undoing every good thing...

The Creative Life during #LockdownSA (with 20 days still to go)

The Challenge: 2020 I am sure you will agree that 2020 has not lived up to the expectations that we have set for ourselves on 1 January. But has it been that bad? Of course, for the people who were infected by the Covid-19 virus, it has not been fun at all.
For those families who have lost someone they loved to the infection, it is heartbreaking.And for the politicians and world leaders trying to figure out how to keep their countries' economies stable (at least) and fight the impact of the...

A to Z Challenge: Day 10 - J

JOY by LinzéWhat makes you happy? The one thing that always makes me happy is rain. I love the sounds, and smells. Especially after the rain has gone and the world seems extra clean and green like being washed from all the dust and pollution of our modern world.
Rain drops on frangipani leaves and flowers
 - drawn by Linzé (ink on Moleskine)

A to Z Challenge: Day 9 - I

Inktober52 - a 52 week challenge for sketchers and artists alikeThe challenge runs on Instagram and if you follow the #Inktober52 you will see the amazing things people are drawing for the same prompt.


For me this has been a terrific experience to practice my ink drawing skills every week. I have managed to keep up with the challenge - get the prompt on Thursday, and post to my Instagram before the next Thursday. Sometimes it was tough, but I am committed to do this challenge...

A to Z Challenge: Day 8 - H

Holistic Health and Covid-19 by Vanessa WrightThanks to Linze Brandon, who allows me to place my ramblings on her blog.The world has changed. We are living in uncertain times while we watch the number of infections rise daily. I look around me and people are afraid of human touch, they jump at the sound of someone sneezing or coughing. It is now, more than ever before, extremely important to be aware of changes in mental health and overall well-being. Our current lockdown and self-isolation...

A to Z Challenge: Day 7 - G

Green by LinzéInktober52 had it first colour prompt last week (due this week). I have been drawing several nature related prompts, so this time I went abstract with my drawing.
I bought a book about the medieval practice of decorating books and used that as inspiration to tackle this prompt. When I was done I noticed there was a second G in the background. Just goes to show you that sometimes the creative process can produce surprises too!

A to Z Challenge: Day 6 - F

FUN in art by LinzéAs I am writing this post I am watching a video clip (part of an art course I have been doing) about discipline in practicing creative activities.  Although I have art as a goal for this year, I make a point of it to do fun things too. Art projects can sometimes take many hours and often it can be tough to get those finished. I prefer dry mediums like colour pencils, which is one of those that do take hours and often days to finish a drawing.

Now the fun things can be...

A to Z Challenge: Day 5 - E

Edinburgh Station by LinzéI painted the train station of one of the most memorable places I have been to - Edinburgh in Scotland. It is a gouache painting on gouache paper.

Edinburgh Train Station - gouache painting by Linzé

A to Z Challenge: Day 4 - D

D is for Dinner by LinzéAnother one of my drawings from the #Inktober52 challenge. Dinner. Ha, I chose to draw the food chain of my favourite predatory bird, the African fish eagle. Enjoy!


What to see what the rest of the artists are drawing? They are all on Instagram just use the #inktober52 and let you eyes feast on some amazing art work.

Until Monday!

A-to-Z Challenge: Day 3 - C

Covid-19 Lockdown by Linzé BrandonThis is not a post to tell you what to do or what to avoid. Nope, this is a post to tell you what I have been doing (and plan to do) during this period where we are in #LockdownSA. South Africa went into a nationwide lockdown at midnight on 26 March. Linzé's #inktober52
on Instagram Even though I work from home most of the time, I do need the equipment of a test facility to do my work. But on the Monday preceding the lockdown, the lab management decided to close...