The Inkwell

from inkdrop – poetry, places and events

Category: Arts

  • One to three photo Challenge – May 2025

    #tsc1to3 #photochallenge With Napowrimo out of the way, I’ve worked on three images for xingfu mamas photo challenge The original image was edited with the digital paint brushes to create the images below Want to comment ? feel free! A Butterfly on a Cactus Plant Coloured Drawing effect – using Painter Pen and Ink effect…

  • Man on a Wall

    #Napowrimo #Man # Wall A response to a painting at the local art gallery Contemplating Life from the view of the city walls making shapes from the clouds formed from the chimneys passed collecting local subscription

  • Out of Something

    #napowrimo #creative #craft #clay #pottery Being Arty, to me, was always something understood as paper, pencil, brush and ink it was a revelation, making something from clay lamination – bringing three types of clay in a mould designed for the house, kitchen or lounge in a workshop with a variety of tools and next, brought…

  • I’m No Sculpture

    #Napowrimo #Art A work of Art ? – Me ? are you kidding ? Look and see that i’m more than stone Marble holds Beauty but it lost its movement locked in Rocky mountainsides And precious metals while storytellers tell tales they are frozen in time Canvas Colours fly and their movement stops when the…

  • silent cargoes ii

    #canal #wharf #cargo #artwork they sit on the wharf side out in all weathers waiting in the cold and wet waiting for a ship Ships not arrived so the men of the cranes have upped and made off for some corned beef stew while the barrels look on at the scenes across the way and…

  • Bringing the outdoors in

    #MFFFC The image below is from Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa on Unsplash. The image depicts a watercolor drawing of a vase filled with colorful flowers sitting on a table in front of a wall with an ornate oval mirror hanging on it. Bringing the outdoors in – a short poem by inky Vase of sole…

  • #MLMM The pieces in picture in the hall captures to sun beams as they pass casting colourful scenes on floors ceiling and walls as they travel through the glass children dance over greens, reds, and blues as if they’re skipping round flowers in-between and the coloured lights smile, landing on their shoes

  • #WDYS #Animals #Cartoon #Cats #Drseuss Walking through the Inner City you see all sorts of things Colourful and sometimes wordy some label them “Graffiti” while others label them as “Worthless Tags” but amongst the scrawls of aerosol ink you do find the occasional shiny pearl characters created by the frustrated artist who if he (or…

  • #Fowc #Print I. Leave your finger marks on the paper sheet , bright white and create artwork II. Roll your inked Roller over blank canvas , watch for Image underneath III. Dip your wood picture into a number of colours producing rainbows IV. Carve your lino art and print away at will in reds blues…

  • Fresco

    #writephoto #fresco #art Fresh plaster is brilliant – but needs a bit of colour to bring it to life Renaissance painters understood this Engaging wonderful scenes on the wall instead of canvas in a Selection of Blues, Reds, Yellows and Greens Colours of the rainbow to brighten up any room Of course – if they…