Still life on kitchen table

I made these pictures in the kitchen, after arranging some of my Mum’s flowers in a vase on the kitchen table. I liked the look of them against the white table top, so I decided to set up and draw them there. The table top was soon cluttered with my water pots and paints, along with the fruit bowl which lives there anyway, which made a pattern in itself. Then I tried another just concentrating on the flowers this time. The last one has the white space that I liked in the first place, but I think I prefer the…

Spring cleaning…

22/02/202022/02/2020 Categories: drawing · flowers · gardens · weather2 Comments

It’s been a while… but I’m getting ready. I recently came across these photos of two drawings I made in our garden…I am not quite sure where they are in my studio so it’s time for a little Spring cleaning, followed by some gardening and definitely pastel drawing outside… Have a lovely weekend! 🙂

A wonderful journey

03/07/2019 Categories: cats · cycling · dance · drawing · football · Leicester · Mallorca · music · performance · rugby · vacationTags: art · blogging · followers · thank you7 Comments

It’s coming up to the anniversary of my blog ‘Racing Lines’ – My first post was made on 7th July 2012… Just text and no images to try WordPress and see what I could do. In seven years, the blog has taken me to lots of places and I’ve met some lovely people and made friends – It’s been a great adventure – just with my pens, watercolours and pastels – and my laptop. Today, I discovered that the number of people following ‘Racing Lines’ has risen to 3,000, which I find quite incredible. WordPress tells me that there have…

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas!

21/12/201821/12/2018 Categories: drawing · events · lifeTags: christmas · fun · happiness · twelve days5 Comments

Hope you have twelve days packed with happiness, peace and lots of fun and games…like this lot! Click on the image a few times to enlarge it and you’ll see everyone! xx

Maxine Dodd, Dash for the line - Work in progress

Drawing February: My studio

06/02/201508/11/2018 Categories: drawingTags: drawing · drawingfebruary · february8 Comments

Hello! Drawing in February is going to be great if today’s weather holds. It’s so sunny in my little studio that I’ve opened the windows to let in the fresh air. The sun is casting a shadow across my drawing just now, so I thought it would be good time to pause, take some photos and share with you. Following last week’s snowdrops, I’ve been working with pastel again – the colours are so alive, they’re great. My subject this week has been cycling, at the point just before the riders cross the line – a ‘heads down’ sprint, you might…

'Autumn race' first draft in oil, by Maxine Dodd

Experiments

15/11/201408/11/2018 Categories: drawingTags: autumn · cycling15 Comments

Hello! It’s a time of year when things are drawing to a close but it’s a time when I like to look back over recent work and experiment with new ideas. I’ve been working on a few things lately with several themes in mind but all linked by the thread of people drawn together to see or witness something in a crowd, either willingly or forced. Not quite sure where these will go but hopefully all lines of enquiry will lead to something worthwhile in time. Here are a few of my experiments:

A beautiful day

18/08/201418/08/2014 Categories: drawingTags: #DrawingAugust2 Comments

Hello! Saturday was a lovely day in my part of Leicestershire. I was on my way to meet up with friends, but had to pull over as I passed this field for a quick sketch – just a peaceful sight – a field recently harvested with a distant red kite calling in the distance and a mysterious creaking sound coming from the trees – I never discovered what made the sound but it was great to listen as I drew. Here is the drawing which I included for yesterday’s #DrawingAugust project:

Racing lines

Art by Maxine Dodd

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