Year end

Here are some small Minimalist Abstractions done with ink. I can never resist seeing a subject even when my intention is to be abstract!

And some pieces I saw which to me look random but are meaningful: at Tate Modern – huge aboriginal paintings glowing with colour. The art of Emily Kam Kngwarray

New source of fun

I recently saw an ad for the Royal Drawing School and had a look at the extensive list of activities, many online. I signed up for a 2-hour workshop on the Nutcracker Story. Here are some of the sketches I made of Clara with the Nutcracker, Clara killing the Mouse King, Snowflake Chorus, Clara dreaming:

Klimt on the heels of Kandinsky

I still have suggestions I should follow about Kandinsky but they are for another day. I went onwards with looking at some Klimt works. The course was not as specific and even included some AI artwork to follow. Think I prefer to use the original. I decided to use a little angel that came from a charity shop as the model for my work and made three versions based on different well-known Klimt pictures. Reportedly the works took 3 years but as they are huge and include gold work etc. I am not surprised – it took me long enough to work A4 size!