Another Royal Drawing School evening workshop. Here are a couple of drawings done with ink brush pen and water. We were given 5-15 minutes. The model sat beautifully still BUT the same could not be said for her features! She had a wonderfully twitchy nose like a rabbit and eyes which went from near asleep to wide open!
This Royal Drawing School evening was arranged with the Getty Museum! And participants from all over the world. Here are my drawings:
The last was the life model on the right and from a screen version on the left – the life drawing is the one before.
I guess it is easier to draw from the model when it’s on-screen as it’s 2D already but it does feel different to drawing from a photo somehow.
On a day when my feet were two blocks of ice all day I went to the De La Warr Pavilion at Bexhill to see an exhibition of work by Betty Parsons (1900-1982). I had never heard of her but it’s a nice place and by the sea. There were paintings and assemblages made from ‘acrylic on found wood constructions’. Here are some I liked:
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:
The landscapes are coming. But here is another exercise based on his ’30’:
As the topic for our ATC group for QIV Oct-Dec 2025 is:
‘an all black and white one – it might just be the ticket to end this year’
I have based my set on the ’30’ theme and will upload them when I’ve sent my cards out to the group. To work so small (2.5 inches x 3.5 inches) I made them on the iPad using Procreate. I think I was cross-eyed by the end of the many hours it took, doing one or two at a time.
I went to Tate Modern to see Picasso . The space was rather dark because of the fine line etchings I guess but it made it hard for older eyes to see! Loved seeing The Three Dancers ‘in the flesh’ – it makes such a difference seeing pictures you know from books the real size. It is the dancers’ centenary appearance.
An invented character!
I love red hair!
A cheerful flower picture.
Not this time – I walk away, head held high.
Wow! I have been shortlisted for NOA 2017. The second round is later but in the meantime there is the World Art Vote. You can vote for my picture from here.
If you would like to see other shortlisted work, go to this page. You can of course vote for several artists… but please do vote for me!
If I have asked you already elsewhere, sorry!
and for my last series in the year (the 3rd series) I have been working on aspects of Eve, the apple and the snake (or variations).
All images are 8×10 inches (20×25.5 cm) and are in mixed media. They are not intended to illustrate the bible story accurately!
Now, come on! Which of you ate those toes?
Another weird fantasy set of creatures pulled out of random marks.
But who cares. If you like it, wear it.
One of a recent series of figures outlined with heavy black. I love the way the bright colours look like traditional stained glass. I remember dancing to this song way back… Didn’t want to offend with the real title!
Image 8×10 inches (20×25.5 cm)
A portrait that grew from eyes that ‘appeared’ in a kind of swirling paint mix. Image 8×10 inches (20×25.5 cm), mixed media on paper. Reproductions for sale in my print on demand shop.
Is she an artist’s model? Or just a woman enjoying the warmth falling on her through the blinds which provide seclusion?
A mixed media piece with collage, contour drawing and distortion!
Image 8×10 inches (20×25.5 cm).
Last post of the year – wish it was warm enough to sit around in the nude!
Happy New Year.
Monotype drawing with collage of decorated papers. Approx. 8×10 inches (20×25.5 cm). She looks lost in thought and melancholic – please Like her!
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