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Life Drawing #3
It seems the honeymoon period is over, and this was an odd week where I wasn’t happy with anything I did…some failures which was to be expected, happens occasionally (not that I post most of them here!) but not many successes either, it all seemed a bit, well, meh. More Posca pens (Cultpens: yay! Gave…
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Skratchbook 1 and 2
First few pages of my A4 Skratchbook – combined sketchbook and scrapbook. First drawing – DNA/ACTG I did in a very long time is the rather chaotic one – but the paintings came of these manic doodles! Second – Summer Breeding / Summer of Paranoid is a collage and acrylic affair, using some rather old…
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Watercolour: the sequel
It seems sequels CAN be disappointing, I had real trouble with this pen and ink and watercolour of the view of the river at Ham, and over-worked it. The pen work isn’t bad, and like the river part…but the moody sky is all kinds of wrong. The paper started to come off as I was…
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Old Father Thames and the Curious Geese
Went out drawing and painting yesterday in Ham – ended up in Ham House and along the river, and Ham Common…was sketching some curious geese who came along to inspect my drawing – I think they wanted to eat my paper or pen! These were done in pen and ink which was hard because of…
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Painting #2 – Pooh Sticks (Impeachment)
Painting #2 is a lot less chaotic, but based more around Facebook, fake news, Emojis and social media…and Pooh bear! There is a new Winnie the Pooh movie out, so my local Poundland has Pooh bear stencils for kids…how perfect for the bear of little brain! And some really odd emoji stickers meant for kids…