Tag: brush and ink
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Night On The River
It’s been a while since I spent the night drawing or painting on the river – in fact there is a whole gallery of Night Work from a year or more ago doing exactly that. Because of winter and quite often starting late, I’ve been catching a lot of sunsets and nocturnal views, working from…
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Abstract Advent: Week 1
After completing Inktober for the last two years I took a well-deserved rest this year, but am taking part in the slightly shorter ‘Abstract Advent’ as run by @artpedagogy, like an abstract advent calendar but on Instagram – so it runs from the 1st of December to the 24th. Unlike the word prompts of Inktober,…
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Mynktober / Inktober Day 9-16
I feel like after more than two weeks I am hitting my stride with my version of Inktober called Mynktober. The random word generator did provide some difficult prompts for these weeks being abstract or interestingly vague – cf. ‘Routine’, ‘Disorder’ and ‘Pressure’ but I think I rose to the challenge despite the weather being…
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Rabbit Hutches of the Rich
As I’ve spent a lot more time away from the river I’ve noticed more of the architecture in this part of London that edges onto Surrey. There’s a type of architecture I call sarcastically ‘Surrey Gothic’, it’s a McMansion hodge-podge of neo-classical/Roman Villa. bits of ersatz Surrey Vernacular (orange terracotta or slate lapped tile cladding,…
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Parklife 1: Those By Ice Houses Should Draw Cranes
Let’s go hand in hand to look at the park life as since The River Ban I’ve been working a lot in Home Park and Bushy Park, adjacent but very different deer parks. First up is a revisit to the Ice House in Home Park which has been a regular subject for years – but…
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On The Promenade
Sounds like a film ‘On The Promenade’ – an arty French black and white flick, bit like ‘On The Waterfront’ but more, well, French. Sort of tying in with that thought is ‘Japonisme’ – the influence of Japanese art on European and particularly French art with these ink drawings. Not sure what the type of…
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