Tag: Conte Crayon
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Inktober 52 #1-12
I have been taking part since January 1st in Inktober52, a weekly version of the original Inktober which takes place every day in October. You might have seen some of these images here already – for a while I doubled up my 5PM Challenge with Inktober52, but now they are separate things. Unlike my first…
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Box Hill #5 – 172 Mole Swings
So on my fifth visit I started at Burford Bridge and walked down to the Stepping Stones. I had been here before, to check it out, and knew that the Stepping Stones weren’t in operation (and rather disappointingly are concrete pillars all the same shape, rather than my mental image of nice stones…). So I…
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Box Hill #4 – Bottoms & Forts
Back to Box Hill and the Old Fort…I fort you did that before? No, but I mentioned this on a previous visit, where I started this watercolour, and finished it on the fourth visit with gouache. Part of the ‘Urban’ series celebrating ruined places and graffiti, it was odd to see this here in such…
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Life Drawing #33
When I was at art school in a galaxy far, far away…they’d stay words like ‘that’s a strong piece’ and ‘that’s very strong’ if you were lucky. Well I think painting came on strong in this session, more so that others. Partly inspired by a couple of guardian angels who gave me some paints and…
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The Green Toilet (Great Cottages of England #3)
I find everything interesting and beautiful, even a toilet which some might find really odd. The picturesque is problematic to me, I can learn and have fun practising and following the greats but urban watercolours, graffiti and the unusual or meaningful is more my style. So this “English Cottage” (named so because toilets used to…
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Life Drawing #31 – Dom
A good session with Dom, who has apparently posed before but not sure if I missed that one. More acrylic and Markal Paintstik, but also brought in my landscape trick of loose watercolour and conte crayon. Works quite well (I call that one ‘Lenin in the Shower’ cos it looks exactly like Lenin having a…
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