Tag: East Asian calligraphy
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Portraits At The Pub 47: Angela and Martin
My friend Martin who is a regular at the is getting married next week, and so his fiancée Angela posed for us at Portraits At The Pub and they did a pose together at the end. It’s always nerve-wracking to draw someone you know – even more nerve-wracking to draw their betrothed, talk about pressure!…
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Portraits At The Pub 45: Daisy
Not so sure of the portraits from this session – it’s always difficult to get a good likeness, but then again it’s not always about likeness either – my favourite from this session looks nothing like Daisy – the technical drawing featured – she actually looked more like the fountain pen drawing on the right…
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Canela 2: Chinoiserie & Climate Change
I didn’t catch the name of this model from the second session I attended at Canela Cafe, it was themed in a Chinoiserie / Oriental style, with a kimono, Chinese wall hangings and a large Chinese vase. I was the only one who drew the vase according to Luis, who runs the sessions. He posed…
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Parklife Part 2: Parakeet Sunsets
I was painting a picture of some wild mushrooms today, as you do during Mynktober/Inktober and a man came up and asked what I was doing. We got chatting and he asked my name and whether I had work of Richmond Park, his local park. Well I do have quite a few pieces, and I…
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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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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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