Tag: hands
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Come Friendly Thames And Run Softly
Friendly or unfriendly is the Thames…These are the theme of the next two watercolours. The first is below, a piece called ‘Come Friendly Thames And Run Softly’ and is of Steven’s Ait and the Kingston rail bridge on Fabriano paper. I sat on a landing pontoon over 2 metres from the bicyclists who still insist…
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John Oil Portrait #1
Over Xmas although I was ill and supposed to be resting I started two oil portraits of John, with two different sizes and views. I had done a straight on self-portrait in oils so wanted to try first a smaller side view, and then a bigger environmental interior portrait. Of course this first painting was…
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5PM Challenge 38-53 Highlights
Of all the challenges this err, challenge has, I didn’t forsee Christmas being a problem. For a start I made my own cards which turned out to be more of a time sink than I thought – and all the other stuff to do with Xmas, I decided to suspend it over the Xmas and…
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Hands, Feet and Thumbs-a-daisy
Second homework night, and it’s not just hands, started with some thumb studies, various hand poses (drawing with crossed hands = hard! As is the watercolour above where I was holding the pose in the air for a long time…) Also drew my feet because John challenged me, he said ‘what about feet?’ and claimed…
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You need hands…
It’s been obvious from my lifedrawing that my hands need work (as do most people, it seems everyone thinks their hands could be better, even when they look great to me, it’s a common complaint). So here is some hand homework, studies 1:1 in Pilot 0.8 pen and my new Winsor & Newton Watercolour Sticks…
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