Tag: Markal Paintstik

  • Abstract Advent Week 3 + 2

    Abstract Advent Week 3 + 2

    Final week (plus 2 days) of Abstract Advent challenge, which I completed on Christmas Eve – it’s been a blast, writing this on Christmas Day – hope you all are having a good one however your celebrate it (or not). First up was Day 15, with a shape like a hole (rather than a head)…

  • Abstract Advent: Week 2

    Abstract Advent: Week 2

    Last week was a blast, this week for the Abstract Advent the Christmas Shit™ started to bite, and I found it harder to juggle meeting up with people, portrait sessions, getting all the cards and parcels off in a panic because like storms, flooding, wrong kind of wind, snow and ice on the roads as…

  • Life Drawing #33

    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…

  • Life Drawing #31 – Dom

    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…