Core of a Rose, graphite on paper, 4″ x 4″ Its funny how when you look back at work you did years ago a lot of it makes you cringe but other pieces still feel right. This piece leaped out at me recently because I have been thinking about abstracts and expressionism increasingly. I have…
March’s offering to the portrait group to which I belong is a portrait of Jeanette, wonderful and talented artist, printmaker and maker of delicious jewellery. Not sure how much more I will do to this, maybe a little tweaking. Seeing it here I wonder if I have her nose at the right angle. Trying to…
Doodling, nothing serious. Been out for the count in a drug induced stupor for over a week. Trying not to overdo it and set back shoulder recovery.
Half of my birthday present arrived today – yes I know its late but better late than never. A lovely box of hard pastels. I just love the way these colours all look in the box. Now I have to figure out how to use them! I’ve read some interesting techniques lately and I want…
I’ve had one of those really frustrating days – had a list made of things to do – managed to do two of them. HUGE pile of ironing done including all the sheets! And I ordered my supply of walnuts and brazil nuts from my favourite supplier. Apart from that nothing done on my list.…
Graphite on paper I belong to the same portrait group as Jeanette Jobson and she has recently posted her version of Rose. This is mine – I need to tweak the face a little and work on the hand. Bad photo!
This is this months Virtual Sketch Date image How many media can you put in one sketch? Started with graphite but I didn’t like it – so I added some colour pencil and then some watercolour and finally a little pen! It was nice to take a day off serious painting and just sit in…
I’m procrastinating – making phone calls, getting started with painting, studying and while I procrastinate I doodle – watercolour paint tubes and a little teddy bear.
From my sketchbookA day of fiddling around and not getting anything done.
From my sketchbook. Not enough time for anything else today – up to my ears in Christmas cookies. Why do I let myself get distracted with things like that? And tomorrow I wont be home until later as there is a Christmas get together that I could really do without. But then FREEDOM and 11…