Watercolour on Paper. A small commission for a friend. Fun to do. Waiting for a verdict before I decide on a background. I find watercolour quite frightening as it feels as if I have little to no control over this medium. As a result I am not as experimental as I would like to be.…
pencil on paper The self portrait is an exercise that so many artists seem to undertake and much as has been written about the self-portrait. It is said of good portraits that they speak about the sitter in some way. I read recently that there is a bond between artist and his subject yet in…
My second try at Jeanette in watercolour (the first while I was happy with the my application of paint was not quite right proportionally) – I am a total novice with this medium and find its unpredictablity both delightful and confounding at the same time. This is only my third portrait in watercolour (the first…
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.
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!
Today I wanted to experiment – not really sure what I am doing when it comes to watercolour. I know the background isn’t quite the way I want it but will wait until it has completly dried before I decide if i will continue deepening the background. I’d really like to have puddles of colour…
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…
I think that I have finished this commissioned portrait. As usual impossible task of photographing graphite work and getting the paper to look white even in monochrome. I will try and get a better photo of this. Quick pastel – really liked the way the light was spilling round the edge of the canvases leaning…
I ate the first bite before I even noticed it had found its way into my mouth! Had to hold back so I could get the second bite painted! Had to move into bigger format as I have run out of 8″ x 5″ canvases – can’t remember what size this is but its a…