I’ve been looking at some of my sketchbooks and having a digital play with some of the drawings. I don’t normally do that, I usually scribble and then leave them, but lately I’ve been thinking about working from them, lots of other artists do.
Trying Different Effects
I take digital photos of all my sketches so I uploaded this one into Adobe Photoshop. I drew it early in the Covid19 pandemic lockdown, using charcoal into a Khadi handmade paper sketchbook, when I was walking through the park by Oystermouth Castle. I flicked it through different effects, which was fun, and I liked these two. The first reminds me of the work of the European Expressionist Gabrielle Munter and the second is a bit 1960s Pop Art.
Here’s the original. I don’t know if I’ll do anything more permanent with the image, but sometimes it’s nice just to play and get the imagination going a bit.
Raising Funds.
My family is raising money for Phil, a younger relative of mine, to have life-changing surgery in Spain. Phil is disabled by Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) and the operation he needs isn’t currently available in the UK. I know times are hard, but if you’re able to spare a bob or two, please click here find out more or to donate a small amount to Phil’s crowdfunding campaign. Thank you xxx
Trying Out A Change
I’m having a go at new templates for my website so I’ll be changing them a few times over the next couple of weeks to see how I get on with them. If there’s one you really like, or dislike, please let me know . Thanks x
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The black and white and the different colors all explore different moods. It’s wonderful to use images in different ways and thus to discover how such changes affect the feeling of the scene.
Thank you. It’s also a lazy way of trying things out in this heat!!!! 😀