I did a first proof of my new linocut portrait this week. I did as much carving as I thought necessary, following my decision to almost treat the flesh like a geographical feature (see here), and decided to print one to see what I had. I’m not 100% happy with it but I think I’mContinue reading “The Process Of The Portrait: 3”
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Inspired By Suzanne
There are a lot of artists I really love, and two of those I love most are Suzanne Valadon and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. I saw a painting called “The Hangover” recently for the first time and it’s a portrait of Suzanne by Henri. Wonderful. Two of my favourite artists in one artwork! Here’s a linkContinue reading “Inspired By Suzanne”
The Process Of The Portrait: 2
I had to make some decisions today on how I would represent the skin in my portrait. I had cut around the main line drawing, I’ll refine it later, but the question then is do I carve out the main area of skin or not? The model has darker skin so I didn’t want toContinue reading “The Process Of The Portrait: 2”
The Process Of The Portrait:1
I carried on carving my little lino block portrait of one of the life models I work with at Swansea Print Workshop. I’ve done her hair and the outline of the main lines of her face, now I have to decide how I’m going to cut the rest. Lots of things I could do. Decisions…
Sketchbook Archives: 54
Going back to February 2015 for these people pictures, mostly drawn in my sketchbooks, although the bottom left is on a piece of vintage paper that I marbled before drawing with charcoal. The sketches on the top left were done in minutes, those at centre left, done in seconds – really speedy. I love lookingContinue reading “Sketchbook Archives: 54”
Sketchbook Archives: 53
Looking through my old sketchbooks, here are some random people scribbles from January 2015. I love to sit still and quietly sketch people going about their business, unaware that they’re being drawn.
Imaginary Head
I was playing with some Derwent Inktense blocks the other day, using them to draw on top of a very bland pastel drawing that I didn’t like. I let my imagination lead the way, which is something I rarely do and should do more often. It’s Christmas so I put my imaginary head in aContinue reading “Imaginary Head”
Family Heads
Christmas is a family time of year and I’ve been looking back through my sketchbooks to find sketches of my relatives. The advantage of drawing family is they’re FREE hahaha 😀 These are from December 2014 and January 2015, using a variety of materials, including Faber Castell Pitt drawing pens, graphite, compressed charcoal, and aContinue reading “Family Heads”
Sketchbook Archives: 26
Here are some heads from May 2013. Three are from my sketchbooks, one is charcoal over a discarded cyanotype print, one chalk over an ink splash, and one full colour monotype. I think I like drawing people’s faces more than any other thing.
Sketchbook Archives: 5
Back to January 2012, when I posted these to my blog. They weren’t all drawn then though. I started the blog in July 2011 to post my sketchbook drawings so I was choosing from several years worth of scribbles when I first began blogging.
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