It’s Faking Friday again with Ed Sumner’s Cheese and Wine Painting Club over on Facebook. This week’s masterpiece is Starry Night Over The Rhone by Vincent van Gogh. I’ve done most of it, but still a bit more over the weekend, layering up the colours in small textured dots. I’ve been doing these weekly forContinue reading “The Other Starry Night”
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Finally Finished Faffing
Storm at Sea by JMW Turner. I think this is the hardest painting I have copied since I joined Ed Sumner’s Cheese and Wine Painting Club almost a year ago now. I’ve done almost 40 and I’ve learnt so much from copying such a range of artists, but Turner has definitely been the most difficultContinue reading “Finally Finished Faffing”
And The Cat “Helped”
And the cat “helped”. I went back to the two head drawings I did over the past couple of days and did a bit more work into them with black gouache. These are random heads and I’m going to keep building with gouache, colour is next, and see where it takes me. I’ve always lovedContinue reading “And The Cat “Helped””
Thanks Maggi
I’m rewatching the BBC documentary on the artist Maggi Hambling on the recommendation of an artist chum. First time round I only watched superficially but this time I’m much more connected to it. I love the way she just picks up a sketchbook every morning and draws. Nothing planned, nothing precious, just draw. I tendContinue reading “Thanks Maggi”
Pushing Through The Fog
I’m still finding it hard to get some creative ideas firmed up, during these 10 months of lockdown I’ve done loads of cooking and I’ve been learning to paint but coming up with something original has been really difficult. I’m still trying though, hoping that something will push through the creative fog. Anyway, today IContinue reading “Pushing Through The Fog”
Déja Vu Drawing
Back at the start of Lockdown number 1 – remember that, in March 2000 – I started drawing on my daily government sanctioned exercise walks, using willow charcoal into a Khadi handmade paper sketchbook that a friend had sent me for Xmas. My dear friend sent me another this Xmas and Lockdown number 3 startedContinue reading “Déja Vu Drawing”
Quick Poses
Just back from life drawing at Swansea Print Workshop this evening – we had a 2 week break during the “firebreak” lockdown in Wales. I didn’t take enough paper with me so I used this brown wrapping paper for the two 5 minute poses, with black and white conté crayons. Anyway, it’s getting late andContinue reading “Quick Poses”
Standing Sequence
Here’s the long pose I did last week at the Life Drawing sesison at Swansea Print Workshop. It was almost an hour and I used black, sanguine and white conté crayon onto black paper. Our model is fantastic. Well, they all are actually. The unsung heroes of the art world. The life drawing sessions areContinue reading “Standing Sequence”
The Janus Mask
Here’s another life drawing from the session at Swansea Print Workshop the other evening, with a 30 minute pose drawn with black, white and sanguine conté crayon onto black paper. Our marvellous model wore two masks on the front and back of her head, like a Janus figure. I did some baking today. We’re onContinue reading “The Janus Mask”
The Masked Model
This is the 10 minute pose I did at last night’s life drawing session at Swansea Print Workshop. Our masked model is fabulous, such a great personality and that shows in her poses – mind you, all our models have loads of personality. Life models are the unsung heroes of the art world. I usedContinue reading “The Masked Model”
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