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Category Archives: Apple Pencil
I think that’s about it…
There reaches a point in any painting that you can’t take it any further. Many times the whole thing has collapsed under weight of the decisions made during the creation of the work. Other times you just know enough is … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple Pencil, Digital Painting, Jessica Chastain, portrait, Procreate, woman
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Not a bad start to the month…
The latest painting I’m working on…December is only 6 hours 36 minutes where I am when writing this but thanks to the joys of insomnia I have been able to really start to work on this painting.
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Tagged Digital Painting, Jessica Chastain, Procreate, woman
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Variation on a theme…
A long long time ago when Lotus 1-2-3 was a thing I bought myself a copy of the then cutting edge graphics package Corel Draw, I’m not sure whether it was 3 or 4. It came with a CD disk … Continue reading
Posted in Apple Pencil, Art, Digital Painting, Graphic Art
Tagged Apple Pencil, CorelDraw, Digital Painting, drawing, Imogen Poots, John C. Reilly, portrait, Procreate, Raster, sketch, Vector, woman
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We climb onto the roof…
The first beautiful frosty dawn this morning and was stuck in doors. I could have risked things but I am just getting over a cold so discretion was best. Instead I made this graphic novel John.C.Reilly drawing. Not the worst … Continue reading
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Tagged Digital Painting, drawing, Graphic Novel, John C. Reilly, portrait, Procreate, sketch
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I think this is the final cut…
I suspect I am not alone when I hear a song I like I play it over and over until I stop liking it. Then I come back to it after a few weeks and find new reasons to like … Continue reading
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Tagged Digital Painting, Dr Who, Mandip Gill, portrait, Procreate, woman, Yaz
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A bit of a slow burner…
Taking my time with this one. I wonder where it will take me?
Posted in Apple Pencil, Art, monochrome
Tagged Apple Pencil, Digital Painting, drawing, portrait, Procreate, woman
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Answering my own question….
Yesterday I asked the rhetorical question ‘Will the new Apple Pencil make me a better artist?‘. The answer I came up with yesterday was that it wouldn’t and that skill, concentration and application was far more important. Well I’ve had 24 … Continue reading
Posted in Apple Pencil, Art
Tagged Apple Pencil, Apple Pencil 2, Digital Painting, Doctor Who, drawing, Jodi Whittaker, portrait, Procreate, woman
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Sometimes I wonder am I getting just a little long in the tooth?
I’m so excited to write this blog I really am! No wait this is the real world rather than the love in that was the Apple Special Event. October 30, 2018. I suspect I am too old to understand why … Continue reading
Posted in Apple Pencil, Art
Tagged Apple Pencil, Apple Special Event, ios, iPad Pro, photoshop, portrait, Procreate, sketch
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Things to do in a hotel room…
Now come on please…this is a family blog, well sort of, so none of those smutty thoughts here! This morning I woke early and sat down and knocked out this sketch before getting ready for breakfast. This isn’t the first … Continue reading
Posted in Apple Pencil, Art, Digital Painting, drawing
Tagged Apple Pencil, Digital Painting, drawing, Female Nude, Jonathan Miller, Nude Woman, Procreate, sketch, woman
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When She’s Gone….
There reaches a point when one has to say “…enough is enough!…” I have reached that point with all my photographic reorganisation and so today I am just enjoying my time with my Apple Pencil – actually that doesn’t sound … Continue reading
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Tagged Digital Painting, portrait, Pre Raphaelite Brotherhood, sketch, Victorian England, woman
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