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Category Archives: Art
Damaged…
When I started to paint this simple sketch this morning I never intended for the woman to look so unhappy – yet here we are a gaze of a life destroyed or lacking any chance of redemption. Just what has … Continue reading
Posted in Apple Pencil, Art, Digital Painting
Tagged Apple Pencil, Damaged, Dead Eyes, Destroyed, Digital Painting, Eye, portrait, Procreate, War, woman
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A time to guess which Bluth is which…
Last night I started watching the latest season of Arrested Development (Better late than never?). Anyway as I was watching the programme I started to get the feeling that this was perhaps the most insightful thing written about the current … Continue reading
Posted in Apple Pencil, Art
Tagged Apple Pencil, Attested Development, Donald Trump, drawing, George Bluth, Jared Kushner, portrait, sketch
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Old dog new tricks…
If it is Monday then it must be time for my latest art class and I was genuinely surprised, no that makes me sound arrogant, but certainly informed. Not by the class itself but the discussion about art history. It … Continue reading
Posted in Art, art class
Tagged art class, Art History, drawing, Hans Holbein the Younger, Northern Renaissance, portrait, Titian
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Hibernation
Still got a bit of a Diego Velázquez vibe going on at the moment…only just a little though. Mid January is a real bummer. All around where I live there are storms, blizzards and frosts yet here we seem to get … Continue reading
Posted in Art, ink drawing
Tagged Diego Velazquez, drawing, ink drawing, nude, Nude Woman, portrait, sketch, woman
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Today Mathew I’ll be called….
If it’s Monday then it is time for my painting class. This was my version of Portrait of Juan from Pareja by Diego Velázquez. As a painting exercise I’m quite pleased with the result but as a copy of the original? … Continue reading
Posted in Art, art class, Digital Painting, monochrome, painting
Tagged art class, Brushes, Diego Velazquez, Digital Painting, painting, portrait, Portrait of Juan from Pareja
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Or not to be.
Posted in Art, drawing, watercolour
Tagged drawing, portrait, Sir Iain McKellen, watercolour
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I would like a place I could call my own….
It is January so that means I get my watercolors out…not sure why that is but there does seem some strange correlation.
Posted in Art, drawing, watercolour
Tagged portrait, sketch, sketchbook, watercolour, woman
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Ley Lines….
A new year – a new course. Oh the joys of adult education – worn out equipment and cheap materials. Actually things aren’t as bad as that but it did mean that I was stuck with a drawing board with … Continue reading
Posted in Art, art class, drawing
Tagged Black and White, Chalk, drawing, pastel, portrait
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Formidable cool…
New year new challanges
Posted in Art, drawing, watercolour
Tagged Dr Who, drawing, Matt Smith, portrait, sketch, sketchbook, watercolour
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