This is a bit of an experiment and in truth the title is a bit misleading, but it was made using oils, in this case oil pastels. This was the first attempt for a much larger drawing/painting I am going to do on Monday. As with all experiments some things work other don’t but it is an interesting first attempt.
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Still experimenting with the best way use Brushes…which is strange as I have had the program on my iPad almost from the start! Such is the way life works out.
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Messing about with charcoal this afternoon with David Bowie playing in the headphones – bliss.
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www.flickr.com/photos/guthlacNow I know you should not mix weather with climate change but I have started to wonder if we are starting to see something seriously going wrong. It is now mid November when there should have been frosts and rain and yet we have had none. As I write this I can look outside to a blue sky and temperatures well into the teens centigrade. In the garden the trees and plants haven’t got a clue what is happening. The roses are still producing blooms as are many of the other plants. Trees, which by now should have shed there leaves still haven’t and toady I saw a number of leaf cutting bees buzzing around as through they have come out of hibernation.
Of course to put a little perspective to all this last year was one of the coldest we have had in a while so who knows what is happening to the weather. I just know I have not seen such a strange autumn in my life time. Goodness only knows what this winter will turn out like? Sent from my iPadMessing about with Brushes and Photoshop on the iPad today. As a result produced this half decent Dr Who montage.
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Another Brushes iPad drawing. Not sure who this really looks like but it does have the Hollywood studio feel to it. I find myself drawn, no pun intended, to creating a more poster look with the iPad, I suspect this might have the artificial feel to it all.
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This is a bit of a break through for me. For months I have found it almost impossible to draw anything on my iPad. I just hated the feel of the cold inorganic screen compared to warm embrace of paper. It just left me dead. Then yesterday the latest RA magazine came through the post and there were a series of drawings (paintings?) made by David Hockney on his iPad. So this morning it was out with the iPad and try and create something – this is the result and I have to say I am surprised and pleased with the result. Once again a great artist has inspired a muggle amateur to do something I suppose that is the beauty of art.
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Disclaimer: I don’t think that I produce work to the same standard as Holbein.
Now I am feeling under the weather…its autumn and it seems that I pick some form of virus – guess this is the product of getting old. Anyway, it has meant that I am fit for nothing else other than draw – which is a bit of luck! So this morning I produced this sketch of the model from my art class on Monday which, whilst not quite the likeness I would want, has something of the Holbein about it. Yesterday I was watching the wonderfully absorbing The Life Aquatic of Steve Zoozo and I started to sketch Bill Murray and looking at them both I thought wouldn’t it be fun to put them together. Silly I know but there we are…strange how the befuddled mind works.
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So ends the first day of the great watercolour experiment. I have watched the YouTube videos and experimented. To date I think the best that can be said is that I am showing progress however there is much to learn before you can start to think about your own style. Another thought… the images I have published have been watercolours digitally manipulated for effect…are these true watercolour paintings or not? I have no idea but I like the result.
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