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Tag Archives: portrait
“Cry ‘Havoc!’, and let slip the dogs of war”
Start of the new week and so a new painting lesson – courtesy of myself and boy am I a hard task master! Stage one is to het a reasonable outline upon which to paint. This is no Holbein … Continue reading
Everywhere
Week 4 of the pastel class more ideas, more exploration. One of the great things about any class, that is if they are any good, is that you get the chance to experiment around a theme. This painting is … Continue reading
Lt. Kije – Unfinished Sympathy
End of the first session and things are not right just yet…still time for reflection as to how I might change things.
Grotesques
Sitting at the breakfast table this morning I was mindlessly looking at the knots in the pine table and suddenly saw the nostrils of a face. I had to work out what the rest of the face might look like … Continue reading
Making a likeness of a person
I’m working on a drawing of the actress Juliet Stevenson at the moment. The inspiration for this drawing is a new series on Sky Arts called Portrait Artist of the Year. It is a competition to find, well, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alison Steadman., drawing, Juliet Stevenson, portrait, Portrait Artist, Robert Lindsey, Sky Arts
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Galadriel
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Tagged Digital Painting, Galadriel, Lord of the rings, painting, photoshop, portrait, The Hobbit
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Appreciating Talent
Every now and then I realise just how exceptionally talented other artists are. Now before anyone thinks I’m comparing myself to some of the greats of western art I’m not. So I’m working on the Galadriel digital painting and the … Continue reading
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Tagged Cate Blanchett, Digital Painting, Galadriel, Lord of the rings, portrait, The Hobbit
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Ink
Well we survived the storm of the decade…actually we weren’t effected at all as the storm probably passed to the south of us. It is always funny watching all the wet news reporters trying to hide their disappointment that, whilst … Continue reading
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Tagged drawing, ink, ink drawing, Lou Reed, painting, portrait, sketch, Storm
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The Red Lady of Paviland
I think I’ve taken this as far as I can
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Tagged "The Red Lady of Paviland", Adobe Photoshop, Digital Painting, portrait
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Tyrion – a solution found
If all else fails go back to what you feel most comfortable with…that seems to have been the way I over came my my problems with the Tyrion piece. So far so good.
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