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Tag Archives: portraiture
Black Widow or the tail of two Fridays
Two Fridays; Two days under the weather and Two movies. There reaches a point in life where you start to realise that your body is now starting to pay for all those years of abuse in the past. I think … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple Pencil 2, Blackwidow, Digital Painting, Marvel Movies, portraiture, Procreate, The Tomorrow War
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Nothing to Say….
‘…If you have nothing to say then say nothing…better still have something to say and say it…’ Possibly Sir Humphrey Appleby
Tubular Bells…
After all the excitement of being allowed out, and it really did feel like a release, it was time just to take stock and makes some art – it also helped that the unseasonal summer weather we’ve enjoyed has been … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple Pencil 2, Digital Painting, Mike Oldfield, portraiture, Procreate, sketch, Tubular Bells
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Let it Be…
Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say….
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Tagged Apple Pencil 2, Digital Paintings, King Lear, portraiture, Procreate
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Contemplating the Nothingness…
So the snow has gone but I’m stuck in and around the house. Yes I’ve had my first jab and so this is the first step to something approaching a return to freedom but nonetheless I am not convinced we’ll … Continue reading
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Tagged Covid, Digital Paintings, Lockdown, portraiture, Procreate, Vaccination
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Cold Toes…
Beautiful, beautiful light streamed in through the window this morning. Did it tempts me outside? Not a chance – it’s minus 3 degrees C outside and I’ve had my fill of cold toes for the time being. So instead I … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple Pencil 2, Cold, Digital Painting, Drawings, frost, Ink Drawings, iPad Pro, portrait, portraiture, Procreate
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Project LV One – Day 51 – I love to make faces
I had a strange juxta position yesterday of what art I love to make. In the evening a young friend of mine asked me about a portrait she was making – I immediately started to explain the faults I … Continue reading
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Tagged doodle, ink drawing, Mirnada Sawyer, painting, photography, portraits, portraiture, Project LV One, sketch
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The problem with art courses
“….The next pose will be for 40 minutes…so plenty of time…” These words fill me with dread. It is not the fault of the tutor or the course but rather more of problem, if that is the correct word, of … Continue reading
Melton portraiture class
Each Monday I drive over to Melton for a portrait course. A few weeks ago I published my first drawing and this is my latest. I think I can detect significant improvement – let’s hope it continues.Sent from my iPad Continue reading
Skull
A couple of weeks ago I attended a day long workshop about portraiture. The tutor mentioned that one of the best ways to really start to understand the human face was to draw and redraw the human skull. Well I have now got a skull, other than my o… Continue reading