Well, in an attempt to keep updating my blog regularly, or at least a bit more frequently, I’d like to share my latest sketchbook doodle – drawn predominantly ‘from life’, very quickly, with coloured pencils. I really love the result. Perhaps it is because my son made the wee model, and the character he hasContinue reading “Leaf-Stick Man”
Author Archives: Natalie Eldred
Summer Progress MA
So, I have finally found some time to get on with my own work. It’s so satisfying and addictive, yet also so very frustrating. I’m not going to go on about it too much here, well suffice to say – I’m edging closer to something I like, finding my way through. I know this isn’tContinue reading “Summer Progress MA”
That Butcher’s Shop Again
Progress with architecture – still that Butcher’s shop! But am I making progress? I think I am. The final Butcher’s shop in this series has been created with more clarity as to what I wanted to achieve. And I think it is subtler, with less emphasis on line to sort out tonal issues. Not thatContinue reading “That Butcher’s Shop Again”
3ft People Festival 2014
The following few images are those drawn ‘live’ and on the scene… (This one took all day and I don’t even like it!). It would’ve been nice to be there longer, the whole day, but my own commitments as a school mum meant that I was required to drop off the children first, and attendContinue reading “3ft People Festival 2014”
The Tension Between Communicating and Hiding
“Artists are people driven by the tension between the desire to communicate and the desire to hide” DW Winnicot OK, so what has this to do with the Winnicot quote? And is it relevant? This post is about two things really, and I am not certain if they are linked. Firstly – the 3ftContinue reading “The Tension Between Communicating and Hiding”
Portraits
I’m thinking about branching out into portraits because I like drawing people so much. This is my aunt watching telly. I’d like to learn to paint properly, not that I can’t, just that it’d be good to have a really intensive bit of training in the proper use of oil, with an official portrait painterContinue reading “Portraits”
Drawing the Boys Again
Cold Tea with a Crane Fly
So my first year is complete. I passed my second semester with flying colours, to my great joy, of course – (all swotty types like to get that ‘A’ grade), even doing well on the essay. But now a dearth of Cambridge MA happens – a four month stretch until I get back to the soul-foodContinue reading “Cold Tea with a Crane Fly”
Recent Progress: Semester 2
I haven’t blogged for AGES because I’ve been both working on the MA and trying to establish a business for myself drawing at weddings & events. This is a really exciting thing, and I feel very positive about it but it requires a separate post, with links to my new business sites etc – definitely coming very shortly. AndContinue reading “Recent Progress: Semester 2”
Before and After Having Kids
The first in a possible series of ‘How You think Life will be before you have Kids’ vs ‘How Life Actually is With Kids’. Consider Micheal Mcintyre….. (You Tube clip – trying to leave the house with kids). I had this idea a while back and haven’t had enough time to develop the drawingsContinue reading “Before and After Having Kids”
Natalie Eldred 