Category Archives: Observational

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”

Colouring-in

Experiments with using Photoshop to colour some older drawings. I really like this technique and I’m super-happy I’ve discovered it. I use a computer-pen directly on a monitor to colour, and I use the colour rather like an ink wash – but a lot less messy and easier to do it again if you don’tContinue reading “Colouring-in”

Some of the Best Bits from the Last Few Weeks of Semester 1

What a dull title. I could have called it ‘That Elusive Thing’… or ‘We Almost Never Eat on The Coffee Table in The Lounge in Front of the TV, Honest’ I drew this with a dip pen, in situ and used acrylic to paint and draw almost at the same time. Of course the coffeeContinue reading “Some of the Best Bits from the Last Few Weeks of Semester 1”

Making Friends with Architecture

 I’m so excited about this. It is ‘re-worked’ from my original drawing and I like the brickwork and tiles. That’s how I wanted to do it when I was drawing it on location. It’s looser, more free and I’ve used a dip pen, which is so much better as the line is less controlled. OKContinue reading “Making Friends with Architecture”

Drawing in the Dark

I wanted to work tonally, a technical exercise really but it turns out to be a rather nice walk-around of my house at Christmas 2013… so I’ve put it here! The slight yellow/blue feel to them is due to being on different paper, one more creamy and one more white. Not much today – moreContinue reading “Drawing in the Dark”

Having Faith

I have struggled these last few weeks of my first Semester on the MA, I’m not entirely sure why. More often than not it involves wrestling with the ugly spectre that is self-doubt. I have produced a lot more than I am including here, much of it is the product of a fairly exhausted mind. SoContinue reading “Having Faith”

Does it Tell A Story Now?

Here, for the first time ever, I have worked with a drawing done in-situ’ and used it to create an ‘illustration’. By that I mean a drawing that tells you something about the situation. I think this is a bit of a breakthrough moment for me and it’s soooo exciting!!

Drawing at The Curious Menagerie

Acting on something I’ve learnt on the MA, I arrived at the workshop and immediately began to do a few thumbnails. The idea was to get to know the space a little bit and to consider composition, this is the result: Then concious of time I thought l’d start a bigger, more ambitious drawing. WhenContinue reading “Drawing at The Curious Menagerie”