Tuesday, 2 November 2021

Monday, 1 November 2021

Doodlewash November

Welcome to another response to Doodlewash month! I love the mindfulness nature of drawing and creating images. Doodlewash prompts for November look very challenging...

Lets start with Acorn...This is my simple response!




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Wednesday, 20 October 2021

Charcoal Sketching

 There is something very tactile about charcoal, and messy. It takes you back to school days and if you are brave and don't mind a bit of mess then it's an ideal sketching tool. 

In this intro video I show the basics of using charcoal. 



Sunday, 2 May 2021

Work in Progress

 Hi. This is a series of images of my new process to mix pastel with Ink. I'm loving the act of creating dark passages of ink and then overlaying pastel. Let me know what you think! Have you had experimented with this method? Are there any pit falls I should be aware of (I must remember to let the ink dry before erasing the pencil lines!).




Saturday, 6 March 2021

The Blacksmith

This is my pastel rendition of a painting I am calling the Blacksmith. I particularly liked the light in the sketch I created and I tried to bring in that light which was generated by the window, the fire in the grate and also a door to the left hand side. Some of the perspective is a bit wonky but I can live with that. I haven't attempted to draw the features of the mans face but the tonal contrasts are suggesting the details nicely. 


 

Thursday, 4 February 2021