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Mr Moustache. A portrait commission.

Posted on June 23, 2017 by

Mr Moustache went through a large amount of changes. All are fun. I was asked for an impressionistic view of the model, then a more realistic version, then a more photographic version, then a change of background. Some changes are … Continue reading →

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Sketchmania 2. Back to mono.

Posted on June 16, 2017 by

This all started when given some homework from my Friday night class of life drawing at the Mary Ward Centre. The work has been rather colourful of late, could you do some works in mono? Here they are. This was … Continue reading →

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Life Drawing 7. Model & artist.

Posted on June 13, 2017 by

This week composition seemed to be on my mind. This is titled The Magician, Model and Skellington. Each part has been moved around from the real view; the skellington was over to the left and larger, the artist on the … Continue reading →

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Life Drawing 6: The Australian.

Posted on June 12, 2017 by

This session was about the horizontal contours around shapes. This was the last session for the life model before returning to Oz. Again the paper was prepared before using toxic spraypaint. This was created in an hour of fun. Good … Continue reading →

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Life Drawing 4 & 5: Two male sessions.

Posted on June 9, 2017 by

Icarus. This is on silver sprayed paper (I hate spray painting – it’s noxious). The models head was very near, hence the heightened perspective. There was a conscious decision to leave the background blank. Wings could be added. There is as … Continue reading →

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Sketchmania.

Posted on May 29, 2017 by

So, here’s a mixture of drawings that don’t fit into a theme, apart  from they were all drawn from life. We have: A five piece brass ensemble, a friend in the sun, art homework, my family, hand, trips to central … Continue reading →

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Life Drawing 3. Tonal feedback.

Posted on May 22, 2017 by

In the crit at the end of the life drawing session asked why I painted on a loud pink spray painted background, I blurted out something to do with music feedback as a base for extemporising on. Having a strong … Continue reading →

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