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Tag Archives: sketchbook
Abstractions
A set of 3, a set of 4. Coloured pencils and pen on recycled paper. A5.Taking an old family photo as a start, these set of 4 sketches got simpler, calmer and more curvy.
Under the influence of Giotto.
I haven’t done many religious works in my life. After buying a beautiful book on Giotto’s work at Assisi, it seemed the right time to make some studies, to try and work out how he gets the emotional intensity of … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, artist, Assisi, Giotto, religious art, sketchbook
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Hands
I’ve been on public transport and find that instead of glaring at people without masks on, I’d rather look at my hands and draw what I see.
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Tagged drawing, hands, pencils, sketch, sketchbook
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Derbyshire views.
While staying a week in Derbyshire I had enough time to make a few works. In landscape painting I’m trying to make my viewpoint wide the bridge to get the sense of the way the human eye takes in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Derbyshire art, Figurative, landscape, Painting, sketchbook, still life, Taddy Porter
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Grey Sketchbook: The Fabrick, or Ashover Rock.
I went up North for a holiday and made this landscape in the Grey A3 Sketchbook.This majestic rock is pronounced ‘The Feybrick’ btw. The rocks around the hill were used as the fabric of the local church, hence the name.The … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Ashover, Derbyshire art, Fabrick, Landscapeart, lifepainting, sketchbook
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Brown Sketchbook. People and poppies.
All these sketches were made last Sunday, in a dry, bright, poppy strewn garden. Poppies are so vibrant, the simple shapes and intensity of colour please me. Perspective and flower drawings are interesting, how you can suggest depth with the … Continue reading
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Tagged artist, drawing, flowers, lifedrawing, poppies, sketchbook, summerart
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Brown Sketchbook. Even more!
These pages are about watching my youngest son learn. One of my favourite studies. The sunlight was blinding. The composition seems to work, there’s enough space, perspective, colours and lines to be interesting. Here’s the other side of the garden, … Continue reading
The Brown Sketchbook. 4. And more…
Here’s a scary page, after talking to my youngest son about fleas we had a look at Robert Hooke’s brilliant and historically important Micrographica. Some of the art is by my son. The numbers look like interesting numerology but are … Continue reading
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Tagged drawing, flea, lockdownart, sketchbook, Sketches, weirdart
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The Brown Sketchbook. 3. More.
Most of these pages have been worked on over a period of weeks or months. The large image is originally from watching 5 nations Rugby (underneath the paper he’s the kicker of the England team). There’s help with homework, kids … Continue reading
The Brown Sketchbook. 2. People!
I do like drawing people. Most of these people I know very well. The nude was a model from a few years ago.
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Tagged artist, cassart, drawing, Portraits, sketchbook
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Brown paper sketchbook. 1. Doodles!
This is the first batch of images from a nice LP sized sketchbook with brown card pages from CassArt. I’ve been going back to old techniques I used at college, pasting in doodles and making the pages into an abstracted … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, artist, cassart, doodles, drawing, sketchbook
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Sketches of my family.
A in the sunshine. Acrylic and pencil on paper.This work was about the full on power of the sun and what it does to colour and form. E at work. Acrylic and pencil on brown paper in a sketchbook.My youngest … Continue reading
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Ed.
My youngest son has the pleasure of my company as I take him to various lessons. He’s now at home, next to me doing his homework now… Mostly I’m designing on the laptop while he’s learning but sometimes I’ll start … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, lifedrawing, Portraits, sketch, sketchbook, trombone art
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At London Zoo again.
I’ve gone to the zoo, sketchbook in hand. Here’s what I saw. Continue reading
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Tagged drawing, life drawing, London art, London Zoo, sketchbook, zsl
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Visiting the relatives.
A garden in the summertime. A game of chess.
Holiday Sketches Series 4: Pompeii & Hadrian’s Villa.
The main theatre at Pompeii. You can see how hot it was. My wife (the lady in blue) momentarily sat in front of me before retreating to the shade, so she was quickly captured on the page. The sun bleached … Continue reading
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Tagged artist, Hadrian, holiday, pencil, Pompeii, sketchbook, Tivoli
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Holiday Sketches Series 3: Rome
THE PANTHEON. Has to be in Caps really. Probably my favourite building. Some details of all the people and that mesmerising hole at the top of the dome. An earlier version of THE PANTHEON. An impossible building to draw. Too … Continue reading
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Tagged artist in italy, drawing, pantheon, pencil, sketchbook
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Gallery studies. Epstein, Van Gogh and Bacon.
Study of The Visitation, a sculpture by Jacob Epstein. Pencil on sketchbook. Made by standing infront of the work in the Tate Britain (while overhearing Simon Schama enthuse on David Bomberg, which made me very happy). I really like the … Continue reading
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Tagged drawing, Gagosian, palamino blackwing, pencil, sketch, sketchbook, Tate Britain
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Drawing, drawing and more drawing.
My wonderful sister. A birthday card.Thought it would be fun to mimic an early Lucian Freud trick. Waiting for a friend St.Martins Lane.So much fun being in the centre of the world (for me) and having some time to make … Continue reading
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Tagged drawing, palomino blackwing, pencils, sketch, sketchbook
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Velasquez sketchbook page in 3 states
Christ in the house of Martha & Mary. probably 1618, Diego Velázquez in the National Gallery. After 15 minute sketch in the National Gallery, this was worked up at home without looking at the original. I really like this painting, it has a lot … Continue reading
