Tag: Art
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Live fast…
im back in school…life drawing to be precise…missed it BIG time over the summer…we start with quick 3-4 minute sketches. I did continuous line today and came up with this (admittedly I’ve had a digital play with it this evening but the lines are the original sketch). Nice to be back at the drawing board. …
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Cup bored love 1.0
this is about stories objects can tell you. My kitchen for example is a museum, a collection of artefacts that tell my family and my story…why do I keep my mother’s meatloaf dish? Why do I have that coffee maker? What does the kitchen represent to me? To others? There are lots of questions spa…
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New look
Screen shots adjusted using Lightroom…using images from Dior and I It was on the seat backs on the flight to NYC. Fab film. But I’ve already said that. Watch it!
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Put my stamp on it
It is fair to say that stamping has a bit of “twee” reputation. Visions of Care Bears et cetera. However, I think you can do a lot with stamping. This is stamping on canvas board with acrylic and digital enhancement. I’m liking it. It is called “new look”. . And some prep shots to show…
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Me, myself and I
i haven’t really ever dabbled in the soulful gazes of self portraiture but the last few weeks have been filled with introspection and so I find myself looking at myself. And so I draw. And here it is. It’s done using watercolour pencils on a was background. Never used these pens before mind, but I’m…
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I spy
I am in (one of my) home towns, having a reflective weekend. So I got to thinking about what things I could find that would immediately signal where I was to somebody who knew the place. What is the mundane but also iconic? And here are some of my snaps. Plus a selfie…I know, get…
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Post haste!
Well, I said I’d have a go and here they are…four art postcards available via my etsy shop for sale….there’s only a couple of sets for now just to see if anyone actually want them but if a success I’ll get more done. Let me know what you think….
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Night out
I haven’t knitted in ages but I still turn up to the knitting club I have been a member of for the last few years. Today I intended to knit, I really did, but instead I did a fairly sketchy sketch. It’s not Hoch Arte but it captures the sociability, cake and colours a night…