Excerpts from the sketchbook
Category: drawing
City people in watercolor
It's been awhile since I posted. I haven't been drawing much lately— partly on account of work things and partly on account of the weather being too lovely to not be outside walking, cycling, or sitting in the park with friends. These little vignettes are beginnings for a larger work that I'm illustrating for a client.… Continue reading City people in watercolor
Sketchbook: pencil and conté pencil
Highlights on fictional hair
Another drawing on kraft paper, with conté pencil, white charcoal pencil.
Charcoal pencil sketches
A couple of drawings from imagination on kraft paper with black and white charcoal pencil*. I've been enjoying drawing hair lately. It was nice to get the charcoal out after a long time. The chiaroscuro technique of bringing highlights up from a medium tone is satisfying— although I'm out of practice, and without model or reference… Continue reading Charcoal pencil sketches
Art Archive: sunflowers in silhouette
Art Archive, 2007: compressed charcoal drawing of some of the sunflowers that were growing on the ledge outside my kitchen window.
Things from imagination
Some fashion in the style of the court of Henry VIII (the influence of Wolf Hall, and an article regarding the very fine costume design therefore.) Thursday evening, I took some photos of my laundry swirling in the dryer. One of the shirts turned momentarily into a face in profile, so I drew it. Below: some… Continue reading Things from imagination
A quick portrait
A quick pencil study from a still of Mark Rylance in Institute Benjamenta, by the Brothers Quay. I've only seen their animated films, but this [live action] one sounds interesting. Mr Rylance much more recently played the controversial, sympathetic recasting of Henry VIII's Thomas Cromwell in the BBC's adaptation of Wolf Hall. Played it with a kind… Continue reading A quick portrait
Art Archive: sketch montage
An archive image for today: here's a montage of various sketchbook drawings. This was a page in my 2004 calendar, which featured all sorts of photos, designs, drawings, and writing from over a few years' time.
Portraits: some real, some of thin air
Things have been coming back into focus. A few years ago I was rarely drawing in my sketchbook— heretofore a staple in my life. Turned out it was down to my eyesight. I'd started wearing glasses, but only to read, as it was the only time I really noticed the deficit. When I finally got fitted with contact… Continue reading Portraits: some real, some of thin air
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