A drawing in three stages

Here's one that's more more sartorially ornate than the previous portraits, and this woman had an intense stare as she sat for the camera.

Pouffe is a nineteenth century French import for “something puffed out”.

Tuffet, pouffe or hassock are all terms for a piece of furniture used as a footstool or low seat. The names tuffet and hassock are both derived from English names for a small grassy hillock or clump of grass, in use since at least the sixteenth century. Pouffe is a nineteenth century French import for… Continue reading Pouffe is a nineteenth century French import for “something puffed out”.

Tempuratures at an all-time high

Another drawing-in-progress of an old photo– Update: click to see finished drawing. Well, it's no longer winter, but this drawing remains (as yet) unfinished. In other news, more of the same: strange, unsettling dreams to accompany the busy time that is Spring. No complaints!  I would add some of the dreams here, but there is… Continue reading Tempuratures at an all-time high

a pencilling in progress

ink, pencil, make shapes as instructed

a girl, overexposed. pencil, ink and gouache on paper. and a Lady. pencil on paper. Slivers of drawings from art nights– more to come. Maybe these will become prints...

the glass cage

I had a dream back in mid-February, while I was in the early stages of reading Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead, and it was odd, but not really odd until about ten days later, when I reached a point in the book in which something so similar to a room from that dream was described in… Continue reading the glass cage

Burning the candle at both ends

February sped past, huh? I know, I'm always writing about T I M E. The graphic design business has picked up again– here i am suddenly working on about seven or eight projects at once, after the dearth of projects that was known as January. It goes this way. Additionally I have been working on… Continue reading Burning the candle at both ends

some drawings in ink

floating island of sod

Here is a drawing I did of a memory of a long-ago dream; one in which we visited a place where the people lived in huts on floating sod islands in a large river. It was a seasonal place– when the river rose during the flood season, they sailed elsewhere by pushing the islands with… Continue reading floating island of sod

A horse and a lady in a fine coat

These are both more examples of drawings done from old photographs, although to decidedly different effect than the earlier ones. These were done last night, the first Art Night of the new year.