Loved sketching this animated little face with the bow tie. I experimented with some new water soluble pencils I was given for my birthday. They work much like the aqua pencils in that you draw or colour with the pencil and then wash it with a wet brush. I love using my brush with a…
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Skulls and gold bling
Every now and again I explore sketching different subject matter. This last week it has been animal skulls and as an experiment I added a little gold leaf.
Exercises in light and shade
The following exercises explore how to create the illusion of form by understanding the principals of light and shade. In these quick studies I have used fine black pen, permanent marker pen, 2B and 6B pencil, charcoal and chalk. The two life studies are based on paintings by John Singer Sargent. Apple 2B & 6B pencil…
A first attempt at portraiture
For a while now I have been wanting to try my hand at portraiture, but fear has consistently got in the way. I can draw a face, I wasn’t too worried about that… It was making the face look like the person that I was drawing that I was terrified of not getting right! I…
More BeetROOTS……
The other day I ate fresh beetroot for the first time in years and while preparing them I thought what fun they would be to draw. I did a little reading up on this veg and it is a very versatile source of food and will be making a much bigger appearance in my kitchen…
Senor Onion
After a sketching roots of irises and orchids I found I rather enjoyed drawing the higgeldy piggledy tangle the roots seem to get themselves into. Rather than concentrating on colour I wanted to focus on a more monochromatic drawing and make the roots the central part of the sketch. I decided an onion was good…
Mallee Eucalyptus
This Eucalyptus is native to the south west of Western Australia. It grows to between 0.8 and 5 metres in height. It has silver grey leaves and the red, pink or cream flowers are up to 100 mm in diameter. This Eucalyptus flowers in early spring to summer and from late autumn to early winter….
Toadstools
Amanita Muscaria with Betula leaves….. Sounds very fancy, but all it is is Latin for toadstools with birch leaves. My 4th attempt at Botanical illustrations. Also done on artists sketch paper with a combination of pencil and pencil crayon. The two mushrooms look like they have been drawn in pencil, but in reality they are…
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