Gouache & Pastel on Watercolour Paper - 9" x 9"
Sunday, 30 January 2011
Boston Maybe
Gouache & Pastel on Watercolour Paper - 9" x 9"
Saturday, 29 January 2011
Value Sketches for Portrait II - Redux
Charcoal & Gouache on Cartridge Paper - 12" x 9" (Approx.)
Charcoal on Cartridge Paper - 12"x 8" (Approx.)
Friday, 28 January 2011
Value Sketches for Portrait II
So tonight, I thought "anything" just anything to get the creative juices going, so I started on another charcoal sketch for a project of mine based on "Melancholy". Goodness knows what will emerge but I have faces in mind and beautiful photographs to work from but I have to overcome my impatience and get to grips with doing preparatory sketches on values. I don't often get them right, so I decided to do the work below to try and get accurate contrasts between the darks and the lights. It's nearly there, but the photograph is not good. I just don't have the right lens or lighting for caputuring charcoal work accurately. I chose the 'sepia' one (accidentally captured) to post here as it shows the darks with more depth. I might post a better photograph if the sun appears in London tomorrow, which is unlikely. The Winters are getting darker and colder here. A move southwards?
Charcoal on Cartridge Paper - 12"x 8" (Approx.)
Sunday, 16 January 2011
The Virtual Paintout - January Challenge
"Boston Boats - Interstate 93 - Boston, Mass., USA"
Gouache on Watercolour Paper - 9.25" x 8.5" (Approx.)
The screenshot from the Google Maps Scene
Click to see the scene directly on Google Maps ">HERE.
Painted from Google Maps with their kind permission.
Friday, 14 January 2011
A Salute to Ai Weiwei
On the way to Tate Modern. The Tate is the large building
on the left with the 'light-box' on its roof.
The dome of the majestic St Paul's Cathedral in the distance.
Walking under the high balcony towards the exhibition.
My favourite taken with a timed shot. The height of the seeds is about six inches.
A slightly out of focus close-up
View from the far end showing the height of the Turbine Hall.
responses to the exhibition which are then relayed to Ai Weiwei.
Near the exit. The view down the ramp towards the exhibition.
If you walk under the balcony you reach the exhibition.
This is such a dramatic vista even though it's dark.