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The drawings go on......
I tried an experiment with watercolour pencils a few weeks ago ( Read more... ) -
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2 new courses... and I've got my urgings back........ to draw...........
Here's the latest - 2 hours in the dark of the morning (appropriate to the subject) and another hour this afternoon....
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Still playing with pencils......
I thought I'd try something a bit harder......
And before anyone says I've not got 'im right........ I know!
Having been through it again under better lighting, I can see the bits that need doing... and I suspect I might even finish this one...... maybe....?
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Me and the Waxeye.....
Through training a client's new assistant, I've got an 'in' with a local wildlife rescue centre ( Read more... ) -
Wanderings.....
Been out and about recently..... marketing does that for you... - even if you don't particularly like the area's you're marketing in.... There was one industrial park that freaked me out - it looked like the aftermath of WW27..... and that was just the buildings; I won't go into the people I saw there ( Read more... ) -
More play time....
So - I took the camera into the garden today.... lousy weather..... lousy light..... but managed this.....
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Fun with carbon - ok graphite.... ok..... pencils.....
Elsewhere on the web, I've been showing some friends the various stages of a new project I've been working on - with my sketching.....
Tonight - I had several hours while recording 'Dune' and 'Swamp Thing'.... ok - I admit it, I love the classics...... and I decided to pick up a pencil and carry on with 'the project'.....
So - I guess I'm around 90% ( Read more... ) -
Wandering around the crater.....
So - we wandered.... and I found a 'colonial museum' where I could actually touch the exhibits..... which included a strange barocke alto flute that might have been a bass fife...., two blackwood piccolo's...... and a wooden tenor concert flute - 8 keys!
We also found a great restaurant when we got back - and I've been OD'ing on salmon tonight ( Read more... ) -
An arty interlude....
I've had time to play again.... this time with water-soluble pencils. I had a set of the earthy tones.... but had to buy a pocket set of the brighter colours in Kaikora the other day.....
Basically - you draw/sketch the subject..... and it looks 'not-so-hot'.....
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