I finished work on a portrait a little early this morning, so was able to sneak in a quick sketch before lunch. The sketch, pictured above and below, depicts three kiwi fruit. It’s rendered in chalk pastel (with some coloured pencil) on pastel paper. In all honesty, I struggled to reproduce the basic colours in…
Month: Feb 2013
Tea in Marks and Spencer, Liddypool
Today’s drawing is a black and white sketch using fine line pens on cartridge paper. It’s another quickie, drawn while my tea was going cold. The sacrifices I make for art… The drawing is around A5 in size. I was sitting in the Marks and Spencer’s café/restaurant in Liverpool at the time, passing time before…
Begonias #1
Today’s sketch was produced after a tiring day’s work in the garden, making the most of some rare sunshine. It was produced at the dining room table, on which there was/is a lovely begonia plant, courtesy of Sainsbury’s. I sketched it rapidly, in coloured pencil on pastel paper. Then back to work on an Open…
Still Life: Fruit #1
Today’s drawing is a still life in pen on cartridge paper. The small grouping of still life objects was kindly set up by my partner Judith and includes an orange, kiwi, apple and some chinese lanterns. I’ve depicted them using a cross-hatching technique that I use for most of my pen and pencil drawings. The…
Daffodils #1
A pastel and pen sketch of some daffodils, drawn this afternoon at the dining room table. Until this past Autumn I hadn’t used pastels for getting on for 20 years. At the moment I’m still struggling to re-acquaint myself with them in all honesty.
Drawing Upon Life 