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12 May 2008

Sketches from the garden

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I've been so busy lately that I've fallen behind with my Every Day in May posting, though I have been keeping up with doing some art...
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07 May 2008

Strawberry

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It's a bit early for strawberries really. I never buy the imported ones, because they don't really taste of anything, but the Engli...
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Winsor & Newton Artists Journal

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It's a bit difficult to find time to keep up with the Every Day in May challenge at the moment! Work is busy with exams just around the...
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05 May 2008

Manequin

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Today is a public holiday in England (not sure about Scotland), but not for the hard-working staff of the University of Oxford. :( Never mi...
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04 May 2008

Poplar

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I was at my sailing club today, not sailing, unfortunately, as it was my turn to be in charge of the racing. The club (called Medley Sailin...
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03 May 2008

Forgetmenots

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It's been a lovely day for being in the garden. In between mowing, cleaning, weeding, etc. I found time to do a couple of quick sketche...
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02 May 2008

Apple blossom

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A busy day at work today, so not much time for drawing, but I'm not going to give up on EDM on the second day, so I found time to do a q...
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01 May 2008

Lizzie, WIP part 5

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This being the first day of May, I'm starting the annual Every Day in May challenge. Which means doing some sort of art work every day....
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27 April 2008

Lizzie, WIP part 4

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I've done some more work on my portrait of my niece, Lizzie. It's coming along quite nicely, though I'm beginning to wish that ...
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22 April 2008

Lizzie, WIP part 3

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Another hour or so to work on this drawing this evening. I've only got about three weeks to get everything I need finished before the s...
21 April 2008

Lizzie, WIP part 2

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Just managed an hour or twos work on this tonight, but thought I would post the latest update anyway. Technorati Tags: drawing , graphite , ...
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20 April 2008

Lizzie, WIP part 1

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I've finally succeeded in getting a good reference photo of my niece, Lizzie, so I'm doing a drawing of her that I hope will be read...
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17 April 2008

Lifeclass 3

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I went to my third life drawing class the other day. This time we had a different model, which was good, even though this lady was obviousl...
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15 April 2008

Another batch of Australia sketches

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Here are another batch of sketches from my recent trip to Australia. These are all done in and around Bloomfield, a secluded area in the Da...
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14 April 2008

Australia sketches

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These first set of sketches were done in the airport or on the plane. Done on lined paper because I cleverly packed my sketchbooks in my lu...
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09 April 2008

I'm back!

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I'm back from Australia, jet lagged and a bit stiff from the marathon session in economy-class seats, but having had a wonderful time! ...
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22 March 2008

Trip to Australia

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I've not posted for a few days because I've been preoccupied with getting ready for our trip to Australia. We leave tomorrow!! I...
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15 March 2008

Camellia

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It's the time of year when the garden is starting to bloom again. We don't have a lot of bulbs, but we do have some trees that now ...
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04 March 2008

EDM #143 -- draw a herb or spice

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I haven't done an EDM challenge for ages, but thought doing a sketch of a nutmeg would be a real challenge! You'd need hours and ho...
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