tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97967362024-03-26T09:14:44.408+00:00Dave's BlogMainly about my efforts to learn to draw and paint in watercolour.Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17337788925795211967noreply@blogger.comBlogger144125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9796736.post-73276540492280803882008-05-12T20:28:00.006+01:002008-05-12T20:41:53.087+01:00Sketches from the garden<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivIg2US5nMBvOIhUm52TDpzarFjah3bIdxAev22PQoZ8qA5ZWfp6QI10kTICzz2tqshDGTFCPfm4L19ZcmbOHdVJs1y1nVEdulswm_ntL37pzP_Xb6yUi2oXaYoSOZpaO-whM1bQ/s1600-h/garden1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivIg2US5nMBvOIhUm52TDpzarFjah3bIdxAev22PQoZ8qA5ZWfp6QI10kTICzz2tqshDGTFCPfm4L19ZcmbOHdVJs1y1nVEdulswm_ntL37pzP_Xb6yUi2oXaYoSOZpaO-whM1bQ/s320/garden1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199578402394294066" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtLQFQSy-QrzzAQ0CGVx7AdbQye5_e2S9RvwIzc2QIfhD8ZVoNHJJU4Z-zQLSy2qtY23fhPdjWbI4tVEMbKcOVw19QN8csi92nFnofRjO_DymEGsAcdlcUL1sa-8AJlMyL4ivCEg/s1600-h/dandelion.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtLQFQSy-QrzzAQ0CGVx7AdbQye5_e2S9RvwIzc2QIfhD8ZVoNHJJU4Z-zQLSy2qtY23fhPdjWbI4tVEMbKcOVw19QN8csi92nFnofRjO_DymEGsAcdlcUL1sa-8AJlMyL4ivCEg/s320/dandelion.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199578239185536802" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7kJdRZJfPdQu9Kde5bUZLEFzSYxjea-xFjiyvYoghIwa3mJ6zb7To6S5Ub5ZOdaYIGDsBPKebkWPBxgIyQFfTShmZdpSP1V5Fbj1MOU60LIUS-8LrwtUjdhRb7vGPfQW9aZlxRA/s1600-h/everyday_mini.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7kJdRZJfPdQu9Kde5bUZLEFzSYxjea-xFjiyvYoghIwa3mJ6zb7To6S5Ub5ZOdaYIGDsBPKebkWPBxgIyQFfTShmZdpSP1V5Fbj1MOU60LIUS-8LrwtUjdhRb7vGPfQW9aZlxRA/s320/everyday_mini.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199575915608229634" border="0" /></a>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 every day...honest! Today, I'm catching up a little bit by posting some sketches of things growing in our garden. One is of dandelions; unfortunately, I don't know what the others are called (my DW is the gardener in this family), though I've a feeling one of them might be called aquilegia.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixnZL-DXb_GEYZWkG0ChFbxnekWeYynjgg2TIaAxNSQzJ_DW1UFeZGFgm96i9WzONdchsPQcq9Vmfntefe6RodyLE871hg3cwJ6qgnIqUOpmCu9dwllhut6qoleD_Ey80P4hhBEw/s1600-h/garden2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixnZL-DXb_GEYZWkG0ChFbxnekWeYynjgg2TIaAxNSQzJ_DW1UFeZGFgm96i9WzONdchsPQcq9Vmfntefe6RodyLE871hg3cwJ6qgnIqUOpmCu9dwllhut6qoleD_Ey80P4hhBEw/s320/garden2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199578569898018626" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />One of the things I'm busy with is getting ready for the Oxford ArtWeeks exhibition that I'm taking part in next week. Here's an invitation, for anyone who happens to be in the Oxford area. You can find directions to the club here: http://www.medleysailingclub.co.uk/maps.html<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyRPw1Fvamrgi23_i96F_pias8HvSO0iHpaL5q9oOmaPwt7kM_AYeSPhXqxwyiFk17s3kJktMBZkUcHRQGryoAuFK3aRyYdHhtFoxQQNdAPsbP9zccea-C5GdtwRcAKxeoux2rfw/s1600-h/MSC+exhibition+me+fold.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyRPw1Fvamrgi23_i96F_pias8HvSO0iHpaL5q9oOmaPwt7kM_AYeSPhXqxwyiFk17s3kJktMBZkUcHRQGryoAuFK3aRyYdHhtFoxQQNdAPsbP9zccea-C5GdtwRcAKxeoux2rfw/s320/MSC+exhibition+me+fold.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199577350127306514" border="0" /></a>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17337788925795211967noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9796736.post-89233692864623514132008-05-07T22:18:00.003+01:002008-05-07T22:29:02.337+01:00Strawberry<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi6-JjWsjPwEdutomiU_QL_73UhWOwq2uSBnFzGO9sq4GWOV1QgRycfk5zHoyxLK27a5qyJ-JgwiuD4mHVdx2BAZubM5brVhNsnZAn5S8xgG0KMS9b8b9HVmDGgQoo93pR58Frgg/s1600-h/strawberry.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi6-JjWsjPwEdutomiU_QL_73UhWOwq2uSBnFzGO9sq4GWOV1QgRycfk5zHoyxLK27a5qyJ-JgwiuD4mHVdx2BAZubM5brVhNsnZAn5S8xgG0KMS9b8b9HVmDGgQoo93pR58Frgg/s320/strawberry.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197750751141780738" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpevk5RQ5QI3nI8auxZdrKtGTyVyhfFzPjnqdF9-7FEK3NnmwD_7I01S7kcFR7c6kzuPsYkk0ufKe35F7mhjyPFg-9-LksAZ9evreGE7HE5C9dFPPXLsOxQPMtfjDxLckfU1qhuQ/s1600-h/everyday_mini.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpevk5RQ5QI3nI8auxZdrKtGTyVyhfFzPjnqdF9-7FEK3NnmwD_7I01S7kcFR7c6kzuPsYkk0ufKe35F7mhjyPFg-9-LksAZ9evreGE7HE5C9dFPPXLsOxQPMtfjDxLckfU1qhuQ/s320/everyday_mini.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197748689557478642" border="0" /></a>It's a bit early for strawberries really. I never buy the imported ones, because they don't really taste of anything, but the English ones seem to start earlier these days; I guess they are grown under glass or plastic. Anyway, this one was on the lunch table today, so I thought I'd take the opportunity to draw it -- before I ate it, of course. I only had a black pen, so that's what I drew it with. Although the colour is the most striking thing about strawberries, I find their texture very attractive too, and pen and ink is good for rendering that.Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17337788925795211967noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9796736.post-91249987606003407952008-05-07T06:55:00.003+01:002008-05-07T07:01:46.332+01:00Winsor & Newton Artists Journal<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ6f3YGh1Co5sX5KJSH2H8SGjD6oog2fCD_oXIn_bctbik32mZzuMjvVC4TQF0F-ztcwj8ZM7EhiSBqlOYoN-cFDrmYZ7YHHQXwNIJLfjdFSoXFZFwulk5a0ZG2sXi5dWw0B5xaw/s1600-h/sketchbook.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ6f3YGh1Co5sX5KJSH2H8SGjD6oog2fCD_oXIn_bctbik32mZzuMjvVC4TQF0F-ztcwj8ZM7EhiSBqlOYoN-cFDrmYZ7YHHQXwNIJLfjdFSoXFZFwulk5a0ZG2sXi5dWw0B5xaw/s320/sketchbook.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197511132480741714" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTEeSGPo0INeNkwKvyz-LNNAhICy0oSlF0zF9_bwto0qRg7bbRaZJt8cEim58BS3yxYHpyssU2O3sn77LhIcfX1LX4DhHs_u_MkoVV9WultNssk6zZ3ktBqF9qKVMNJhGBYaBPIg/s1600-h/everyday_mini.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTEeSGPo0INeNkwKvyz-LNNAhICy0oSlF0zF9_bwto0qRg7bbRaZJt8cEim58BS3yxYHpyssU2O3sn77LhIcfX1LX4DhHs_u_MkoVV9WultNssk6zZ3ktBqF9qKVMNJhGBYaBPIg/s320/everyday_mini.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197510887667605826" border="0" /></a>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 corner and I'm still getting ready for the 10k race, now only 11 days away (eek!), which means going out running most nights. So, here is a very quick sketch of my Winsor & Newton artists journal, a present from my DW and a very nice thing to carry about and sketch in. Just for a change, this is done using Noodlers ink and graphitint pencils.Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17337788925795211967noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9796736.post-43989262548288265632008-05-05T22:24:00.006+01:002008-05-05T22:35:31.536+01:00Manequin<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD2CsFUgExiQrSGTG_61jeXmfI2xBrhDQ3RKxaKynSkZRS577NRiHz6bJLIxDRgMWCjxVLKNcFsgjgitmqODbz8gqvcEMV1qwA_4aqrM6owjVM60j10hHmNCWbqiFRdSumWA5Ydg/s1600-h/manequin.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD2CsFUgExiQrSGTG_61jeXmfI2xBrhDQ3RKxaKynSkZRS577NRiHz6bJLIxDRgMWCjxVLKNcFsgjgitmqODbz8gqvcEMV1qwA_4aqrM6owjVM60j10hHmNCWbqiFRdSumWA5Ydg/s320/manequin.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197008565472534834" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrZ3K_LrsBY_h8dIi_PJWgwA06MVJPAr73SH0KdtVDC_96uwB5sgZAzAB4weFxPW-nk8GYsQRv_JutDAcrBtX6PGSCOOXgb1sNtoB4zZh8O4UCZqysDh6s-gnFXKiCx152p0z2oA/s1600-h/everyday_mini.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrZ3K_LrsBY_h8dIi_PJWgwA06MVJPAr73SH0KdtVDC_96uwB5sgZAzAB4weFxPW-nk8GYsQRv_JutDAcrBtX6PGSCOOXgb1sNtoB4zZh8O4UCZqysDh6s-gnFXKiCx152p0z2oA/s320/everyday_mini.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197007938407309586" border="0" /></a>Today is a public holiday in England (not sure about Scotland), but not for the hard-working staff of the University of Oxford. :( Never mind, it rained so much I wasn't really missing much. Unfortunately, that also meant I was confined to indoor sketching, so turned to the trusty manequin. I also wanted to try using my Noodlers ink with water, having been alerted to the fact that it isn't waterproof by <a href="http://artbyanita.blogspot.com/">Anita</a>, who uses this medium (as so many others) so beautifully.Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17337788925795211967noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9796736.post-24733231592582048232008-05-04T21:51:00.005+01:002008-05-04T22:05:52.927+01:00Poplar<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrZ2UgldXjcV62CeI9T0mzQd940slClwCEUfTsTxZ8Fmsik4kR-NSEa51D2uftKabZxakuv3LfqENDxtWAtP7zQGPlKUsTXje37hbY74Zub9bvny06OHybH_Y4WtLYrXzKdHtQ3A/s1600-h/poplar.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrZ2UgldXjcV62CeI9T0mzQd940slClwCEUfTsTxZ8Fmsik4kR-NSEa51D2uftKabZxakuv3LfqENDxtWAtP7zQGPlKUsTXje37hbY74Zub9bvny06OHybH_Y4WtLYrXzKdHtQ3A/s320/poplar.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196629255435788546" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_sk9KL0t-gTKT5WAT82pcRqz54IEV4jPsxctnVwwSrJvechOYXeJD6WG1tER4rT6xxKMPFmDoe9mt4f_vKuhMMEEyPfDC2GD0indyf6izqgjwS-rEg6j0WObajlKZKqwy_SWXzA/s1600-h/everyday_mini.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_sk9KL0t-gTKT5WAT82pcRqz54IEV4jPsxctnVwwSrJvechOYXeJD6WG1tER4rT6xxKMPFmDoe9mt4f_vKuhMMEEyPfDC2GD0indyf6izqgjwS-rEg6j0WObajlKZKqwy_SWXzA/s320/everyday_mini.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196629096521998578" border="0" /></a>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 <a href="http://www.medleysailingclub.co.uk/">Medley Sailing Club</a>) is not far from Binsey, where the poplars that Gerard Manley Hopkins wrote about in his famous poem. This is a quick sketch that I was able to do between races of a poplar on the banks of the Thames, just coming in to leaf. This is just pen and ink; I might add some colour tomorrow...the green of trees at this time of year is so lovely.<br /><br />If anyone happens to be in the area, the sailing club is having an open day on 10th May. Come and have a sail!<br /><br />Here is the poem.<br /><br /><h3>Binsey Poplars, felled 1879<span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS,Arial,Helvetica;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"> <!--mstheme--></span></span></h3> <p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS,Arial,Helvetica;">My aspens dear, whose airy cages quelled,<br />Quelled or quenched in leaves the leaping sun,<br />All felled, felled, are all felled;<br /> Of a fresh and following folded rank<br /> Not spared, not one<br /> That dandled a sandalled<br /> Shadow that swam or sank<br />On meadow and river and wind-wandering weed-winding bank.<br /><br />O if we but knew what we do<br /> When we delve or hew—<br /> Hack and rack the growing green!<br /> Since country is so tender<br /> To touch, her being so slender,<br /> That, like this sleek and seeing ball<br /> But a prick will make no eye at all,<br /> Where we, even where we mean<br /> To mend her we end her,<br /> When we hew or delve:<br />After-comers cannot guess the beauty been.<br />Ten or twelve, only ten or twelve<br /> Strokes of havoc unselve<br /> The sweet especial scene,<br /> Rural scene, a rural scene,<br /> Sweet especial rural scene.<br /></span></p>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17337788925795211967noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9796736.post-79531644260105878522008-05-03T19:47:00.004+01:002008-05-03T19:57:24.578+01:00Forgetmenots<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdboQWyOHYIHbGCNmDYOLCTzQoSzC9ZF-cqOargptGS9N5jkOOj7U9801acE5sXgxc2g2kOb1Fmlxg10zmR_W1eYiJyTJ3WN96_G16z_BNo48ZdGuYWfqjMWroWQolTm_bgHYGhA/s1600-h/tulipbud.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdboQWyOHYIHbGCNmDYOLCTzQoSzC9ZF-cqOargptGS9N5jkOOj7U9801acE5sXgxc2g2kOb1Fmlxg10zmR_W1eYiJyTJ3WN96_G16z_BNo48ZdGuYWfqjMWroWQolTm_bgHYGhA/s320/tulipbud.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196227633043939554" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYxd5e9ovyQugjdgRZ6Uk98uwUwixMpZE9yb0yNQ1CtMaAUqyGVHgfnKJ1u2vCpwAJJYzXAxuRqJwMn4PJh1dr9Otbw_SV7BT8Gthq3LTiKC47phhD1K82Eyi8qvtgjiXo13FT2Q/s1600-h/everyday_mini.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYxd5e9ovyQugjdgRZ6Uk98uwUwixMpZE9yb0yNQ1CtMaAUqyGVHgfnKJ1u2vCpwAJJYzXAxuRqJwMn4PJh1dr9Otbw_SV7BT8Gthq3LTiKC47phhD1K82Eyi8qvtgjiXo13FT2Q/s320/everyday_mini.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196225511330095298" border="0" /></a>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 sketches, including some of the forgetmenots which absolutely cover the garden at this time of the year. I suppose we should try to control them, but they're my daughter's favourite flower, so I haven't got the heart! I also did a quick sketch of a tulip, though I don't think that really worked very well. Still, in the spirit of EDM, I'm going to post it anyway.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh56ZBFdWYSxFwazsC4hvtiUVM2a3z2TpPRf31N7q8WI2Sk8D7hbeC6hP5hzOLB5UVb1_ngtu3XiIhbAgcNayUSdoGj7AP_2ZLWDGtJRFjc-xvq7YU95yBoHWMp8EmwTihhqI4iMQ/s1600-h/forgetmenots.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh56ZBFdWYSxFwazsC4hvtiUVM2a3z2TpPRf31N7q8WI2Sk8D7hbeC6hP5hzOLB5UVb1_ngtu3XiIhbAgcNayUSdoGj7AP_2ZLWDGtJRFjc-xvq7YU95yBoHWMp8EmwTihhqI4iMQ/s320/forgetmenots.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196227431180476626" border="0" /></a>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17337788925795211967noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9796736.post-26628297097600718602008-05-02T21:51:00.005+01:002008-05-02T21:59:13.341+01:00Apple blossom<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijOE_a8QypfZku93y-ku56Whp5cUa0gtduBomJMleoFAqGDjw0IMKS7TuOndWXNLqyEu7_k_I2BF0j5jaTtiZNYbnK2GLiubAa-o28You7_cKGekpn79coUlPpO_Q6Dw4I512Fhw/s1600-h/appleblossom.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijOE_a8QypfZku93y-ku56Whp5cUa0gtduBomJMleoFAqGDjw0IMKS7TuOndWXNLqyEu7_k_I2BF0j5jaTtiZNYbnK2GLiubAa-o28You7_cKGekpn79coUlPpO_Q6Dw4I512Fhw/s320/appleblossom.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195887170986385586" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRSFb_7NFMdymKdUQkSzIFdoKUAP2GaQUGjkbWVx0V6GxqubIbxUfMrh4ui1YYRcWNLuhBM1gsyGKeTV91mI_eKzAIvJ4tZPCfaiIg-Um8ojOBNPABq8HsH6l3j7VljrhYhFwfjw/s1600-h/everyday_mini.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRSFb_7NFMdymKdUQkSzIFdoKUAP2GaQUGjkbWVx0V6GxqubIbxUfMrh4ui1YYRcWNLuhBM1gsyGKeTV91mI_eKzAIvJ4tZPCfaiIg-Um8ojOBNPABq8HsH6l3j7VljrhYhFwfjw/s320/everyday_mini.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195886496676520098" border="0" /></a>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 quick sketch of the apple blossom that is out in our garden at the moment. Actually, this is growing on a small tree that has a lot of meaning for my DW. It is a graft taken from a tree planted by her father not long before he died. It's still only large enough to get a handful of fruit, but it's growing well and has lovely blossom at this time of year. This was done using Inktense pencils.Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17337788925795211967noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9796736.post-90649325539649514702008-05-01T22:21:00.005+01:002008-05-01T22:31:40.063+01:00Lizzie, WIP part 5<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBDALsrGP8zyHz-His5Tb1wx8KDq7eyiRKAnPAeLOiAZUMas8FwF9kGOl_-BU1dHMnrL2Ytp0SqAm6J2ZdzDap-ecw7_6fQw5ytXcyaL4H8YGO5OnPUlO_bv8ql5mgKECo65XkPw/s1600-h/everyday.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 143px; height: 123px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBDALsrGP8zyHz-His5Tb1wx8KDq7eyiRKAnPAeLOiAZUMas8FwF9kGOl_-BU1dHMnrL2Ytp0SqAm6J2ZdzDap-ecw7_6fQw5ytXcyaL4H8YGO5OnPUlO_bv8ql5mgKECo65XkPw/s320/everyday.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195523047953997906" border="0" /></a>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. Today's work was to continue with my portrait of my niece, Lizzie. I've made a few adjustments to the left eye and the mouth (I always find the mouth the hardest part to get right, for some reason) and done a bit more work on the hair. I'm still not completely satisfied with the likeness, but it's better than it was. I don't think I'll do much more work on the hair; I like portraits that are more and more "unfinished" the further away you get from the face. This time I've also posted my reference photograph in case anyone can spot any glaring problems that I could easily correct!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk8FygmkrSmzhWUWfuO3S8SD770e5tNdrjWCrKU9GrgRLy1yl4e_Fy48esa7OMyXpyadw9LY5x7qTMRhNpKt-g_oPv9hD-SUnmyWy9ettKhbe5qy87We3MSD5oQgkX7PDxCJ_ecw/s1600-h/Lizzie.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk8FygmkrSmzhWUWfuO3S8SD770e5tNdrjWCrKU9GrgRLy1yl4e_Fy48esa7OMyXpyadw9LY5x7qTMRhNpKt-g_oPv9hD-SUnmyWy9ettKhbe5qy87We3MSD5oQgkX7PDxCJ_ecw/s320/Lizzie.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195524946329542770" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH5PBfeSnCQCzJzFScU2ATj9zMQ1kG5XCozzhJiOAVzbHGh9eKv-HWq2HelQdw_SH69rDuKMa30xmyXVr_CFaqcqreqgG73083J7z_aqD6nIuPWh9TSFU-nsuodfVvzhwPQbZ2Bw/s1600-h/Lizzie5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH5PBfeSnCQCzJzFScU2ATj9zMQ1kG5XCozzhJiOAVzbHGh9eKv-HWq2HelQdw_SH69rDuKMa30xmyXVr_CFaqcqreqgG73083J7z_aqD6nIuPWh9TSFU-nsuodfVvzhwPQbZ2Bw/s400/Lizzie5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195524456703271010" border="0" /></a>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17337788925795211967noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9796736.post-82965426772711837312008-04-27T18:22:00.003+01:002008-04-27T18:31:43.138+01:00Lizzie, WIP part 4<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKDH2U30y_KxalTqk-8ywu9G9smoDtRLiu7pgrpjmMynNkfQKXuT2xej5ukJo7jlo-VJcV1xFdgIa65v3IJzkkL2EQab2xqNsc2EYBEVqtZLj5U4xHt0AEwM_nVBpwrpe9DVzH9A/s1600-h/Lizzie4.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKDH2U30y_KxalTqk-8ywu9G9smoDtRLiu7pgrpjmMynNkfQKXuT2xej5ukJo7jlo-VJcV1xFdgIa65v3IJzkkL2EQab2xqNsc2EYBEVqtZLj5U4xHt0AEwM_nVBpwrpe9DVzH9A/s320/Lizzie4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193977078770769634" border="0" /></a><br /><br />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 she had shorter hair! There's something not quite right with the likeness, though I just don't seem to be able to put my finger on what it is. It's getting closer, though!<br /><br />Meanwhile, I'm feeling rather stiff today. I foolishly allowed myself to be talked in to entering a 10km (6 mile) "fun run" that is raising money form Muscular Dystrophy. Given that the last time I ran in any sort of race was my school sports day when I ran the 800m (a distance that I remember thinking at the time was unreasonably long!), I thought I'd better get in some practice. My big fear (apart from doing something really silly like tripping over a kerb) is being overtaken by someone dressed as a slice of toast. So, I went for a five mile run this morning, which I did in 48 minutes 33 seconds. Since I've never run five miles before, I guess this counts as a personal best, or PB as my running friends all say! Three more weeks before the actual event...Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17337788925795211967noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9796736.post-48057914595283867422008-04-22T22:41:00.006+01:002008-04-24T20:20:53.611+01:00Lizzie, WIP part 3<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3UVpZETmnZ3bUtuY5inY5ZjQ-pxm65YGS4FQhEIlyg4QEE3clhvDlp-zoMJSs8QG_MrvKEb0R-ZmDVKaWD06bnJ2Mmw_he6kzwDYLz8awMbR5lyIg_lTxH0-vi590cEMMpgSTIA/s1600-h/Lizzie3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3UVpZETmnZ3bUtuY5inY5ZjQ-pxm65YGS4FQhEIlyg4QEE3clhvDlp-zoMJSs8QG_MrvKEb0R-ZmDVKaWD06bnJ2Mmw_he6kzwDYLz8awMbR5lyIg_lTxH0-vi590cEMMpgSTIA/s320/Lizzie3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192892895881273042" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />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 show, so I hope to make faster progress later in the week. But I think it is going to be OK...fingers crossed! I've done some more work on the face, trying to smooth the texture as well as adding some more details.<br /><br />PS For some reason the scanner seems not to be working properly, so this looks much less smooth than it really is.<br /><br />Technorati Tags: <a class="performancingtags" href="http://technorati.com/tag/portraits" rel="tag">portraits</a>, <a class="performancingtags" href="http://technorati.com/tag/drawing" rel="tag">drawing</a>, <a class="performancingtags" href="http://technorati.com/tag/graphite" rel="tag">graphite</a>, <a class="performancingtags" href="http://technorati.com/tag/wip" rel="tag">wip</a>, <a class="performancingtags" href="http://technorati.com/tag/Lizzie" rel="tag">Lizzie</a>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17337788925795211967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9796736.post-86464126040042858552008-04-21T22:42:00.002+01:002008-04-22T07:57:46.014+01:00Lizzie, WIP part 2<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRfM60mAHR6AIyeGgb8SdqrZjB8W6B9KPwYSIFIlbcXFP_CaO9317UqL-dvnvkeqA8Nuog5j7lEfJq2CydenGsp7UyfSjVtp76BRiywmbcRWKjxlYikzC3xlzoygpvOZh3_jpigg/s1600-h/Lizzie2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRfM60mAHR6AIyeGgb8SdqrZjB8W6B9KPwYSIFIlbcXFP_CaO9317UqL-dvnvkeqA8Nuog5j7lEfJq2CydenGsp7UyfSjVtp76BRiywmbcRWKjxlYikzC3xlzoygpvOZh3_jpigg/s320/Lizzie2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191960226553077330" border="0" /></a><br /><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Just managed an hour or twos work on this tonight, but thought I would post the latest update anyway.<br /><br /><br /><br />Technorati Tags: <a rel="tag" href="http://technorati.com/tag/drawing" class="performancingtags">drawing</a>, <a rel="tag" href="http://technorati.com/tag/graphite" class="performancingtags">graphite</a>, <a rel="tag" href="http://technorati.com/tag/portraits" class="performancingtags">portraits</a>, <a rel="tag" href="http://technorati.com/tag/Lizzie" class="performancingtags">Lizzie</a>, <a rel="tag" href="http://technorati.com/tag/wip" class="performancingtags">wip</a></div>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17337788925795211967noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9796736.post-68390347202570949252008-04-20T22:06:00.004+01:002008-04-20T22:17:43.263+01:00Lizzie, WIP part 1<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfqrF0m8lyTKRvcJRRsGqIN0kH3FdKQov3QSD2kmfAFYEOD9VSplH43V7SyObEGGeYPJ-gBujwgebgsq9ROeOsiKdX44X9bs4o7vdcewaPoomp00Eges3kmi5YwFVjZlo5p7yGkw/s1600-h/Lizzie1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfqrF0m8lyTKRvcJRRsGqIN0kH3FdKQov3QSD2kmfAFYEOD9VSplH43V7SyObEGGeYPJ-gBujwgebgsq9ROeOsiKdX44X9bs4o7vdcewaPoomp00Eges3kmi5YwFVjZlo5p7yGkw/s320/Lizzie1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191439738141309698" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">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 ready in time to include in the group show that I'm going to take part in during Oxford <a href="http://www.artweeks.org/">Artweeks</a>. I say "group show" because that sounds like something a proper artist would take part in! Actually, it's a group of members of <a href="http://www.medleysailingclub.co.uk/">Medley Sailing Club</a> who have decided to put on a show in our clubhouse, which is located right on the banks of the Thames in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Meadow,_Oxford">Port Meadow</a>. I thought it would be fun to take part, because every year I go around and see as many artists' work as I can but I would never have thought of joining in myself until this idea came up.<br /><br />As for the drawing, it's early days yet but I think the pose is a nice one, so it should make for a good drawing. Though as usual now that I come to post it I can see a problem with the right eye and there's something not quite right with the mouth...I always have problems with mouths! Still, plenty of time to put those things right...<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Technorati Tags: <a rel="tag" href="http://technorati.com/tag/drawing" class="performancingtags">drawing</a>, <a rel="tag" href="http://technorati.com/tag/portrait" class="performancingtags">portrait</a>, <a rel="tag" href="http://technorati.com/tag/Lizzie" class="performancingtags">Lizzie</a>, <a rel="tag" href="http://technorati.com/tag/wip" class="performancingtags">wip</a>, <a rel="tag" href="http://technorati.com/tag/graphite" class="performancingtags">graphite</a></div>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17337788925795211967noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9796736.post-75468949714521329562008-04-17T17:59:00.006+01:002008-04-17T18:26:52.885+01:00Lifeclass 3I 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 obviously a bit nervous about it. Not that I blame her; it's a weird thing to do, isn't it!<br /><br />This first set were all five minute poses, drawing on A3 cartridge paper using charcoal.<br /> <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguqM9PcKvTIAxgTG_2mWTc1lZWwWjcgau1WoZIGt7tu4JxYcynYir27M2w271ZMEVmdDuJOGYpNNnoi2H4eMG4z4OpNqFKEPH_TPQWyUUj9_5ffapfNjFkogKVxfdhF2Zdkn4YfQ/s1600-h/DSC01794.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguqM9PcKvTIAxgTG_2mWTc1lZWwWjcgau1WoZIGt7tu4JxYcynYir27M2w271ZMEVmdDuJOGYpNNnoi2H4eMG4z4OpNqFKEPH_TPQWyUUj9_5ffapfNjFkogKVxfdhF2Zdkn4YfQ/s200/DSC01794.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190262417193728850" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixaLvyLFVLNt7iIFqOcZxP-P6HmjG2W4lryNnM3zUsf0l0tJ_0__6Wrvl0QsQgX8TWX7yPxikINDCikUG4bGl-AF-6Fjri5G-dFXRF3zmsndUO3nHuyrmXb1l1S6S3KRPOgq4bqA/s1600-h/DSC01795.JPG"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 260px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixaLvyLFVLNt7iIFqOcZxP-P6HmjG2W4lryNnM3zUsf0l0tJ_0__6Wrvl0QsQgX8TWX7yPxikINDCikUG4bGl-AF-6Fjri5G-dFXRF3zmsndUO3nHuyrmXb1l1S6S3KRPOgq4bqA/s200/DSC01795.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190263594014767970" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifNKkfD7wsyeuIb6muh_C3FNtVWqtHNhYaSZ02xEtLvaL4bxxD-4sACtSSTMvJEFGubvFlIzeUtl5A-EBlkkXEGxpHlU0UO0Mw4QKWO0sTQtYZxUD9rI8IUg8UnaI_ZcU4UUSqIQ/s1600-h/DSC01796.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 204px; height: 171px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifNKkfD7wsyeuIb6muh_C3FNtVWqtHNhYaSZ02xEtLvaL4bxxD-4sACtSSTMvJEFGubvFlIzeUtl5A-EBlkkXEGxpHlU0UO0Mw4QKWO0sTQtYZxUD9rI8IUg8UnaI_ZcU4UUSqIQ/s200/DSC01796.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190263611194637170" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMxCwT-hUnJmYYEVz2-T3Hp_OWMnzbpMWNX_h0EJWTDCVMxjFB0O0hd0oMReiGstoTJ3ISGyoM0efZ6o0X2EdRlcjtsM98evmh6v6udbyc9mxbBug305Wg_7ByBuElZIIOhPtSdA/s1600-h/DSC01793.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMxCwT-hUnJmYYEVz2-T3Hp_OWMnzbpMWNX_h0EJWTDCVMxjFB0O0hd0oMReiGstoTJ3ISGyoM0efZ6o0X2EdRlcjtsM98evmh6v6udbyc9mxbBug305Wg_7ByBuElZIIOhPtSdA/s160/DSC01793.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />The next two were fifteen minute poses, the first using charcoal again and the second one using a large, flat graphite pencil.<br /> <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVipKnUmsHZ6SHiRInrtrI6tIdWqoObKpAgYbNfHcg7NLw6hTjyamkqhcRPLBCbBPqei26q61Bm9q0W2FmlF8NmzWlCm_oBAws1eGOnPN3am6rQnHgPrmt4jHtdfoet_nfgDqRdg/s1600-h/DSC01792.JPG"><img style="width: 197px; height: 300px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVipKnUmsHZ6SHiRInrtrI6tIdWqoObKpAgYbNfHcg7NLw6hTjyamkqhcRPLBCbBPqei26q61Bm9q0W2FmlF8NmzWlCm_oBAws1eGOnPN3am6rQnHgPrmt4jHtdfoet_nfgDqRdg/s160/DSC01792.JPG" border="0" /> </a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTFQ7RVw6d3FiiESqo_3Ac4h4R0IRAQZD68qu7l2Nhcpt3GwDp_Jh1RcrPTlndLK1re5uwPSpJXwTsnBmnkrlcd80MeRUXUfMnuez6YWIKyWfXBadOBrp1feRnA1s3XCYkgT08-g/s1600-h/DSC01791.JPG"><img style="width: 294px; height: 221px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTFQ7RVw6d3FiiESqo_3Ac4h4R0IRAQZD68qu7l2Nhcpt3GwDp_Jh1RcrPTlndLK1re5uwPSpJXwTsnBmnkrlcd80MeRUXUfMnuez6YWIKyWfXBadOBrp1feRnA1s3XCYkgT08-g/s160/DSC01791.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /> <br />The last pose was 45 minutes and I used a wax pastel for this one, a medium that I've never used before. I'm quite pleased with how it came out (though less pleased with the rubbish photograph of it!).<br /><br /><div style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCbqCgshEvivclXNn94lIY4imRuZaeA-41elCY7TlWhIeOav-6NimrIdRLwqXGiNQCXuv1qV0k3pqt1VthLUacWhraItpAHvCnjxeDhEwErOK5wFi9fco1A3zZSwnsGus5wwazBQ/s1600-h/DSC01790.JPG"><img style="width: 389px; height: 199px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCbqCgshEvivclXNn94lIY4imRuZaeA-41elCY7TlWhIeOav-6NimrIdRLwqXGiNQCXuv1qV0k3pqt1VthLUacWhraItpAHvCnjxeDhEwErOK5wFi9fco1A3zZSwnsGus5wwazBQ/s160/DSC01790.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />I was pleased to find out that these classes are now being held twice per month, so I should be showing more drawings soon. This weekend I'm off to Cambridge (I'm examining some poor guy's PhD thesis tomorrow; hope he's not too nervous, I'm quite a gentle examiner really!!), so maybe I'll get some sketching done there. Who knows, I might bump into <a href="http://artbyanita.blogspot.com/">Anita</a>!<br /></div>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17337788925795211967noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9796736.post-87539970107815370262008-04-15T11:41:00.008+01:002008-04-15T11:50:13.217+01:00Another batch of Australia sketchesHere are another batch of sketches from my recent trip to Australia. These are all done in and around Bloomfield, a secluded area in the Daintree Forest, in northern Queensland.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_5A2illZ6NDLJcrfPQReAd0L3nRqnZ__-7n12D17rjLZDAqH-KevgoOeXOC7w_BjoYHbEGBEm94nEh5pdcygb39XpLYyQmsKrgSiVo-oKIxuP2RKiRTamJC92VvB5pXRAanhgkg/s1600-h/bloomfield+view.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_5A2illZ6NDLJcrfPQReAd0L3nRqnZ__-7n12D17rjLZDAqH-KevgoOeXOC7w_BjoYHbEGBEm94nEh5pdcygb39XpLYyQmsKrgSiVo-oKIxuP2RKiRTamJC92VvB5pXRAanhgkg/s320/bloomfield+view.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189420947201096178" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpe2T8tNRBifj6rmlGBUfwTcmcIzWluTiu9dqtEQV_L33XoJN2CjUueKzE4i1EbtMPmaPJcpn3d5B66I16gs_DBtlxAR-F1hv74hHD6z9dXul1g7mfTtxv1_IOUKCJjTiJug-sNw/s1600-h/Bloomfield+pool.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpe2T8tNRBifj6rmlGBUfwTcmcIzWluTiu9dqtEQV_L33XoJN2CjUueKzE4i1EbtMPmaPJcpn3d5B66I16gs_DBtlxAR-F1hv74hHD6z9dXul1g7mfTtxv1_IOUKCJjTiJug-sNw/s320/Bloomfield+pool.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189421127589722626" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3QVawxHuTfHLGDha3RWNeXSe2xYSQyqBpinMH__Z6ErkuPtN5WO_SiUE8XRRHq8zR_QemdBdFLZ7nP3GPNmA6U5JHrOh6guVNg7u0LVmhEL9N5yXl9wgw-I-v1n8IQNnCmxaWDQ/s1600-h/red+flowers.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3QVawxHuTfHLGDha3RWNeXSe2xYSQyqBpinMH__Z6ErkuPtN5WO_SiUE8XRRHq8zR_QemdBdFLZ7nP3GPNmA6U5JHrOh6guVNg7u0LVmhEL9N5yXl9wgw-I-v1n8IQNnCmxaWDQ/s320/red+flowers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189421544201550354" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLr53D1qJ4Is4Fxr1skgE825A3QwoiITMjpS1rBBvN0D-XhxeeVeZaSjwFS4Ve3Gv9gUHPNixk3p_JAiKJTSOn1Nn2TuJ9EImPU1TH63KtYjWc24rQPo-QNn_ODi2LfFEBaahH5A/s1600-h/sarah+fishing.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLr53D1qJ4Is4Fxr1skgE825A3QwoiITMjpS1rBBvN0D-XhxeeVeZaSjwFS4Ve3Gv9gUHPNixk3p_JAiKJTSOn1Nn2TuJ9EImPU1TH63KtYjWc24rQPo-QNn_ODi2LfFEBaahH5A/s320/sarah+fishing.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189421784719718946" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfvHhWlLoITLwO79gT4SxI4k0YshIHiZytpwWQlRP4AXcZH414PDPmRGtV_CrA40YG3UO-yW1O0CLRAhnIpPEmAkM5nCwDVuN-mr_c4-rlrcT0UrNvuRCIjI3XwUUycYZ1B15Gsw/s1600-h/view+from+room.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfvHhWlLoITLwO79gT4SxI4k0YshIHiZytpwWQlRP4AXcZH414PDPmRGtV_CrA40YG3UO-yW1O0CLRAhnIpPEmAkM5nCwDVuN-mr_c4-rlrcT0UrNvuRCIjI3XwUUycYZ1B15Gsw/s320/view+from+room.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189422059597625906" border="0" /></a>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17337788925795211967noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9796736.post-24506265365617208572008-04-14T21:29:00.014+01:002008-04-14T22:17:11.600+01:00Australia sketchesThese 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 luggage!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsQKVn8IXWYkBCP6Hh_kb3yKQpsz9y08-MfS4vuwwM8agfSO5SBKQRuP27izWuHmnEQqu3UxIQ5WagfLyyFxK2Jj2F0HNaDZxsK60v-9s5aO_a0u5tWVVUGpPwKcnmZNEgrF8YMQ/s1600-h/airport+sketch2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 189px; height: 220px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsQKVn8IXWYkBCP6Hh_kb3yKQpsz9y08-MfS4vuwwM8agfSO5SBKQRuP27izWuHmnEQqu3UxIQ5WagfLyyFxK2Jj2F0HNaDZxsK60v-9s5aO_a0u5tWVVUGpPwKcnmZNEgrF8YMQ/s320/airport+sketch2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189206078577211842" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs5Ab3dG8RZqX_2jM0VUYoOeCyx7E4sfx2QJlP9AeezZQrbLu4qFX8glsRozWaZO5XG2qz7P688OqhL7K0FRZnh0S69dVTP17-Sy1MD7MfhvIgaIwHWzGVehUWR_6FPODYg-uPow/s1600-h/airport+sketch1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 192px; height: 254px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs5Ab3dG8RZqX_2jM0VUYoOeCyx7E4sfx2QJlP9AeezZQrbLu4qFX8glsRozWaZO5XG2qz7P688OqhL7K0FRZnh0S69dVTP17-Sy1MD7MfhvIgaIwHWzGVehUWR_6FPODYg-uPow/s320/airport+sketch1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189204717072578978" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTFgQ4WN9eQJbldP9EEZ0ynfPnPueNQEv09JCS3xHu1UlTmxgnyEOqlZNYz00fBC7PGp_SAEdZyMpXYOu-LcK4c_eaVZS8gj_5qyaANrcReopPpAAIA0GFhqIdtx3GRYDYjV4miQ/s1600-h/sarah+listens+to+ipod.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 222px; height: 304px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTFgQ4WN9eQJbldP9EEZ0ynfPnPueNQEv09JCS3xHu1UlTmxgnyEOqlZNYz00fBC7PGp_SAEdZyMpXYOu-LcK4c_eaVZS8gj_5qyaANrcReopPpAAIA0GFhqIdtx3GRYDYjV4miQ/s320/sarah+listens+to+ipod.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189205180929046962" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Our first stop was in Sydney, but I didn't get much chance to sketch there. I did manage a very quick one of, inevitably, Sydney Opera House. I have to say, it is an amazing building, inside as well as out. We were lucky to hear an amazing performance of Shostakovich's 8th symphony in the lovely concert hall. And I also did a quick sketch of a gum tree!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBznU4IZ126vcrZVJoXSOyqZ0sdiWGmW2XJaA_LmyOq3VVwPejwJFXnAZAvtFB8N0XncoxaUbml7pkm7kRHUOYAJ7o2KnTY5NnXFt05yqeO2V8J3Viq_x5dS9sQ-iM6G_NtD5oTA/s1600-h/soh.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBznU4IZ126vcrZVJoXSOyqZ0sdiWGmW2XJaA_LmyOq3VVwPejwJFXnAZAvtFB8N0XncoxaUbml7pkm7kRHUOYAJ7o2KnTY5NnXFt05yqeO2V8J3Viq_x5dS9sQ-iM6G_NtD5oTA/s320/soh.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189209085054319058" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSGxV9vmbretKzPa5hEzR1rtrWAk9iyHTYL6zfHK53x5J03Ki4CiInY2CjK6qGHKYYBkGz6N4Fr_nKdDYm7Vnkn03hedp4gjhx-TY78X1SJ0mZ6dae-bGl1xqzKJm5Nu1aZnXIHQ/s1600-h/gum+tree.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSGxV9vmbretKzPa5hEzR1rtrWAk9iyHTYL6zfHK53x5J03Ki4CiInY2CjK6qGHKYYBkGz6N4Fr_nKdDYm7Vnkn03hedp4gjhx-TY78X1SJ0mZ6dae-bGl1xqzKJm5Nu1aZnXIHQ/s320/gum+tree.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189209475896343010" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />More to come soon!Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17337788925795211967noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9796736.post-41908798578797589002008-04-09T16:25:00.002+01:002008-04-09T16:39:28.976+01:00I'm back!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! I did get the chance to do some sketching, so when I've got myself organized to scan them, I'll show them here. Meanwhile, here are some photos to whet your appetite!<br /><br /><div style="background:#000;max-width:511px;margin:0 auto;text-align:center;line-height:0"><div style="width:100%;height:341px;padding:0;margin:0"><iframe style="width:100%;height:100%" src="http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/DNBarron/BestOfAustralia2008/photo#s5187247818428720066" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe></div><a href="http://blogger-templates.blogspot.com/2007/04/picasa-slideshow.html"><img style="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;float:left" src="http://btemplates.googlepages.com/add.gif" title="Add to my blog" alt="Picasa Slideshow" /></a><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com"><img style="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;float:right" src="http://btemplates.googlepages.com/picasa.png" title="Go to Picasa Web Albums" alt="Picasa Web Albums" /></a><a href="http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/DNBarron/BestOfAustralia2008/photo#s5187247818428720066" onclick="window.open(this.href,'Slideshow','type=fullWindow,fullscreen,toolbar=no,menubar=no,location=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=no,status=no');return false"><img style="border:none;padding:0;margin:0" src="http://btemplates.googlepages.com/fullscreen.gif" title="See in fullscreen [Press F11]" alt="Fullscreen" /></a></div>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17337788925795211967noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9796736.post-75335634068688646472008-03-22T23:41:00.006+00:002008-03-22T23:57:52.080+00:00Trip to Australia<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWuLu_a5clIXV6JHZ27J5JPclyLW5VaTYW3bhSIDsea7de1msNgOHI-UBCVh3hyTSOLzMNFsd0H_gLjX7VZ75jsUAdVJjt1lKkWkGTiawrdVAcnvr7cNKeAPjPKrbp_g4HI39tLQ/s1600-h/sketch1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWuLu_a5clIXV6JHZ27J5JPclyLW5VaTYW3bhSIDsea7de1msNgOHI-UBCVh3hyTSOLzMNFsd0H_gLjX7VZ75jsUAdVJjt1lKkWkGTiawrdVAcnvr7cNKeAPjPKrbp_g4HI39tLQ/s320/sketch1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180717191806133106" border="0" /></a><br />I've not posted for a few days because I've been preoccupied with<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYD96BoneuACS_DRfTYcOelgA1a-GKOApbm9mlAA-K0wFNx1hSAxiGLALcP8rF801pWaaTFByZkUbA9umJlLF4d5HkWumtSJRw_ywpfDpsn9VZ_oG6_ZpaD_hPmYtgSKkw-Do-9A/s1600-h/sketch3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYD96BoneuACS_DRfTYcOelgA1a-GKOApbm9mlAA-K0wFNx1hSAxiGLALcP8rF801pWaaTFByZkUbA9umJlLF4d5HkWumtSJRw_ywpfDpsn9VZ_oG6_ZpaD_hPmYtgSKkw-Do-9A/s320/sketch3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180717513928680338" border="0" /></a> getting ready for our trip to Australia. We leave tomorrow!! I've never been before, so it's very, very exciting. We'll be spending a week in Sydney, then going to Port Douglas and then on to Bloomfield in the Daintree rainforest. Can't wait!! So, here are a few random sketches that I've done in breaks from packing. I might not be able to post again until mid-April. But, I'm taking pens, pencils and paints with me, so with any luck there'll be something to show you all when I get back.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSVuPuQE4Mz-OrH1MxUTUa3sNzLb9YJstpvxzlPR1v9EKVm7KqlQXfngkqB6DOem2uEb6bIYDtDnvBYoUsn0tGKzsplUd8HfXYINVtBX763jMHDSVSduQT1DQi9-LQdjWVct3B-Q/s1600-h/sketch2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSVuPuQE4Mz-OrH1MxUTUa3sNzLb9YJstpvxzlPR1v9EKVm7KqlQXfngkqB6DOem2uEb6bIYDtDnvBYoUsn0tGKzsplUd8HfXYINVtBX763jMHDSVSduQT1DQi9-LQdjWVct3B-Q/s320/sketch2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180717363604824962" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://technorati.com/tag/drawing" rel="tag" class="techtag">drawing</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/" rel="tag" class="techtag"></a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/pen+and+ink" rel="tag" class="techtag">pen+and+ink</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Lamy" rel="tag" class="techtag">Lamy</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/noodlers" rel="tag" class="techtag">noodlers</a>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17337788925795211967noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9796736.post-6965584922109287732008-03-15T21:07:00.005+00:002008-03-15T21:13:54.629+00:00Camellia<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoQE9w7pxHUenHt8DPJjTz7GvRgf-GGl8NXVUNw4OA-i-8SLVRH7mixkPRErQZR6KHdibWtLKotEXY-eJbYkagUWSXrKvxRo-jdTuK7XzpxJg06LYCofy6SFu8YQg0bslWZecQ6Q/s1600-h/camelia.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoQE9w7pxHUenHt8DPJjTz7GvRgf-GGl8NXVUNw4OA-i-8SLVRH7mixkPRErQZR6KHdibWtLKotEXY-eJbYkagUWSXrKvxRo-jdTuK7XzpxJg06LYCofy6SFu8YQg0bslWZecQ6Q/s320/camelia.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178079367462430146" border="0" /></a><br />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 are in blossom, and also a camellia that is now coming in to flower. It was actually warm enough to sit outside and do a quick sketch of one of the flowers this afternoon, before the rain came down.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://technorati.com/tag/drawing" rel="tag" class="techtag">drawing</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/graphite" rel="tag" class="techtag">graphite</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/camellia" rel="tag" class="techtag">camellia</a>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17337788925795211967noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9796736.post-46675358520951471322008-03-04T23:00:00.004+00:002008-03-04T23:04:44.945+00:00EDM #143 -- draw a herb or spice<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSGrdjSCDBH_Kr8yqhNu_sgJYItIF3b5LaaHzo-BO51JhTR5Ki76qpY7nsiAjJYLCb9cgydCXPWBoOFVOqM0CQVuFFgcZNLEnSpERBAOn8BFPyaRTqx1zFuU8mkbijBfB0UXrJMA/s1600-h/Nutmeg.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSGrdjSCDBH_Kr8yqhNu_sgJYItIF3b5LaaHzo-BO51JhTR5Ki76qpY7nsiAjJYLCb9cgydCXPWBoOFVOqM0CQVuFFgcZNLEnSpERBAOn8BFPyaRTqx1zFuU8mkbijBfB0UXrJMA/s320/Nutmeg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174026295989564194" border="0" /></a><br />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 hours to do something like this justice, but this was a fun quick sketch.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://technorati.com/tag/drawing" rel="tag" class="techtag">drawing</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/graphite" rel="tag" class="techtag">graphite</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/nutmeg" rel="tag" class="techtag">nutmeg</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/EDM" rel="tag" class="techtag">EDM</a>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17337788925795211967noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9796736.post-33182248747759664932008-03-03T09:48:00.004+00:002008-03-03T09:52:15.162+00:00Magdalen Tower, Stage 2<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO_XjllSVlV_z3HUEzgUdbXKBEKHAd7Ur70R3IrwKA5tSYfH-IHV6795wahHVZ47EBHxNF7kxSAvbc4eHRe_IYIdEyS-M1iYRCu_9-0XSHh9hHivQj9vCuI748ddWsobPK_JZfvw/s1600-h/magdalen2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO_XjllSVlV_z3HUEzgUdbXKBEKHAd7Ur70R3IrwKA5tSYfH-IHV6795wahHVZ47EBHxNF7kxSAvbc4eHRe_IYIdEyS-M1iYRCu_9-0XSHh9hHivQj9vCuI748ddWsobPK_JZfvw/s320/magdalen2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173451001773161074" border="0" /></a><br />Here's an update on the Magdalen College tower drawing. It's been good to get back in touch with the pencils and paper again, and although I'm not particularly happy with the drawing, I think it's served its purpose, so I'm going to leave it at that and do something that I'm more excited about!<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://technorati.com/tag/drawing" rel="tag" class="techtag">drawing</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/graphite" rel="tag" class="techtag">graphite</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Magdelen+College" rel="tag" class="techtag">Magdelen+College</a>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17337788925795211967noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9796736.post-38761930302626951052008-02-28T12:13:00.003+00:002008-02-28T12:19:34.778+00:00Magdalen Tower, Stage 1<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigtnJmmAJ3g4sCl7LP-m1LmWSNf_qJZo62p9CxmgmMbjqJUnU1d0I7BObuGsPfOJ2ieI34DX17HmaQdJVPwbMcxka0w4enuRykb704zQulKRKJLmBQCXzZ6HXk7i1TNqgqgDkDtw/s1600-h/magdalen1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigtnJmmAJ3g4sCl7LP-m1LmWSNf_qJZo62p9CxmgmMbjqJUnU1d0I7BObuGsPfOJ2ieI34DX17HmaQdJVPwbMcxka0w4enuRykb704zQulKRKJLmBQCXzZ6HXk7i1TNqgqgDkDtw/s320/magdalen1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5172004629059490258" border="0" /></a><br />Picking up the pencils after not having done much for a while fun, but I do feel a bit rusty! Here is a first stage of a drawing of a view of Magdalen College's bell tower. As you can see, the details on the tower itself are a bit shaky! But I'm enjoying doing the trees. I've foolishly committed myself to taking part in a group exhibition in May, and I had thought this might go in it, but I think now I'm just going to have to treat this as a sort of reacquainting myself with the pencils exercise.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="techtags">Tech Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/drawing" rel="tag" class="techtag">drawing</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/graphite" rel="tag" class="techtag">graphite</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Magdelen+College" rel="tag" class="techtag">Magdelen+College</a> </div>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17337788925795211967noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9796736.post-38907261524562926342008-02-26T22:09:00.003+00:002008-02-26T22:17:11.110+00:00Brick Study<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPM2rZx5cS4I4mDgcRqIHmdfNegRvTYa2CdRQETUv2itgGXYXhXDiluXGupAbZgmiKB43MsGxJ4-4xq49YmIQjC1Sy42musS2WsIdzOQvBim75iR-7AnjpRRXj9Ww79I9VxK2B7A/s1600-h/brick+study.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPM2rZx5cS4I4mDgcRqIHmdfNegRvTYa2CdRQETUv2itgGXYXhXDiluXGupAbZgmiKB43MsGxJ4-4xq49YmIQjC1Sy42musS2WsIdzOQvBim75iR-7AnjpRRXj9Ww79I9VxK2B7A/s320/brick+study.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171416424698368450" border="0" /></a><br />Thanks to everyone for your kind good wishes, and especially to Robyn who sent me some information about a dietary solution to the problem. I'm pleased to say that I am feeling a lot better, so Robyn's advice seems to be working! Thank you so much, Robyn!!<br /><br />So, now to get creating! I'm easing my way back in with some graphite studies. This one is of bricks...which hopefully you didn't need telling!!<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://technorati.com/tag/drawing" rel="tag" class="techtag">drawing</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/graphite" rel="tag" class="techtag">graphite</a>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17337788925795211967noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9796736.post-53846865356913591872008-02-10T14:56:00.000+00:002008-02-10T15:09:48.277+00:00Second life class<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZsCW4hl6WHdSlrX6J77YpzzbQ6vWBopZzKz47Q3lGF8HP1rffJ5l9kR3rsVcxQcj0fqXhnPRIWPUtOTFn8XjokS1qv18IZWi9a5VPhymB_XZf8pVHCbKBYDL-MmNJacDKQN3Tmg/s1600-h/lifeclass+no2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZsCW4hl6WHdSlrX6J77YpzzbQ6vWBopZzKz47Q3lGF8HP1rffJ5l9kR3rsVcxQcj0fqXhnPRIWPUtOTFn8XjokS1qv18IZWi9a5VPhymB_XZf8pVHCbKBYDL-MmNJacDKQN3Tmg/s320/lifeclass+no2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165368629709263282" border="0" /></a>Unfortunately I've not been able to completely shake off that balance problem I mentioned a few posts ago, and that's had a big impact on my ability to get much art done. But I wasn't going to let a little thing like falling over all the time stop me from going to my second life class. I didn't manage to get too much done that I would want to show, but this one isn't too bad. I hope I'm feeling more like my old self soon!<br /><br /><a href="http://technorati.com/tag/lifeclass" rel="tag" class="techtag">lifeclass</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/charcoal" rel="tag" class="techtag">charcoal</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/drawing" rel="tag" class="techtag">drawing</a>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17337788925795211967noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9796736.post-86609623506603869362008-01-13T21:00:00.000+00:002008-01-13T21:08:31.559+00:00Jonathan WIP, part 4<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ2E-iEvsQYssO6jqlBavxm7SYNz7_LYbWywDNcrQQ20LS0yjVEl5HP1-jcFv9mMcaU9cqPddU0eXHN-Zg23aX9uiokjzow7xdJ65kzfu43Gr8MxaY4qbRMr22rx2WIFvpsMVqmA/s1600-h/John4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ2E-iEvsQYssO6jqlBavxm7SYNz7_LYbWywDNcrQQ20LS0yjVEl5HP1-jcFv9mMcaU9cqPddU0eXHN-Zg23aX9uiokjzow7xdJ65kzfu43Gr8MxaY4qbRMr22rx2WIFvpsMVqmA/s320/John4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5155070900231093810" border="0" /></a><br />I've done a bit more work on the hair. It's still not quite as I would like it to be, but I think I might be making it worse by overworking it now. So, I'm going to leave it now and work on the portrait on my niece.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://technorati.com/tag/drawing" rel="tag" class="techtag">drawing</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/graphite" rel="tag" class="techtag">graphite</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Jonathan" rel="tag" class="techtag">Jonathan</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/portraits" rel="tag" class="techtag">portraits</a>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17337788925795211967noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9796736.post-25858147203850924912008-01-12T15:58:00.000+00:002008-01-12T16:26:55.876+00:00Life Class<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk-WKBo1zZcUYQFuJGqKJTlH24Hg51yBn8aPYZmV0IfUF56pXPVcGmGWP3gOVw3exNYUraP2TLRrQ6vwm4EZYzlwSl7xMMGnIdNV4xfiXoewSZJxvnizp7_UZeVogQ9k-VmbkGzg/s1600-h/lifeclass3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk-WKBo1zZcUYQFuJGqKJTlH24Hg51yBn8aPYZmV0IfUF56pXPVcGmGWP3gOVw3exNYUraP2TLRrQ6vwm4EZYzlwSl7xMMGnIdNV4xfiXoewSZJxvnizp7_UZeVogQ9k-VmbkGzg/s200/lifeclass3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5154623669581528514" border="0" /></a>Not a great start to the New Year for me. First, I lost my beloved iPod.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0BTKQkJT9lcGHPwPeTgAGCV1BQ81tzF0AmKCElsq3BFOWfoZIuPqbuFaQs6aFpvMMp3eLh9UveExDZgX1PVnBuwZNCI5Iq3_TdpKMBtnmRJ-_AiBLulq1SfUFaik5wYm4ZvEGUA/s1600-h/lifeclass4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0BTKQkJT9lcGHPwPeTgAGCV1BQ81tzF0AmKCElsq3BFOWfoZIuPqbuFaQs6aFpvMMp3eLh9UveExDZgX1PVnBuwZNCI5Iq3_TdpKMBtnmRJ-_AiBLulq1SfUFaik5wYm4ZvEGUA/s200/lifeclass4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5154624017473879506" border="0" /></a> Luckily, I haven't actually lost any music, but it is still a big blow. I'll just have to get a fancy new one to replace it! Then I got ill...not the stomach thing that everyone else in Britain seems to be coming down with, but something called labyrinthitis, a problem in the ear that makes it hard to keep your balance. So, I walk around as if I was drunk, only without actually having had anything to drink: the worst of all possible worlds! Fortunately, it is getting better and, according to the doctor, shouldn't last more than a week. In fact, I was well enough today to go to a new life class that has just started near where I live. I'm so excited! I've never done a life class before. Actually, it isn't really a class; it's just a couple of hours with a model, but that's OK with me. Unfortunately, it's only once a month, but perhaps if it proves popular it will become more frequent. Anyway, here are my efforts from today, all in charcoal on A3 paper and all five minute poses except for the last one that was half an hour.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTWaLXQdcSoXAMjmfo25npSJmBDTx2qduaNEKyBVoerW8PjXy72wMJWhQUGSjNqhj7HjHBac9zPBXxdl9D1jq1n9G-0kUg7ePtXh2k9Mt8QSF_tvFLoZVwllMu5fwCdXg4pISTgA/s1600-h/lifeclass8.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTWaLXQdcSoXAMjmfo25npSJmBDTx2qduaNEKyBVoerW8PjXy72wMJWhQUGSjNqhj7HjHBac9zPBXxdl9D1jq1n9G-0kUg7ePtXh2k9Mt8QSF_tvFLoZVwllMu5fwCdXg4pISTgA/s320/lifeclass8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5154626572979420706" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj17ZrZp1yALXkiLtjK0yLM3lDokaB4oB6dn2NLsjIem0a3Mapom6t4cYlb1jUYxxVamQ4OZUlHdcJQCRjdculRgpkKpjBzMWnIWhcUOebaAHXImSlcKc0UqeaR0XzUAYyYyQQN0g/s1600-h/lifeclass5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj17ZrZp1yALXkiLtjK0yLM3lDokaB4oB6dn2NLsjIem0a3Mapom6t4cYlb1jUYxxVamQ4OZUlHdcJQCRjdculRgpkKpjBzMWnIWhcUOebaAHXImSlcKc0UqeaR0XzUAYyYyQQN0g/s200/lifeclass5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5154624781978058210" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZUHVPM2Z_NUbq8l_avrt1gK0nf2KmIIUQwGbdUf6-iqPIJdGDCAzJRuYdTtnpm1fzrGrDGMmmV7r9e1Mh2BsF6ttP8Ic9wWzf9trjQx9Occz2ihyphenhyphen9vL9gRlI7FJnQ0mHNqs1uMQ/s1600-h/lifeclass6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZUHVPM2Z_NUbq8l_avrt1gK0nf2KmIIUQwGbdUf6-iqPIJdGDCAzJRuYdTtnpm1fzrGrDGMmmV7r9e1Mh2BsF6ttP8Ic9wWzf9trjQx9Occz2ihyphenhyphen9vL9gRlI7FJnQ0mHNqs1uMQ/s200/lifeclass6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5154626122007854610" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://technorati.com/tag/drawing" rel="tag" class="techtag">drawing</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/charcoal" rel="tag" class="techtag">charcoal</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/life+class" rel="tag" class="techtag">life+class</a>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17337788925795211967noreply@blogger.com7