Snow Tabby

(Above) Snow Tabby (Eddie)
December 2011
9cm x 11.5cm
A hand-drawn image produced using the Handwriting App, stylus and tactile pad of the Sony e-Reader and reworked on the computer in Paint. Printed on acid-free, artists grade cartridge paper and signed in ink by hand. 

Portrait of a Woman (in her make-up)

(Above) Portrait of a Woman (in her make-up)
December 2011
13.5cm x 17cm
Mixed media on 100 % cotton rag, acid-free paper.

Pink Soprano

(Above) Pink Soprano
14cm x 16cm
Mixed media (Faber Castel Albrecht Durer watercolour crayons, Windsor & Newton Indian inks, Daler Rowney FW acrylic inks, Caran d'ache Neocolour II water-soluble wax crayons) on 100 % cotton rag, acid-free paper (200g).

Reclining Nude

(Above) Reclining Nude
15cm x 18cm
November 2011
Mixed media (Windsor & Newton Indian inks, Daler Rowney FW acrylic inks, Faber Castell Albrecht Durer watercolour crayons, Caran d'ache Neocolour II water-soluble wax crayons) on 100% cotton rag, acid-free paper (200g)

Upside down

(Above) Updside Down
9cm x 11cm

A drawing produced using the Sony Reader tactile screen and stylus and printed on artist grade cartridge paper; signed in ink.

The Sony Reader is a hand-held electronic reading device. The Reader comes equipped with a stylus that can be used with the Handwriting App to doodle. Regular visitors to the blog will know that I often use my Sony Reader to produce drawings that I then develop into paintings


(Below) The French Singer
9cm x 11cm

Green Olympia: Sold!

(Above) Green Olympia
April 2010
15cm x 16cm
Mixed media on paper.

Always very encouraging: I've just heard that this painting has been sold by the Enid Lawson Gallery, which has recently moved to new premises in Great New Street, New Street Square, London. The gallery hosts exhibitions of work by various contemporary artists. Click here to find out more:

The Enid Lawson Gallery.

The original post with Green Olympia is now in the blog archives; if you would like to see the post, keep scrolling dow to the bottom of this page to the archive contents list and click on the link for April 2010. The post is entitled "Two Nudes in Full Colour" and dated Thursday 15th April 2010.

The Blond Girl in the Black Dress

(Above) The Blond Girl in the Black Dress
November 2011
14.5cm x 17.5cm

A lithograph on Somerset paper reworked in mixed media (Daler Rowney FW acrylic inks, Windsor and Newton Indian inks, Faber Castel Albrecht Durer water colour crayons, Caran d'Ache Neocolour II water-soluble wax crayons).

If you follow my blog regularly you may recognise this as a reworking of one of the lithographs that I produced early in October whilst on a lithograph course run by printmaker Simon Burder at his printmaking studio in Oaks Park, near Croydon. Scroll down to the post for Monday 10th October to see the original prints.

Again, from the liferoom

I was back in the liferoom again this afternoon for an afternoon of drawing with the model. As before, the session started with some quick 3 minute poses (above and immediately below) before continuing with some 10 and 20 minute poses (further below). The drawings posted here are in (Daler Rowney) Indian ink and Faber Castel Albrecht Durer water colour crayons on acid free, artist's grade cartridge paper (A4). 

The Girl in the Red Hat that I Know Through Picasso

(Above) The Girl in the Red Hat that I Know Through Picasso
October 2011
Mixed media on paper
14cm x 16cm

Another vicarious portrait. I have a calendar in my studio showing some wonderful portraits of women by Picasso.

From the liferoom

Yesterday I was back in the liferoom. Eddie Armer from the Tudeley Art Group near Tunbridge Wells has been leading weekly life-drawing sessions.

The afternoons start with quick poses.
Above: this was the first, 2 minute pose.
Below: a slightly longer pose - 3, maybe 5 minutes.

Below: and again, a longer, 10 minute pose.

All the drawings have been done using indian ink and Derwent Albrecht Durer watercolour crayons on bog standard A4 office paper.

To find out more about the Creative Cartel and The Tudeley Art Group, click here:

http://thecreativecartel.org/

The Girl at the Cabaret

(Above) The Girl at the Cabaret
October 2011
16cm x 18cm
Mixed media on 100% cotton rag, acid-free paper.

Some Encouraging News

I've just heard that I've had two paintings selected for the second round of judging in the National Open Art Competition. Last year I had two paintings accepted for the competition exhibition in Chichester. Fingers crossed that I'll get through to the exhibition again this year; it's a very good event!

(Above) The Arab Boy I know through Kees van Dongen 
December 2010
14cm x 18cm
Mixed media on 100% cotton rag, acid-free paper.

(Above) The Black Beret
2011
14.5cm x 18cm
Mixed media on 100% cotton rag, acid-free paper.

To find out more about the NOAC, click here:

http://www.thenationalopenartcompetition.com/index.php

Lithographs

 

 

I've just completed a second 4 day course in lithography with printmaker Simon Burder at his studio in Oaks Park near Croydon. To find out more about Simon's work and the courses he offers, click here:

Stone Lithography

The Girl at the Swimming Pool

(Above) The Girl at the Swimming Pool
October 2011
Mixed media on paper
15cm x 18cm (or there abouts)

The Spanish Model (reworked)

(Above) The Spanish Model (reworked)
September 2011
15cm x 17cm
Mixed media on paper

A reworking of a painting that I posted earlier in September (keep scrolling down).

The Grace of an Odalisque

(Above) The Grace of an Odalisque
September 2011
15cm x 17cm
Mixed media (Windsor & Newton Indian inks, Daler Rowney FW acrylic inks, Faber Castel Albrecht Durer water colour crayons, Caran d'Ache Neocolour II water-soluble wax crayons) on 100% cotton rag, acid-free paper (200g).

Marie-Therese

(Above) Marie-Therese
13cm x 16cm
September 2011
Mixed media (Windsor and Newton Indian ink, Daler Rowney FW acrylic ink, Derwent watercolour crayons, Caran d'Ache Neocolour II water-soluble wax crayons) on 100% cotton rag, acid-free paper (200g)

The Girl with the Pony Tail

(Above) The Girl with the Pony Tail
14.5cm x 18cm
September 2011

This painting has grown from studies after Picasso's paintings of Sylvette David or "the girl with the pony tail". Sylvette David now uses the name Lydia Corbett and lives and works as an artist in Devon. Her paintings can be viewed online at:

http://www.lydiacorbettart.com/

The Model Wore Red Lipstick

(Above) The Model Wore Red Lipstick
14.5cm x 18cm
September 2011

A painting in mixed media on paper developed from one of my liferoom sketches (see the previous post).

From the Sketchbook

The posts have been rather infrequent of late. I haven't been getting a lot of painting done - en raison d'une crise de confiance. Nothing that can't be remedied (hopefully) by some work in the life drawing studio. Here then are a few pages from my sketchbook.