February 2014 A Drawing a Day challenge

February 01, 2014

It’s here again! The 28 day drawing-a-day challenge.

Day 1 Happy Dog

Day 2 Pink Bully

Day 3 Funky Chicken

Day 4 Billy

Day 5 Even Wonkier Donkey (a quickie)

Day 6 Old Goat (on old life drawings)

Day 7 Spotty Dog (on old life drawings)

Day 8 Spotty Bird (on old gesture drawings) – I can’t decide which one I prefer, the whole page or the closeup version

Day 9 Chicken Licken (on old gesture drawing)

Day 10 Guinea Fowl

Day 11 Yet another Guinea Fowl…I’m becoming obsessed with these things!!

Day 12 Bad Hare Day…a quickie

Day 13 Mad Cow

Day 14 Zebra

Day 15 Cocky Locky

Day 16 Hare

Day 17 Lucky Duck

Day18 Pink Bird

Day 19 Peacock for Liss…amazing the difference paper makes – this is on good quality watercolour paper (on top of a previous painting) and I couldn’t get it to flow.  May have to try another peacock tomorrow…

Day 20 Another Peacock – had to get up early to do this one…20 minutes and much better than yesterday’s effort I think

Day 21 Sheep

Day 22 More chickens…

Day 23 Another cow

Day 24 Pair of ducks

Day 25 Meerkat.com

Day 26 Bull terrier (flagging a bit…)

Day 27 Fox (flagging even more….)

Day 28 PHEW!! Badger – Is it safe to come out yet? (on a day when the badger cull to which I’m fiercely opposed was found to be inhumane and ineffective)

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Wonky donkey

January 30, 2014

new year, new (ish) style. Still a bit haphazard but I’m enjoying the random messiness.

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Horse commission

January 12, 2014

I’ve never painted a horse before and the photographic references of the dark horse I was given were small and not detailed enough for the sort of painting I like to do. Panic!! Had to revert to a “colour and movement” strategy…acrylics used as washy watercolour on top of an old life drawing (I don’t  like painting on a white background).

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Jylian Gustlin life drawings

September 17, 2013

My favourite sort of life drawing – energetic, dynamic, full of colour and interest…so much more than just a representation of life and the human body.

See much more here: http://www.jyliangustlin.com/lifedrawings13.html

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Barbara Rae

May 16, 2013

I fell totally in love with this artist’s work – such vibrance and immediacy! The energy of her mark-making is quite astounding as is her vivid colour sense. It inspires me to be more diligent about keeping a sketchbook.

To see more of Barbara Rae’s work go to http://www.barbararae.com/ (click on the sketchbook link)

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Richard Hickam

so much life and character in these beautifully vibrant portraits

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view from Ian’s studio

March 22, 2013

Had a gorgeous lunch at a friend’s lovely new house complete with panoramic views of the South Shropshire hills from the studio and enjoyed some impromptu landscape painting with watercolours and messy art bars.

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collage and paint

March 10, 2013

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Yet another cherry cupcake…

March 08, 2013

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February Drawing-a-day

February 01, 2013

FEBRUARY DRAWING-A-DAY

It’s that time of year again so here goes…

and on the final day, a picture of some of the paintings precariously balanced on my easel…

DAY 28 Cherry cupcake (acrylics/collage) It seemed fitting to start and end with a cupcake..especially as this was also a commission 🙂

DAY 27 Hare (acrylics)  (commissioned)

DAY 26 Pink Grapefruit (acrylics/collage)

DAY 25 Pomegranates (acrylics with a touch of pastel) yet another much painted subject…luscious colour though and very glossy translucent seeds..tasted fab too

DAY 24 Portrait (collage) – portrait of the artist’s mother (She would be mortified if she saw this..it’s not exactly flattering!) Experimentation in collage.

DAY 23 Physalis (acrylic/collage)

DAY 22 Allium Seedhead (ink with resist/pencil crayon)- another much painted and drawn subject. I’ve been experimenting with inks and find them a lot more colour saturated than watercolour but more translucent and “pure” than acrylics.

DAY 21 Nest (watercolour/acrylic/collage) – same nest that I painted for Feb drawing challenge 2012..found in my garden and sits on the windowsill in the studio…it’s been painted many times

DAY 20 Poppy Seedheads – watercolour/art bars

….and after a 9 day break

here is DAY 19 – first life-drawing session after far too long.  Two 20 minute sploshy watercolours of Maria, lovely model and particularly good lighting on her skin.  Not particularly happy with either drawing but like little bits of each…especially her bottom in the first one and the hair and drapery in the second.

DAY 10 close up of a cherry – just a quickie

DAY 9 cherries in a bowl – one day behind…not feeling the love at the moment

DAY 8 back to food…aubergines

DAY 7 love cow – collage – cheated a bit cos I started it on Tuesday and finished it on Wednesday for a special project

DAY 6 artichoke take 2 – acrylic used as watercolour on some weird oil paint canvas paper

DAY 5 dried artichoke flower…not entirely happy with this, a bit of a struggle.  May have to have another go tomorrow

DAY 4 garlic

DAY 3 figs

DAY 2 Chillis

DAY 1 Cupcake

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