really like permanent mediums now.. think it helps me to simplify things a lot better and think before I draw.

lounging around

instead of painting, went the marker route.

first life painting of the year!

Tried out this new method of using acrylics and it looks alright?  Supposed to start with a watery layer and work upwards., sort of like oil's fat over lean rule. I found it difficult to control the brush shapes when I did this. An unexpected side effect was that the colours all look pretty cold until I got to the thicker layers. Haven't painted life figures at all during the summer, my brain needs to go back into processing shape, which I'm still depressingly poor at.  FINALLY gotten the rest of the sketches scanned in today.Whoop.

The entire process of getting ready for a flight is fascinating. And the interior of the plane itself is full of blending weird curves. Plus:  Häagen-Dazs  ice cream. Of which coffee is one of the 3 original flavours. :)

sketch1

en route to Hilltop!

The man on the right caught me drawing and asked me to give him MORE HAIR.  HAIR, BEAR AND THE MAIDEN FAIR.

Top sketch was at a pub whilst waiting for the bus. We initially walked to our destination, but it was on the road itself and had absolutely no pedestrian path whatsoever, framed by bushes and trees and lovely flies. Why on earth do people build plenty of sharp bends on country roads? 

scanner bliss

Finally I have access to a scanner. Therefore, commence posting of some sketches that I did over these few months.

Oldies on the bus

sketch dump in the middle of nowhere

Sketch dump.

anotherdayyy

I'm really starting to like this painting landscape thing. :D Now how to make it more portable...

I'm sorry, she actually isn't cross eyed. :I Likeness is a minor factor.

largggg

Nothing much, I need better scans to post other things.

semi-new stuff

It's actually a reflection of the top half... image obtained by moogling about in photoshop.

The first time acrylic enviro painting turned out alright. Will do this again! 

sketches?

Influenced by amazinglosers.blogspot.com ( yes,here comes a shameless plug) , a blog co-maintained by 4 fellow friends who post their sketches every week.  I should start posting my sketches, but they aren't really all THAT interesting. As a friend put it, it's more of a learning sketchbook, containing mostly studies and random coffee stains.

That's all for this boring post!   

art dump

Sketch for that layout street view. It looks so much better as a thumbnail.

Had feedback that said this was super stylised... and I agreed. I'd just generalised the direction of the cloth so it's not really draping the form.