Progress.........?

I drew this tonight from a still from a TV programme I was watching.  I realised afterwards that it was very similar to a profile I drew a couple of months ago.  I'm pleased that this image is more sophisticated than the previous 'wounded' sketch.

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Janeway and Poldark

Keep on moving, don't stop

I drew these quickly and for each sketch I attempted to draw without lifting the pencil from the paper.  That exercise was pretty difficult and I did have to lift my hand one or twice to re-adjust my hand for comfort, but I took up where I left off.  As ever they look nothing like their subjects but for the most part the first two appear to be male and the third female so that's positive I think.

Memories of Hiroshima

I went to Summerhall arts centre in Edinburgh yesterday.  I was particularly taken with a small George Wyllie exhibit. George was a Scottish artist/sculptor who died in 2012.  During the war he was in the Royal Navy and he visited Hiroshima after the bombing.  On display at Summerhall was his war time photo album including shots he took in Hiroshima.  I would have loved to have flicked through the rest of the pages of the album which were tantalisingly hidden beneath a glass cabinet.

Outside Summerhall was this collection of materials.  I've no idea what it was all about or who the artist is (assuming it's art and they were not just having a clear out) 

View from Summerhall
The daffodils are blooming
across the road in the Meadows.

The Dancing House

I'm still trying to let myself go by doing more scribbly, messy drawings.  Yesterday I started a sketch of a church in Estonia which I found on Street View (below), but the result  was rather unsatisfactory as I think I was trying to draw a decent image but be care free at the same time.  It just didn't work.  Today I picked The Dancing House in Prague.  I tried to just scribble in the lines and details a bit more spontaneously and I've found it to be a more satisfying result.  Invariably it has only a passing resemblance to the real thing and I've completely failed to convey 3 dimensions or that this building is on the corner of the street, however I think this approach is the way forward.

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I'm not ambidextrous

I seem to have developed a tendency to avoid completing the left side of a portrait.  Whilst largely this is because I get bored or run out of time, I think it must also be as I spend more time drawing the right hand side as I'm right handed and that's easier.  As for the subject, Ethan Hawke won't thank me.

That kiss

Boulangerie

Roughly based upon a little corner of Saint Julien de Lampon, Acquitaine, France found on Google Street View.  Drawn with an F pencil.

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2H pencil

Santissimo Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano and Santa Maria di Loreto.

HB and 6B pencil

I follow a lot of artists on Twitter.  In the past couple of days I've been inspired by some architecture/street pieces by @jeanettebarnes1 and @petermurray1812 .  I recommend you check them out.  With that in mind I took a wee trip to Rome in my lunch hour (courtesy of Street View of course) and drew this image of Santissimo Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano and the smaller Santa Maria di Loreto.  My effort in no way emulates the aforementioned artists but they have inspired me to try and be a bit more free and loose with my pencil strokes.  

Big Bad Vlad

When is Ian Somerhalder not Ian Somerhalder?

HB and 6B pencil

Another, in my occasional series of sketches of celebrities which look nothing like them.  I did this during lunch hour today.  I should probably have gone outdoors and stretched my legs but I couldn't be bothered.  It's still a bit chilly here and I wanted to stay indoors in the warm. 20 minutes staring at the gorgeous Ian Somerhalder is not a bad way to spend your time though.  I'm quite pleased with this sketch as it looks fairly human which is always a bonus.  I guess I should spend more time on this sort of sketch but I am pretty impatient to be honest.

All quiet on the art front

Derwent Graphic 9B pencil

Hello folks. I haven't done any drawing in the past couple of weeks. Now that spring is approaching I am hoping to be able to do some sketching outdoors soon.  Meantime here is a little nude sketch I drew today to keep my hand in

Holy Cross Church

Charcoal city street

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Pinata

Buzz