Very early in the lockdown, when we were all meant to stay home, our local art shop, Pegasus Art (Pegasusart.co.uk) set a daily challenge to keep us focused. I didn’t do all of them, but they were a stimulus, which was welcome. These are a selection of what I produced.
The first layer of my planned leafy art nouveau woodcut is fully cut and prints quite well, although I am not sure of final colours at all.
I am planning an over lying layer of a leafy girl to compliment, but she is just in the planning stage. I want her to have a thick, plaited pig tail which will echo the least shapes. I was really struggling with this until I noticed a girl working in the cafe had a perfect pig tail, so I tried copying it, and have just about worked out how they work.
On a beautiful, cold afternoon.
I was in Birmingham all day yesterday and never got round to drawing. But it was a very arty day. First the Käthe Kolwitz exhibition at the Ikon gallery, which was excellent. Then the Barber Institute of Fine Art, which has a remarkably good small collection. A portrait by Vlamink was a highlight for me, but they even have a Breughel and a Boticelli which just seemed to be showing off.
I can’t remember who this is, but I think she is a print artist. The photo came up in a search fit lino cut images and I liked it. She had flame red hair, which doesn’t show in monochrome. At least, not by any technique that I know of.
A beautiful cock pheasant has taken up permanent residence under our bird feeders. This doesn’t do him justice.
My friend Jane chatting to a resident on her donkey sanctuary. Sketch of a poor photo but a nice image.
A beautiful Tamil bronze statue I bought nearly twenty years ago. She stands next to Don Quixote. The sketch is too late at night to do her justice.
A 20 minute sketch of an old Spanish carving I inherited from my parents nearly 30 ears ago. I’ve always loved him.
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