Friday, again!
Bollie cat on top of the dog house.
So little time and so much to paint. This week I did more “random scribble drawings”. That means: I grab a piece of paper, take a pencil, charcoal, koki or paintbrush and let my hand take the drawing tool for a “walk”. I scribble without looking at the page, sometimes with my left hand! Then I turn the page this way and that, until I see something pop out. A pair of eyes, a nose, legs or whatever. So the funny little creatures evolve and I develop the scribbles into paintings of some or other character.
Just a reminder that some of my creatures still need to be named. If you are feeling creative and have any clever or quirky ideas, please leave a comment!
The media used: arcrylic paint, koki, polychromo pastels and charcoal – oh, and tealeaves for the texture.
Betty and George
I called this one “Kattekwaad” which meand “mischief”.
Work in progress
Betty and George – beginnings in old fashioned nib and ink.
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Cornelius-2013
Gouache and watercolour paint on paper.
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Finished gouache illustrations
These are three small watercolour and gouache on paper illustrations. I am making quite a bit of original artwork at the moment, still deciding what merchandise they will be applied to. Perhaps t-thirts, shopping or book bags?
Cornelius (the goat-bird) and Jack (a bunny-bear) evolved from random scribble drawings I made in December 2012. Spot the dog is just a silly dog I drew when I thought of my own dogs, Tonto, Rosie and Pepsi.
I would like to develop short stories around the adventures of my growing colony of creatures.
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Completed mixed media paintings
This is what evolved from the “playing” painting I blogged about last week. A zebra-like goat and a lion-like sheep. This is the fun part of not working towards painting a pre-planned creature. The process surprises and energises me and I have already started preparing more scribbles and collage “base” paintings to be developed into, as yet, unknown creatures. I am quite please with the purple cat and the silly big-headed doggie. I am still deciding what to use the images for … perhaps a little silly-story book for kids.
he does not have a name yet, any ideas?
this crazy cat also needs a name …
yes, that is a very short legged doggie on the left.
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little paintings
This week I have been paining with gouche, watercolour and ink. I have forgotten how intense the colours of the inks are, wonderfully bright to work with.
These pictures are works in progress and not finished yet – next week.
Spot in front of his dog box, Jack doing some skydiving and Cornelius on a mountaineering expedition.
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my studio today
Just a quick shot of “work in progress” on my wall. It inspires me when I surround myself with beautiful and colourful things. When I look at stuff that I am working on, I wait for the drawing or painting to “talk back” to me, then I usually know what the next step is! Or not!
I am “playing” quite a bit, believe it or not, it is quite a process to switch the analytical Right Brain off and to get into the free, associative way of thinking and creating of the Left Brain!
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