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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playing, playing and more …
Some more examples of “play-time” in the studio. I am using arcrylic paint, arcrylic clear glaze, tea leaves, tissue paper, glue, coloured cellophane, marker kokis and anything that will stick to paper! They are all A3 size and hopefully my Left Brain will loosen up enough to start coming up with some great funky ideas!
The idea is to not really think about making something specific and not worrying about what the end result is going to look like. This is quite ahrd and can be frustrating because our minds are programmed to work according to a plan and to receive good results for the effort done.
tea leaves, arcrylic glaze and more on paper
the studio gets shared with 2 mountain bikes!
we will have to wait and see what this baby turns into!
kind of a dog?
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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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Linocuts Experiment
Here are pics of the linocuts I experimented with. I still have to refine my technique a bit, but my hands needed a rest after a day’s cutting and rolling!
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Aunty Agnes
“Aunty Agnes”, Sketchbook Project 2012. Mixed media on paper. (Brooklyn Art Library, NY)
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Boris
“Boris”, Sketchbook Project 2012.
Mixed media on paper. (Brooklyn Art Library, NY)
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