Norway 10th July

This was the penultimate day before we returned to England and was the last day of skecthing. Here are the sketches from that day. The second one of the hut works okay I think in terms of perspective for the overall structure but the wooden planks aren’t aligned quite right and come across as clumsily … Continue reading Norway 10th July →

Norway 9th July

Here are the sketches from today. The first two are the same sketch complted in two stages. View from balcony - Stage 1 - 9th July View from balcony - Stage 2 - 9th July Skecth of my wife reading in the sun My aunt's potted flowers - the one on the far right was … Continue reading Norway 9th July →

Norway 8th July

Here ar ethe skecthes I did today. I ended up giving the pine cone one away to one of my aunts. I realised afterwards that all the spines grow in pairsm even the shorter spines depsite appearing to grow singly when viewed from a distance. Mia the cat Pine cones View from balcony - 8th … Continue reading Norway 8th July →

Norway 7th July

Here are a series of sketches I did today, all from or on the balcony where we were staying. The first has got too much detail - my host noticed that, it was useful feedback. Those of the coffe cup took several goes, and I needed to draw paraleelograms initially as scaffolfing in the final … Continue reading Norway 7th July →

Norway 6th July – Reading about perspective – part 1

Brought a book with me on learning how to draw perspective. So, while we are staying here I’ll work through the exercises in that. It’s called ‘Drawing Perspective’ and is by Gilles Ronin, A&C Black Publishers, London 2011.

Norway – Friday 5th July

The next few posts including this one are all from while I was away on holiday on the south coast of Norway. I did quite a few sketches and made some notes, but this was all off-line on my phone as I didn't have access to a strong Internet connection. Here's the post from my … Continue reading Norway – Friday 5th July →

Assignment one

The following are six extracts from my learning log sequenced in chronological order (earliest first through to latest at the end). The extracxts include photographs of a number of final drawings on loose pieces of paper and some sketches from my sketchpads. I have tried to make selections that give a reasonable representation of what … Continue reading Assignment one →

Kitchen corner again

Came back to drawing a corner of the kitchen again as wasn't satisfied with what I had done before - again I had to make several attempts to get the relationship between different objects right. Here are some preliminary sketches I did followed by the final piece. Preliminary sketch 1 (4B pencil) Preliminary sketch 2 … Continue reading Kitchen corner again →

Kitchen corners

For the last couple of days I have been doing some pencil sketches of kitchen corners - none that great - most have quite a lot going on in them - lots of separate elements which I found difficult to relate to one another. I used a cardboard frame to help narrow the focus. Here … Continue reading Kitchen corners →

Two baskets, pen and ink

So, today I drew the two baskets in the corner of our living room, filled with foam rollers for doing yoga and exercises. I did an initial pen sketch to get the the forms and proportions roughly right and then redrew more carefully and then applied the Indian ink with a brush for shading. The … Continue reading Two baskets, pen and ink →