I started working on my observational drawing last night. I’m trying to make it look like a sketchbook, with a rough, unfinished quality. Even though it looks rough and unfinished, I’ve spent a fair amount of time on them. The good news is that I’m well on course to reaching my target, . . . → Read More: Observational Drawing II
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 4 comments - (Comments are closed)  Mixed Media, Visual Arts  bleach, charcoal pencil, collage, collograph, newspaper, observational drawing, oil pastels, quink Not so old really, but I feel it has been neglected lately, even though it is one of my favourite pieces that I’ve worked on. I should say ‘she’ rather than ‘it’. I am referring to the Captayannis or as I’ve always known her ‘The Sugar Boat’. You may remember that I told the story about how she was shipwrecked on the sandbanks in the River Clyde, after she collided with a tanker back in 1974. This shipwreck evokes many memories of playing on the beach when I was a child, and always being able see her from where I was standing or playing. 4 comments - (Comments are closed) Abstract, Art, Mixed Media, Sketchbook Development, Visual Arts Art & Design, bleach, Captayannis, Collograph, Greenock Telegraph, ink, oil pastels, quink, river clyde, Sugar Boat I have my first assessment for Life Drawing class tomorrow. The assessments are coming thick and fast and quite a number are due this week and next week. There are only 4 more weeks left of the first term, excluding the October holiday which lasts for one week. However, that doesn’t mean that . . . → Read More: Life Drawing Updated 4 comments - (Comments are closed) Art, Drawing, Life Drawing, Mixed Media, Painting, Project, Visual Arts acrylic paint, Art & Design, Drawing, graphite stick, live model, oil pastels, Sketches, soft pastels Today has mostly been spent working on developing my Coast project for tomorrow. I mentioned last night that I have to take four images I’d created and develop them further. Well I worked on three images. I’ve saved the fourth image until tomorrow, as I want to make a print from it, and . . . → Read More: Project Development 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Art, Drawing, Mixed Media, Painting, Project, Sketchbook Development, Sketches, Visual Arts acrylic, Art & Design, collage, Drawing, drawing ink, gouache, indian ink, limited palette, oil pastels, pipe cleaners, soft pastels, Vital Spark I mentioned last night that I was given a couple of briefs for today’s classes. I had to bring in an item from home and an image. These were based on the theme of ‘my space’ and they were to be representative of me. I choose a chicken hat I have, and I . . . → Read More: Art & Design Project 5 comments - (Comments are closed) Art, Drawing, Mixed Media, Painting, Portrait, Project, Sketchbook Development, Sketches, Visual Arts abstract, acrylic, Art & Design, bleach, candle wax, Drawing, oil pastels, pva glue, quink |
I'm a student artist, and have just started my second year at college. I work in many areas of art, specialising in abstract fine art, and I'm also studying traditional realism at an Atelier School in Aberdeen. Follow me on my journey, and share my experiences, as I progress through my studies.  
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