Black and white art…

Posted on October 4, 2020 Posted in Fine Art, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged After Picasso, Art, Black and white, Challenge, Copying, Design, Fun, Layout app, Learning, Life2 Comments

I’ve duplicated the Picasso copies I did and put them through a black and white filter.

That way you can concentrate on the mark making I’ve made. I think there are some aspects of the marks I could have looked at better, but I also think I’ve got a bit of my own style in these. Plus you know me and pattern making. I can’t seem to stop embellishing things, so Picasso ‘speaks’ to me….

Is tthere any artist you would like to reproduce yourself….? It’s an interesting challenge to copy other people’s art, especially something you would never usually do. It helps you look and learn.

After Picasso, section 8

Posted on October 3, 2020 Posted in Fine Art, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged After Picasso, Art, Can you tell which painting it's from, Challenge, Cubism, ffun, Group painting, Orme Art group, Watercolour, Watercolour sketch2 Comments

I’ve just done this… It is my number 8,
I’m not happy with it but it’s the best I can do… Its a bit too tall…..
I could do it again? This is in watercolour.

When I try and copy something I don’t square it up or try and measure the proportions, which is a bit foolish. I just ‘go for it’. I could do with running this through photoshop so I could alter its proportions.

Anyway I’ve basically given up. Top is the picture I was copying. I will post the Orme Art Groups image when everyone has finished.

Jenni Murray watercolour

Posted on October 2, 2020 Posted in Fine Art, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, BBC, BBC radio 4, Cartridge paper, Jenni Murray, Painting, Portrait, Tricia Youkevich photo, Watercolour, Watercolour sketch, Woman's HourLeave a comment

Jenni Murray, who has presented BBC Radio 4’s long running Woman’s Hour for the last Thirty three years, retired from the show yesterday.

This painting is based on a photo by Tricia Yourkevich in the Guardian newspaper today. The painting is approximately the same size as the photo.

I hope Jenni Murray doesn’t mind me painting her. I have followed Woman’s Hour for years and have always found her to be an intelligent, warm and humourous host.

I also hope Tricia Youkevich doesn’t mind me using her photo, If she wants me to take this post down I will as I would if Jenni Murray objects.

I don’t do many watercolours and this is a quick sketch on on white cartridge paper in a small A4 sketchbook.

Attempt at a bit of Picasso

Posted on October 1, 2020October 1, 2020 Posted in Fine Art, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Almost right, Art, Autumn challenge, Hand eye coordination, Life, Orme Art group, Permanent markers, Picasso in felt pensLeave a comment

With felt pens and a bit of watercolour. I can’t get the purple right, I had a purple felt pen but it’s too dark. So I tried some silver on it and when that didn’t work. I might add some brown to the blacks… With brown paint. This is part of a painting by Picasso that the Orme Group of artists are taking a section of for our autumn challenge…

Mostly finished….. But so many wrong bits!

Did I ever share my Boris Johnson cartoon here?

Posted on September 29, 2020 Posted in Fine Art, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Arts, Black and white drawing, boris, Caracature, creative world, Illustration, johnson, Mane, Sketch, yellow hair4 Comments

Hear no Art, See no Art, Speak no Art.

Cartoon created as part of a project on my college course. My copyright.

It was something I drew in July 2020 I think but it seems more valid now since the Arts are in such a perilous position and the question as to if something is a viable job seems to be a kick in the teeth to the creative industries.

This is Boris Johnson as a boy, based on an image of him as a teenager. I have then surrounded his face with hands and arms, which prevent him (apparently) from seeing, hearing or speaking about the plight of the arts in school, but also in wider society. Very clearly he can see what is happening but seeks to avoid giving the situation his full attention….. The fact that his own government, since 2010, have made cuts in spending totalling billions does not seem to matter to him. He talks about levelling up as if the damage done to society has nothing to do with him. As another yellow haired person on the other side of the ocean presides over crazy policies. I think it is the era of yellow maned fools!

Next Orme Art challenge.

Posted on September 28, 2020 Posted in Fine ArtTagged Art, Autumn challenge, Challenge, Design, Fun, Oil painting, Orme Art group, Permanent markers, PicassoLeave a comment

One thing a bit more abstract. Thus is our autumn challenge. Each artist chooses a square and rgen we try and copy it as well as we can. I’ve chosen square two. Once everyone has done a square the picture is put back together and we see the results. Since this Picasso has such strong, bright colours I will probably use permanent markers to draw my square.

Leo

Posted on September 26, 2020 Posted in Cat, Fine ArtTagged Acrylic on canvas, Africa, Art, Big cat, Impressions, Leo, Lion, Lions group, Painting, Portrait4 Comments

This was a painting I did for the local Lions group in 2019. I paint cats, but not big cats, so it was something a bit different. I’ve seen art where people paint each individual hair on an animal but I am more impressionistic and try and get feeling into my paintings, to give them character. This is another acrylic on canvas. I’m glad he went to a good home.

By the way did you know that occasionally female lions grow mains too? Interesting fact.

From thirty years ago?

Posted on September 24, 2020 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Art, House of commons, Life, MP, Oil on canvas, Old painting, Painting, Perspective, Plants, Portrait, Shelves, WindowLeave a comment

Finding things that I haven’t seen for years. There is a set of old slides that I might try and get turned into photos. I’ve also seen an app where you can convert negatives to photos on your phone, which is great, but I already have them in albums and do I need more on my devices? I wish I still had the painting but it was sold to the local MP at the time. I think it ended up at the house of commons!

This was a friend years ago. I painted it with the idea that the perspective of the window gave it an interesting effect. The figure looks large in comparison to the shelves across the window. I also liked the slightly twisted pose. It’s an oil on canvas.

Triple portrait

Posted on September 24, 2020September 24, 2020 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Blurry photo, Breakfast, Commission, Picture, Portrait, Three portraitsLeave a comment

Triple portrait. I painted this more than twenty years ago. It was from a photo and the workwas a commission. Unfortunately I only have this blurry photo. I think I have a better one somewhere. The painting was called breakfast. Acrylic on canvas.

Horse at Trentham

Posted on September 21, 2020 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Art, Celtic, Copper, Covid19, Grecian, Horse, Life, Sculpture, Trentham Gardens, VisitLeave a comment

Copper tree, copper sculpture. Photo taken at Trentham Gardens last year. I think it looks Grecian, or Celtic. I like to collect interesting images and this was very striking. I think it’s on the far side of Trentham Gardens Lake? I haven’t been back since with all the problems with the virus and the way things are going it might be winter or later before I go back? Various parts of the country have gone back into increasing quarentine measures. The threat for them is fines of up to £10000 for breaking the rules. So I will remember things rather than going out much. I will try and stay safe, and watch small businesses fail. The world is beautiful and sad.

Mallaband-Brown

Category: Fine Art