Brush & Ink

After the last drawing (which was a little overworked) I needed to loosen up so this quick drawing (A1) was done by dipping a banister brush into ink and letting 'loose' on the paper, I did 2 x A1's, cut one up and collaged them together, it was fun.

Kel's Folded Forms 2

A larger version, 2 x A1, this time not working directly from a photograph but making it up

Kel's Folded Forms

2 x A1, charcoal on paper

Golden Artichoke

24x20" oil on canvas (sold) currently on display at Red Poles Gallery

A Great Pair

I know the one of the right looks like a lime but they are actually two lemons, one is just younger than the other, but despite their differences they're meant to be together and perfectly comfy in all that crisp linen.

Arty-choke

This gorgeous white table cloth was a gift from my mother in law, I've never used it on the table but its the star of my recent still-lifes!  The lemons are from our wonderful tree which thrives on sheer neglect, and the artichoke, well lets say cooking them isn't yet part of my culinary expertise.  That annoying little patch of shiny paint in the background I fixed it by putting a wash of a deep neutral green diluted with turps (which makes the paint matt) over the whole background.  

Beachy Still Life

Oil on canvas,  This composition was inspired by the previous still life with the wine, glass and fruit & veggies.  I just replaced the objects to change the meaning of the painting, the positioning is still similar.  This painting still needs a little 'tweaking'.  The small shell will get a glaze of yellow ochre and the cup needs a little work.  I'm really pleased with the towel.  All these objects bring wonderful memories of beachy days.

Artichoke Still Life, oil on canvas

Still Life - oil on 2 x A1 oil sketch paper

Mixed media abstract experiments

These A1 drawings are done with ink, oil wash, pastel, gouache, 8B pencil and a bit of collage.  They are part of a series inspired from a visit to the botanic gardens on a gorgeous day.

Botanic Gardens Visit

Gardenesque

115x90cm  Acrylic on canvas 

Sea Grass Series - Final

No.2 in the final three drawings, done with a lovely calligraphy brush and ink, again featuring the beautiful Paddle Weed 

No.3, The light lines and red flower shapes depict Wire weed, I added the vertical lines to tone down the background yet still let it show through. The red areas on the map are where seagrass meadows have died on Adelaide's beaches due to pollution.

Seagrass Drawings - mixed media

Project 3, Drawing 2.   Collage, oil wash, gouache, watercolours, charcoal & pastels

Rescued

This originally was a drawing which became so overworked that I had to do something definite and decisive as I was getting lost in it, so I cut a few shapes out of it and arranged them on a piece of cardboard.  This is a further development of the seagrass theme, the cardboard is packaging from Ikea, it represents industry and consumerism which produces the pollution that is destroying the seagrass on our local beaches.

Seagrass Drawings

Here are a few drawing experiments using oil medium under gouache wash.  They are of three types of seagrasses found off our local beaches.  

Wonderland

 Medium:  charcoal, pastels, ink, collage, acrylic crayon, gouache
This is my final piece for a drawing project exploring elipses and how to use them to construct shapes and objects that are convincingly 3D.  
I may have bitten off more than I could chew, I tried to stretch it as far as I could, lots of experimental stuff here, imaginary objects - I tried to show movement and combine objects that were machinery-like with objects that looked soft and 'blobby', a mixture of my two previous work up drawings for this project.  
This drawing is 3 x A1 pieces of paper taped together. 

Diary Drawing

This is a quick sketch done on my train trip today recording events of the day and the things I was thinking about (and the things I ate).  I do this on most train trips but today, after I had finished it, I could picture the drawing I did on 4th May last year and therefore remembered what I was thinking about exactly a year ago.  I've never been good at keeping a diary but this is much more fun.

Pumpkin Red, Yellow & Black version 2

I tried the pumpkin again but this time with cool yellow and red (light yellow and crimson alizarin) and black.  Light yellow has very little opacity so adding the tiniest bit of crimson or black changed it drastically.  For the light tone areas I had to use lots of yellow so it ended up looking a bit 'fluro'.  They've been worth the exercise in terms of learning and experience in colour mixing.  I've had enough of the pumpkin now, next I'll cook it.

Pumpkin Red Yellow & Black

Last night I sat down to watch TV, nothing but murder on it, had no creative motivation so I just decided to sit at my desk.  Once there I thought I'd just get a couple of paints out with no final outcome in mind and see what happens.  I put some Cadmium Red, Cadmium Yellow and Black acrylic on the pallet and just tried to make as many different colours as I could, then the pumpkin said "paint me"!!...  so I did.  I'm amazed at the amount of colours derived from two primaries and black.  Next time I think I'll try it with the cool yellow and red, i.e. Light (Hansa) Yellow and Crimson Alizarin.

Pumpkin

Pumpkins are so wonderful in shape, colour and texture and fantastic to draw and paint.  My drawing lecturer is having us focus on structure and how to use elipses in organic shapes so drawing the pumpkin was perfect practice.    This drawing is of the same pumpkin just moved a little each time drawn.  Mediums are charcoal, pastel pencil and soft pastels.

'Pumpkin' A3, black pastel, white gouache and peppermint tea

 

When I was drawing this it was late and I was too tired to get some water to make a wash so I just used my left over peppermint tea, poured some out onto a plastic bag and dipped my black soft pastel into it and dragged it along the paper on its side and it made a fabulous rich black mark with a tinge of yellowy green from the tea.

Charcoal & soft pastel drawings based on elipses A1

Playing around with elipses, plant and paper model

drawing 2 homework/exploration

My attempt to transform a bunch of scribble into a 3D form

paper cones

charcoal drawings of organic structures (bamboo)

Bucket Study - alla prima & scumbling in acrylics

Drawing 2 Exercise charcoal & white pastel

Acrylic on oil sketch paper

2010

65x65cm oil on canvas abstract inspired by dishes drying on the sink

Natures Recyclers Mural

a daily doodle, pen and texta

Intaglio Etching - hard ground

Experimental Drawings A1 charcoal, gouache & masking tape