Jamaica Street Artists

It's Art Sunday again. Rose, Dan and myself started at a random coffee shop where I got all hyped up on caffeine and drew Rose a few times (pictures to follow later). Then we went to look around the art show Jamaica Street Artists. http://www.jamaicastreetartists.co.uk/ Three floors of arty goodness.

One of the artists was this lady http://www.viewartgallery.co.uk/artists/trish-lock.html who had a whole wall full of little toy doll faces. Absolutely stunning. We wanted to touch them.

Another great artist was http://www.rosesanderson.com/ Her work is beautiful.

Sketchbook Update 3

Only one picture today although I have been working on a few others. I'm learning to paint with watercolours which has been a lot of fun. Need to do some more work on those and I will update when they are finished.

These are my feet, with my fat dumpy little toes. Never thought I would allow them to be in the public eye so you should feel all warm and fuzzy that you get to see this.

On another note, I had an idea for some fantasy work I want to do for the upcoming BristolCon, Oct 22. http://www.bristolcon.org/ I have got some wall space to put up some work which I can also sell, very excited. I will post the results after the show. Now I just need to do them. 

Sketchbook Update 2

I am warning you that there is one slightly graphic picture only because it is a fetus and some people may be upset by that. It will be the last picture posted so hopefully you wont see it unless you scroll down.

So, update 2 has arrived, I have done a few more pictures, mostly skeletal. I'm still on the human body parts stage and I am learning a lot from these skeletons. So here they are.

Skeletal foot taken from Anatomy for Artists by Barrington Barber.

Skulls taken from Facial Expressions by Mark Simon.

The last picture was originally going to be a page of skulls with a bone border, and I honestly believe I should have stuck with it, but this is a learning process and next time I will know not to give up on an idea just because it's going to take a few days to finish. We live and learn.

Sketchbook Update 1

I have begun. I did 4 pages last night, and today I put together some title pages using Photoshop. I am noting down a few ideas of things to draw and I pretty much have the whole thing set out. Very excited.

The skull and the skeletal hand were both taken from Anatomy For Artists by Barrington Barber.

Holiday Homework

Ohshitohshitohshit - Terry Pratchett

Today I received an email from college giving me my holiday homework. So now I'm thinking really hard about what to do with it. Comic based? Steampunk? Pure Fantasy?

I have at this moment decided on Life Drawing. It's a subject I really love and enjoy. I'm going to another Burlesque Life Drawing class in August so I can add to it then, and I could just sketch random people in the street or in cafe's. My only worry now is how to make it individual and interesting? How to tie all the pages together? I thought about giving the pages borders to link them.

So many thoughts! So little sleep! I shall go and lie awake in my bed all night until I come up with the answers. Until then here is the homework assignment.

Access to H.E. Creative Arts Homework for Summer 2011.

Drawing Project. It is important that you arrive at your university interview with evidence of considered and developmental drawing. I am asking you to produce a body of work on a selected subject. You decide what that subject is, although making a connection with the degree programme you wish to study is a good idea.

Go to Google images. Type in the word, Sketchbook. Collect copies of all the work you admire. You can print a few of these up and include them in your sketchbook project. Annotate alongside stating why/what you admire about the work.

Suggested topics. Fashion illustration. Character development. Typography. Still life. Landscapes. Interior space. Human condition/interaction. Abstract composition. Self. Narrative. Fantasy. Organic/mechanical/architectural form.

Rules.

• Select a sketchbook of an appropriate size to the type of work you plan to do. Somewhere between A6 and A4. You must fill the book. No empty pages at the back. I will expect you to draw on both sides of the paper. It may be a good idea to buy a sketchbook that has between 35 – 75 pages.
• Any medium is acceptable just remember this is a drawing project not a painting project.
• Additional items can be included with the drawing project, e.g. photographs, annotations, materials, colour swatches and magazine cuttings, but the rule is 75% drawing and consequently, no more than 25% additional imagery.
• The layout of the drawings, going across the middle seam, working vertically/horizontally or putting things in varying size boxes etc is up to you. I suggest you vary the scale constantly.
• Drawings must be developmental i.e. they must show that you are trying to learn/understand something, complete a narrative, improve a skill, analyse design elements, devise the construction of something or alter the composition of self selected ideas.
• The work should be completed by the first week of term and will contribute to a designated credit.

Birthday Sketches

It is my Sister-in-Laws birthday tomorrow and so I drew her a picture. It was going to be Tinkerbell (she loves Tinkerbell) but as I was doing reasearch I thought, why not do her as Tinkerbell?

Here is the result.

I didn't have time to colour it, and I was afraid of ruining it. Maybe I'll colour it another time. Very happy with the way this turned out.

Happy Birthday Kellie Hutt. 

Some Sketches.

I've been doing some sketches here and there and have just had a battle of wills with the scanner, Adobe, and myself to get them scanned in. I think I won...

The top picture is of my cousin Sophie and is not finished yet, I still need to do her hair, also the bottom one is not currently finished as the butterfly needs more details, but I thought I would put them here anyway as proof that I am doing something!