Tag Archives: lady

Sktchy app a great place to start

Sktchy app is always a great go to place to go to when looking for a reference source, it is full of photographs of people ( mainly). I have found it a perfect tool in my journey towards learning to … Continue reading

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Catching up with a few people, in an arty way

I have been a little lost with painting lately, I keep starting, but then set pieces aside unfinished. Unsure of where I want them to go, or getting bored and wishing to move onto the next? Or is it because … Continue reading

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Graphite powder painting

For ages I have wanted to try out graphite powder, but the biggest problem is that it’s not cheap, and if I didn’t get on with it, it would  be a waste of money. Well I did some searching and … Continue reading

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‘The lady in a turban’ watercolour

For Todays painting I knew exactly the sort of pose I was looking for ( unusual for me) having watched the film ‘ the girl with the pearl earring’ AGAIN!  I was on the hunt for a lady wearing a … Continue reading

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Face on book pages, using Indian ink and pastel

Hidden behind my ‘Hareball’was another unfinished painting, it had been hidden for almost a year, I had ripped up a book I got from a skip at the beginning of 2015, it was used in a number of paintings I … Continue reading

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Loving charcoal, so I thought I would see how a figure would turn out

So far I have enjoyed charcoal, I guess after years of pencil work this is not too dissimilar? At least I feel I have an advantage having had that experience. It is messier! But it blends beautifully. I am still … Continue reading

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My first attempt at a watercolour figure and elegant writer

I set myself the challenge to paint a figure, I have been avoiding the challenge I set myself for a while now, in fact the last figure I drew was at school ( over 25 years ago) although it went … Continue reading

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