Friday 22 March 2013

Ely Cathedral High Altar

50 x 20 cm Hahnemuhle Paper
Ink
 
This is a tiny portion of the most intricate and beautiful High Altar of Ely Cathedral.
This marathon drawing has taken me 16 hours!  I have tried really hard not to draw in pencil first because I hate rubbing out and the effect it has on the paper.  Pondering whether to add watercolour.  Meanwhile, I have to make a start on something else new.


Thursday 21 March 2013

Recycled Arty Cards








Cards
Sold

Anthea ripped up a painting at EWW one evening.  I asked her for the pieces and told her I'd make it into cards.  She happily gave them to me.  A little extra painting, detail and some collage and I'm very happy with the results.

Sunday 10 March 2013

Curl

Greeting card
Mixed Media
 
This week's word was 'Curl', I took inspiration from the World Beard and Moustache Championships.
I added quite a few extra curls to this guy's beard, the pencil is a Lyra Super Ferby with four colours in one core - blue, green, red and yellow.
 
The image on the right was me wondering what it would look like with a black background and below the image with less black.  Great what a little bit of photoshop can do!  Which do you prefer?

Sunday 3 March 2013

Broken

Greeting card
Mixed Media
 
To illustrate the word 'broken' I searched around for pieces of pottery.  There is a place in the garden where all the broken pottery lives, apart from a few special bits kept in the house.
Tried to draw/paint them using only various pens and a little bit of water.
The stripey piece and the little brown piece are particularly special to me, found in the field where the 'Ark' is currently being built.