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.



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.

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?

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.

http://www.arkproject.org.uk/index.php