The unstructured ramblings of a middle age man
This painting was made this afternoon from life...which was a bit of a recovery as everything else I did in the class was, not to put too fine a point of it - crap. Sent from my iPad
Just what make a good likeness of a person? I suppose the simple answer to that is that you can tell from the drawing/painting who the the person is. The other week I went to the Royal Society of Portrait Painters' annual exhibition and amongst some of the most lifeless portraits I have seen in a while there were two of Ken Clarke. One it was easy to make out who the sitter was the other, well lets just say less so. Yet there they were displayed next to one another, examples of the work of perhaps the most figurative...
Another insightful comment from Rawnsley...perhaps before we complain about what others are doing wrong we should look in the mirror first. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/may/20/andrew-rawnsley-dont-blam... Sent from my iPad
The latest example of my life drawing/painting. Sent from my iPad
Viewing these makes me realise how much further I have to go. Analog Art: A Showcase of Fabulous Pencil Drawingshttp://www.noupe.com/graphics/analog-art-a-showcase-of-fabulous-pencil-drawings.html --- Sent from Zite personalized magazine iPad app. Available for free in the App Store.www.zite.com Sent from my iPad
I had fun drawing this last night - it was based on the Sweeney Todd character but looking at it this morning I am not so sure which character it really represents. In reality none of them as I don't know what Helena Bonham Carter is like beyond what I have seen on the big screen - which is no true reflection of the real person - one only has to think of Rowan Atkinson and his relationship to Blackadder. Anyway I enjoyed drawing this which is that matters. Sent from my iPad
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