Well, the silly season is over and its back to some semblence of normality again (you may recall I'm a Bah Humbug sort of person)!
I really didn't get much artwork done in the latter part of 2016 - we were very busy but I'm sure I could have tried a little harder to make some art time. If I was the sort of person who makes New Year resolutions I would add that plan to the usual 'lose weight' improve my Spanish, cut down on wine etc etc ... but we'll see.
We are going to be travelling a lot in the first 3 months of the year starting with a few weeks at our house on Fuerteventura (Canaries) from this weekend whilst work is being done at at our house here.
So ... I had to submit my entries for the UK Coloured Pencil Society's Int'l Exhibition today. Entries have to be in by 3 February and I don't know when I'll be around for long enough to deal with it. I haven't done anything new - these are all old practice pieces which I've tweaked a little in order to have something to submit. You may recall some of these as I've probably posted them here at some stage:
The first is my coloured pencil drawing of a fisherman we often see around Corralejo harbour on Fuerteventura. After hours spent at sea the fishermen congregate at a nearby bar for daily card sessions which become very intense and noisy at times. He always looks very fierce but I guess his piercing stare is really due to hours spent squinting into the bright sunshine ...
This is the finished drawing:
I've added more detail to the background and more layers to his skin and clothing. I also thought he looked a little too 'clean cut' and as I couldn't add any more white whiskers over the darker pigment I scraped away the top surface of the paper with a craft knife which has 'roughened' him up a little! This was the earlier version:
This is Sax on the Beach. I've never really been happy with this drawing as I struggled so much with the fiddly bits on the saxophone. But there is a 'music' category in this year's exhibition so thought I might as well take a chance with him. He is part of a 'hippy type' band of people who travel around holiday resorts in Europe and perform for money as street musicians/artists. They are known as La Familia Flotante (the floating family) and they are actually very, very good - especially the saxophonist! I photographed them several times whilst they performed by the Town Beach at Corralejo, Fuerteventura.
Again, I added a few more layers of coloured pencil - he was drawn specifically to fill a tall narrow frame I had at home:
and the earlier version
This is a coloured pencil drawing on drafting film over a black backing sheet. The subject (Spock) belongs to a fellow artist. I met/photographed him last Summer - he really does have the most amazing curly coat.
and finally, the sikh character I drew earlier this year. I've called this one Wisdom as apparently having a turban in saffron colour is a symbol of wisdom and I think he has a wise face and kindly eyes.
Now I've submitted them I can't do any further work on them which is a good thing as I'm very good at overworking pictures!
I really didn't get much artwork done in the latter part of 2016 - we were very busy but I'm sure I could have tried a little harder to make some art time. If I was the sort of person who makes New Year resolutions I would add that plan to the usual 'lose weight' improve my Spanish, cut down on wine etc etc ... but we'll see.
We are going to be travelling a lot in the first 3 months of the year starting with a few weeks at our house on Fuerteventura (Canaries) from this weekend whilst work is being done at at our house here.
So ... I had to submit my entries for the UK Coloured Pencil Society's Int'l Exhibition today. Entries have to be in by 3 February and I don't know when I'll be around for long enough to deal with it. I haven't done anything new - these are all old practice pieces which I've tweaked a little in order to have something to submit. You may recall some of these as I've probably posted them here at some stage:
The first is my coloured pencil drawing of a fisherman we often see around Corralejo harbour on Fuerteventura. After hours spent at sea the fishermen congregate at a nearby bar for daily card sessions which become very intense and noisy at times. He always looks very fierce but I guess his piercing stare is really due to hours spent squinting into the bright sunshine ...
This is the finished drawing:
I've added more detail to the background and more layers to his skin and clothing. I also thought he looked a little too 'clean cut' and as I couldn't add any more white whiskers over the darker pigment I scraped away the top surface of the paper with a craft knife which has 'roughened' him up a little! This was the earlier version:
This is Sax on the Beach. I've never really been happy with this drawing as I struggled so much with the fiddly bits on the saxophone. But there is a 'music' category in this year's exhibition so thought I might as well take a chance with him. He is part of a 'hippy type' band of people who travel around holiday resorts in Europe and perform for money as street musicians/artists. They are known as La Familia Flotante (the floating family) and they are actually very, very good - especially the saxophonist! I photographed them several times whilst they performed by the Town Beach at Corralejo, Fuerteventura.
Again, I added a few more layers of coloured pencil - he was drawn specifically to fill a tall narrow frame I had at home:
and the earlier version
This is a coloured pencil drawing on drafting film over a black backing sheet. The subject (Spock) belongs to a fellow artist. I met/photographed him last Summer - he really does have the most amazing curly coat.
and finally, the sikh character I drew earlier this year. I've called this one Wisdom as apparently having a turban in saffron colour is a symbol of wisdom and I think he has a wise face and kindly eyes.
Now I've submitted them I can't do any further work on them which is a good thing as I'm very good at overworking pictures!
