Sketches: West Kennet Long Barrow
August 13th, 2007
I am very pleased with these two quick sketches from West Kennet Long Barrow.
I really must do more sketching!
Bookish Headgear
February 24th, 2007
Latest addition to the drawing Moleskine “Bookish Headgear“, now up on my flickr alongside three other, recent works.
I’ve got into the habit of having image ideas popping into my head at all manner of inconvenient moment, so the carrying around of a notebook has become essential. This is the biggest problem with a dependence on [...]
Impressive display on the iPod
January 2nd, 2007
The image quality of the latest iPod is way better than I was expecting. So much so that I was able to use it as reference for a small watercolour. Normally using digital images would mean printing out references, but that’s a whole load of trouble getting the colour balance and saturation of the image [...]
The Reason it ain’t easy
December 31st, 2006
Last night I had inspiration. Musical inspiration for a change. Grab the keyboard, boot up Reason, off we go… well at least that was, as always, the plan. The result, as always, was frustration.
When I have an idea for a visual image, I can express that idea rapidly - a thumbnail sketch or a scribble [...]
The field kit
December 30th, 2006
Less technology in my life is proving to be a good thing. Although it has been so necessary in the past, technology can help you lose touch with genuine creativity. All too often the ideal technological solutions become the quest rather than the creative endeavour itself. Process surmounts purpose.
These days, the Palm tends to stay [...]
I’ve been brave
December 24th, 2006
After posting the rough watercolour sketch of the volcanic rocks in the sea at Pedra Furada, Madeira (last post, below), I plucked up the courage to put up the rest of the drawings and sketches I did while out there, on my Flickr account.
These works are highly personal, produced [...]
There’s a reason we’re going back to Madeira
December 23rd, 2006
Yes, that place is real and no, there has been no enhancement to that photo. The area so stunned me that I had to sit and sketch it there and then (the sketch is to the right - click to view large version) - sketching always provides a more personal and intimate experience of the [...]