Two steps back

 

Whilst Im not a natural at art any time away from paints or pencil sets me back a few steps. This was only a quick one but I feel its more than a few steps back OH well back to the drawing board so to speak. Perhaps if I pulled my finger out and got a bit more on paper it would help :)

At Last Something on paper

 

Struggling of late to find anything encouraging with my art and just plane lack of time had put painting and drawing on hold for too long. Today saw some rectifying of that, I wasn't expected the results to be impressive I just needed to get something down on paper. A local Black Necked Grebe in stunning summer dress was the choice with the wet stuff. Good fun just slapping the paint about. Im thinking a little graphite for my next comeback.

Now in colour

 Now in colour, well not exactly the same picture as its something I cant get my head around. I find it hard to produce the same piece again even with a different media. It always seems a while since I last painted when I pick up a brush but I just loved doing our great hero Yoda with the Splishy sploshy paint. I avoided lots of detail to get me bogged down I think thats why I enjoyed it so much.

May the force be you

Of  late I seem to have been a little lazy with paint or pastels. I have just sat chilling with a couple of pencils and of course erasers. A hero of mine ended up on paper and an enjoyable few hours  were spent on this. The photo hasnt turned out too well but Im blaming the light not my poor photography skills. The next plan is to do the same picture in watercolour. Will it be succesful only time will tell.

Snow Bunting

  I finally managed to get paints out after a small pencil and pastel addiction. I wanted to  get back to painting birds and chose one of my favourite winter visitors the Snow Bunting. To see these little crackers I do have to travel to North Wales where they are very regular around Rhyl area. Im pretty pleased with it and really enjoyed playing with paint.  Perhaps the background could of been darker. The Daler Rowner paper impressed me and I can see me becoming to love it.

Lord of the Rings

  I did get the paints out but to be honest it was a bit of a disaster. My new paper shows promise I just need to get used to the texture and how the paint reacts. It was only a quick painting of tulips and one I will attempt again. 12 hours with the pencil was much more successful. Again I wanted to do a portrait but wanted challenge myself further than I previously had. It was fun for most of the time but the last few hours did feel like a battle perhaps due to the A3 size. It have a few tweeks here and there but I need a break from it for now.

Possibly the best actor

  Staying with portraits and determined to improve on my last effort I decided to draw what I think is one of the finest actors ever. Im pretty pleased with the result so it wont be the last portrait I will have a bash at. Anyway my water colour paper arrived so something with paint is on the cards for my next post. Im thinking Tulips as its a bit of a project on JWJ forum.