Friday, 17 April 2009

stranager in a bottle



here'r my first carder method painting. I've played with certain aspects of his method, but this was definitely using the method following it as closely as poss. although.... the mini jar on the right was painted with stand oil instead of the delq mixture.. but ... other than that.

im not sure i like it. its not drawin properly and the wine glass is off. but then.. so the angle is tilted- the black box - is an off angle so it doens't look majorly awkward. well. to me it looks very awkward. but i enjoyed painting the tea pot. its 50years old. ultra retro...my mother bought it for her parents like 40-50 years ago. so i'd imagine its worth a lot in retro-ville. Price it up for me if you ever visit!

oh- the reflection in the wine bottle, that's me. police songs are always a good listen to when painting. and message in a bottle came to mind as its all about reflection and identity.

Wednesday, 8 April 2009


wood pigeon

gold crest / blue crest
coffee/tea charcoal , conte crayon pastel pencils

Tuesday, 31 March 2009

wren

robin

hedge sparrow




My first post....

a wren a sparrow and a robin.
their all british birds. birds of a feather...

coffee/tea washes and drips.
mostly drawn with my fingers with charcoal then detailed with pastel pencils.

hope they look really old. i was going for that old feel you see in drawings in museums. i ink with coffee - that helps with that.


Coffee/tea bags / charcoal, crushed, 2 cloves of garlic and season with salt.



enjoy :)