I'm not happy with just drawing what I see. I'm fed up with pretty pencil sketches of interested buildings and the like. I've gotten into a safe rut, and I want out.
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About Me
- Yellow
- The more I draw and paint, the more I find beauty in the most mundane things which we often take for granted.
Readers
Currently reading......
- The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
- Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe
- The Sea, The Sea by Iris Murdoch
- Poems by Robert W Service
- The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall
Artist Inspirations
- Alberto Giacometti
- David Hockney
- Edward Weston
- Egon Schiele
- John Sloan
- L S Lowry
- Lucian Freud
- Maggie Hambling
- Vincent Van Gogh
Blog Archive
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November
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- Bean Sprouts
- Jared Shear - Working on a theme
- Sanctuary Knocker, Durham
- 7 of 7 of Roker Sky #1
- steps 5 and 6 of 7
- stages 3 and 4 of 7
- stage 1 and 2 of 7
- Here's what's got me excited
- Storm tide
- An alley-cats playground
- These are great!
- Roker skyline
- The idea
- My first Remembrance Sunday
- Change of plans...
- Can you tell what it is yet?
- Simply drawing isn't enough
- Frustrated
- Creative Journal
- Schiele landscapes
- Egon Schiele - negative spaces
- A Portrait of a Friend
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November
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Other great sites
- 1000 paintings - Lisa McShane has a goal
- Ann Lewis - artist and printmaker
- Chris Bolmeier - an inspiration to me
- Ed Terpening - great plein air
- Eudaemonia for all - an amazing writer
- Finders Keepers Art Project - a philanthropic dream
- Gesa Paint & Pastel - pushing the limits in this medium, exciting work
- Ghislaine Howard - powerful charcoal & oils
- Jafabrit's Art - she's the craziest artist on the block
- Jana's Journal and Sketchbook - another addict to skecthing daily
- Jared Shear - art and concepts
- Laurielines - energetic painter & drawer
- Lesley Todd - Bird Ahoy painter's blog
- Michalopoulos - inspired perspectives of New Orleans
- Painting Prints and Stuff - Vivien Blackburn - and so much more
- Pastel - Casey Klahn's preferred medium
- See Be Draw - drawings and advice
- Struggling To Paint - the journey of Chuck Rose
- The Colourist - Casey Klahn - reflections on colour and the role of the artist
- The Red Shoes - Sarah Wimperis' paintings
Labels
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- acrylics
- artists
- Banksy
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- birds
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- Bosch
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- canvas
- chalk pastel cup
- charcoal
- clay
- collage
- collecting art
- college
- colour
- colour studies
- composition
- concertena sketch books
- critics
- Dame Dorothy Street
- dance
- drawing
- Durer
- Durham
- Edward Weston
- environment
- Eutopia
- family
- feet
- female nude
- figures
- flowers
- friends
- galleries
- garden
- graphite
- hand drawings
- house
- ideas
- ink
- inspiration
- jou
- journal
- Landscape
- left hand
- life drawings
- lines
- lino print
- linocut
- London
- male nude
- mixed media
- Moleskine Exchange
- music
- negative spaces
- New Orleans
- North Dock
- not painting
- nude
- nude study
- nudes
- oil paint
- oil painting
- oil pastels
- painting
- palette
- park bench
- pen
- pencils
- Penshaw
- photograph
- photographs
- photoshop
- Pish Posh
- portrait
- River Wear
- Roker Artist
- Roker Beach
- Roker bowling green
- Roker Park
- roofs
- Schiele
- self portrait
- sketch book
- sketch of dad
- sketching
- skies
- sky
- sleeping
- soft pastels
- stained glass
- still life
- studio
- Sunderland
- tagged
- techniques
- theatre
- therory
- torso
- trees
- Tunstall Hills
- Van Gogh
- watercolour
Awards
1 comment:
Sounds exciting. So what are you going to do?
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