As a spiritual person, nature for me has always been a healing place. Going back all the way to my childhood on the farm, the fields and forests were places of adventure and self-discovery. Animals were companions and friends, and the world moved at a slower, more rational pace than the bustling cities…
Category: Drawings
Drawings, quick sketches, elaborate drawings, scribbles, gesture drawings, composition works in progress; finished drawings, portraits, pencil, sanguine, conté, graphite
The Aviform Prehistoric Geometric Sign – Drawing of a Cliff & Birds.
A romance, a dream, a fantasy. These cliffs in Quercy Périgord, where the people of the Ice Age once lived. They mark my mental landscape, as they must have also made a deep impression on the minds of the hunter-gatherers. Romanticism attempts an affective fusion between person & her enviroment. Science attempts to practice detached…
Stone Lithograph of a Stone Cliff . Dogen : Rock face as geological life
Stone lithograph of a cliff – “the elephant” ‘The Elephant’ – Drawing of a Cliff. Graphite, biro & watercolour. A3 © Adam Cope We, mankind, arose amidst the wandering of the ice and marched with it. We are in some sense shaped by it, as it has shaped the stones. Perhaps our very fondness for…
What does ‘Medium’ Mean in Fine Art Practice? The same view in three different mediums.
Interesting to see the same landscape view in three different mediums : drawing, watercolour & stone lithography. Different material, different effect. Each medium is good for certain effects. In the above three images,, watercolour is delicate colours & brushmarks, conté is so immediate & so fresh, lithography is good for a design, a powerful composition.…
Portrait of a Young Boy – Sanguine Drawing
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The Likeness Part of a Portrait – Watteau
To master the capturing the likeness part of a making a portrait, try doing the same head three times. Can you maintain the likeness consistently in all three drawings? I am humbled by Master Watteau. Not only three drawings but three different angles as well. And look how beautifully laid out on the page they…
Portrait Drawings in Charcoal, Sanguine & Pencil
Was happy to be able to pay attention to the profile in these portraits. Which point comes the furthest forward? Is the lip further forward than the bridge of the nose? That sort of thing. Also, to do several portraits of the same person. Do…
Life’s a Beach
Intimate Portraits of Artist’s Own Children – Matisse, Cezanne, John, Rembrandt, Chardin, Rubens, Nicholson
‘Telly Fans 10’ by adam cope – sanguine ‘Telly Fans 8’ by adam cope – graphite Intimate Portraits by Artist’s of Their Own Children I overheard on the web some artists saying that they couldn’t possibly do portraits of their own kids as it was ‘too close.’ I don’t agree. Neither did…
Telly Fans 10
funny one this!
