Sanguine Portrait of a Child

‘Sourire Toujours’ Sanguine Portrait of a Child A3 Hanhemaille ‘Nostalgia’ © The Artist. Been off holidaying with my wife & two young children. Family time. We went to Britanny, near Carnac with its standing stones (which really caught my boy’s imagination!) & its beautiful silver sand beaches. We stayed with some good old friends, a…

elly 14 – 5 -08

elly 14 – 5 – 08 a A5 sketchbook – graphite pencil © The Artist.  elly 14 – 5 – 08 b A5 sketchbook – graphite pencil © The Artist.

GOLD STAR

One of my winter jobs is to wash my painting hat. That’s the hat that’s become something of a ‘signature’. You can see me wearing it in my blogger profile photograph. But I don’t always get first turn to wear it however. Here it’s the ‘gold star’ kid whose wearing it…

Val – Christmas Eve

‘Val – Christmas Eve’ graphite pencil, A3 sheet © The Artist. Television helps to turn the necessary blind eye, so that Santa can come down the chimney… The ‘likeness’ part of a portrait. I feel there’s something not quite right about this drawing. The likeness isn’t right. Also, he looks , well, abit deformed as…

a year ago today

detail ‘three months’ Sanguine pencil 40 x 40 cm © The Artist. A year ago today my daughter was born.

Val 19/12/07

Graphite Pencil A3 sheet © The Artist. detail Another drawing with not a good enough likeness. The profile is such a crucial line. The morning after having drawn V. during his evening session of telly watching, I revised this line as I was unhappy with the form of the nose & the bridge through to…