Art, and I digress.....

Friday, 13 March 2015

More January Portraits

fifteenth

sixteenth

seventeenth

eighteenth

These four are all completed without looking at the page and they make me smile every time. They are also very good for not taking myself so seriously.

nineteenth

twentieth

twentyfirst

For these, the pastel was used before the line……. and yes, I did do them all on the same day, the previous two days had been travel days.

twentysecond

twentythird

twentyfourth

twentyfifth

twentysixth

twentyseventh

Playing around with negative shapes and the light and shadows.

twentyeighth

twentyninth

thirtieth

thirtyfirst

and there we have it…. all of January. I don't have a favourite but there are certainly some I prefer over others. The explorations into the shapes that light and dark make on my face are very enjoyable and of course where I haven't looked at the page while drawing are fun.
More to come in the next post.

Back from India

Before setting off to India I was absolutely decided that I would keep this blog going similarly as I did in Romania. Unfortunately it was much more difficult. One reason being that I couldn't sign on to my blogger account from my tablet because that has a different email. Irritating to say the least.

Anyway…. enough. I am Back!

The portraits though were something I managed to keep up with.

Here are January's.

first

second

third

fourth

fifth

sixth

seventh

eighth

ninth

tenth

eleventh

twelfth

thirteenth

fourteenth

That's enough for one post…. more in the next.

The lost portrait

December No. 11 was as I thought…. in the studio.
Here we go back in time before we go forwards.

eleventh

Now there are two whole months of self portraits and they're still different. Still enjoying them therefore I will carry on.

As you will notice, I begin to get a little pissed off at looking at my own face. Actually, it was usually doing the eyes, not quite sure why. A little thought required or maybe not.

Saturday, 10 January 2015

India

we are here!
It is now the 4th day and I'm starting to be here properly.
Takes a while.
The self portraits are happening but as yet I haven't figured out the best way to get the images onto here, but it will happen.
Chowpatty beach, Mumbai was visited on Thursday and wht a lovely beach to have in a city!, so we sat for a while in the shade after a very tasty masala dosa.
Watching the traffic go by, the "I'm Here! I'm Here!" of the cars, bikes and trucks, with pigeons smacking their wings as they take off.