yellow and purple pt.3

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TWSBI Diamond 580 with Platinum Carbon ink on A4 Stillman and Birn Alpha Series paper. Digital colour.

yellow and purple pt.2

I drew the bottom version first and wasn't happy with it, so made a second attempt which was much closer to what I was trying to achieve. The composition of the second drawing is much more successful – the sharp diagonal created by the left hand running down past the head to the opposite hand works well and the distortion of the right leg is much more pronounced.

TWSBI Diamond 580 with Platinum Carbon ink on A4 Stillman and Birn Alpha Series paper. Digital colour.

yellow and purple pt.1

Two self-portraits from a series. Frustratingly, I haven't been able to achieve any consistency in terms of a likeness; the face/head is markedly different in each image. More to come...

TWSBI Diamond 580 with Platinum Carbon ink on A4 Stillman and Birn Alpha Series paper. Digital colour.

gumball machine

TWSBI Diamond 580 with Platinum Carbon ink on A4 Stillman and Birn Alpha Series paper. Digital colour.

eric chester

My grandfather, Eric Chester, passed away in July this year. He was in his early 90s and his health had been in decline for some time so it wasn't unexpected.

The last time I saw him – in April I think – I took lots of photographs with the intention of making a portrait of him, and here it is.

The distortions, the incorrect proportions and faulty perspective are, of course, intentional. I work from photographs most of the time and try to avoid a straight copy of the source material by deliberately exaggerating elements of the original image and also leaving in any mistakes I might make. I think I was successful here, although the drawing of the face could have been much looser.

TWSBI Diamond 580 with Platinum Carbon ink on A4 Stillman and Birn Alpha Series paper. Digital colour.

scraps

Drew the top image recently during a meeting at work. He looks like he belongs in a New Wave band from the late 1970s...

Various pens on various scraps of paper.

octopod

Octonauts is as popular as ever at our house AND there's a new series on CBeebies to keep a certain person happy...

TWSBI Diamond 580 with Platinum Carbon ink in A4 Stillman and Birn Alpha Series sketchbook.

chinese man on the telly

TWSBI Diamond 580 with Platinum Carbon ink in A4 Stillman and Birn Alpha Series sketchbook.

OMG

TWSBI Diamond 580 with Platinum Carbon ink and watercolours, in A4 Stillman and Birn Alpha Series sketchbook.

post #300

Celebrating TPS's tricentennial post with a self-portrait that looks only vaguely like it's subject.

TWSBI Diamond 580 with Platinum Carbon ink and watercolours, on A4 Stillman and Birn Alpha Series paper.

rude pig

TWSBI Diamond 580 with Platinum Carbon ink and watercolours, in A4 Stillman and Birn Alpha Series sketchbook.

paul grivell's ear

The start of a new college year means there is no shortage of THINGS TO DO at work and invariably, blog activity is somewhat diminished. I did however, manage a couple of quick scribbles at the graduation ceremony the other day and here they are...

TWSBI Diamond 580 with Platinum Carbon ink in A4 Stillman and Birn Alpha Series sketchbook.