Yesterday I did a virtual,sketch walk around Dartmouth. It’s a town I have been to many times but haven’t sketched there for years so it was good to draw the boat flat and the butter walk.
6 June
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25 May
This morning I returned to Venice to do a sketch, well I used a photo from our trip in 2014 when it rained a lot, but it was February and relatively quiet so we didn’t have to queue to get in anywhere. We didn’t’ get our planned trip this year because of lockdown but will try again next year if there are any airlines left to fly with!
2 May
21 April
Tuesday is portrait day at Broadstone Art Society so we have been sharing a photo to paint from. This week I supplied a photo I took some years ago in Swanage. I am afraid I don’t remember his name but he is a Coast Watch volunteer. Coast Watch are a charity who took over the old coastguard lookouts when the MCA decided the coastguard no longer needed look outs or boats and cut the budget accordingly. They do an excellent job but it sad that the government rely on charities such as Coast Watch and the RNLI to supply safety cover on the coast when almost every other country has those facilities provided by the taxpayer. Rant over!
15 April
I set up a camera and remote to try to get a decent photo of our two dogs jumping together but they wouldn’t cooperate. Every time I called them over one would hang back, ai think they do it deliberately!
8 April
When the world was normal I used to do a portrait painting every Tuesday at Broadstone art society. Christine is in charge of arranging the models so she has been providing photos so we can keep painting at home. This week she sent a photo of her beautiful granddaughter Juliette. I have made her look a little. Older than she really is but Chris kindly said she could see the likeness!
3 April
It was lovely in the garden while the sun shone but as soon as I took a cup of tea and a sketch book outside it clouded over and the temperature dropped. I managed to stay out long enough to sketch the shed. The wisteria is getting ready to bud but just looks untidy at the moment.
28 February
Last night I went to a Poole Art Society evening led by Sarah McDonald where we were shown examples of cubism rom Piicasso and Braque. We were encouraged to use several different media including collage. Here is my attempt using collage, acrylic and pen.
11 February
Today’s model at Broadstone Art Society was Christine who is normally responsible for organising a model each week. She wore a Chinese silk dress which was a bit of a challenge.
1 January 2020
I was preparing a couple of canvases with gesso today when I remembered seeing the artist Cesar Santos painting gesso on his sketch book so he could paint with oils or acrylics without the paper curling so I thought I would try it out. It works a treat on my 170gsm Windsor and Newton sketch book so I did this self portrait. A tricorn hat and cloak is de rigeur in Dorset this year!
