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2001 – An Art Odyssey
Any of my long time bloggiesw ill know that one of my favourite all time SciFi stories is 2001 A Space Odyssey. For quite some time I’ve been thinking about what piece of work I could do for this. Eventually I chose this one, alshtough I have to say now that I would have done … Continue reading 2001 – An Art Odyssey
The Squirrel Cage Cutter
Back in early spring when food was hard to come by for all our feathered and furry friends the local squirrel (or one of them) was as is usual helping himself to the birsds nuts and it seems they were having some difficulty getting to the nuts inside. This was evident from the way the … Continue reading The Squirrel Cage Cutter
Sketching Little Dogs
This latest large sketch work is based on a photo of 2 small dogs laying on a sofa. As you can imagine getting the it to look right is more than just perspective and getting the face look right – there’s loads of fur try and capture the look of. So the line drawing started … Continue reading Sketching Little Dogs
Simon’s Sketch Work – 3D Ball
I’ve been trying to hone my sketching skills, having a sketching workbook has helped a lot to give me ideas and methods and techniques… I enjoyed this one, for some reason a bit of a pain getting the circle the right size and position but the shading seems to blend well. It’s amazing that a … Continue reading Simon’s Sketch Work – 3D Ball
Simon’s Sketch Work – Human in Perspective
I’ve been trying to hone my sketching skills, having a sketching workbook has helped a lot to give me ideas and methods and techniques… Perspective is something hard to get right when drawing something let alone someone but with a little help and practice this sketch worked out quite well I think What do you … Continue reading Simon’s Sketch Work – Human in Perspective
Simon’s Sketch Work – Cosmic Eye
I’ve been trying to hone my sketching skills, having a sketching workbook has helped a lot to give me ideas and methods and techniques… This is something I felt inspired to draw rather than a copy. I’m not sure I totally know what it means – maybe it’s about the cosmic, human perspective What do … Continue reading Simon’s Sketch Work – Cosmic Eye
Simon’s Sketch Work – Dancer
I’ve been trying to hone my sketching skills, having a sketching workbook has helped a lot to give me ideas and methods and techniques… People are interesting to draw, the form and perspective makes it a challenge. This Dancer image was a struggle to get right and even now isn’t perfect… but good enough. What … Continue reading Simon’s Sketch Work – Dancer
Simon’s Sketch Work – Butterfly
I’ve been trying to hone my sketching skills, having a sketching workbook has helped a lot to give me ideas and methods and techniques… This is the next sketch I’m showing off and I kinda like the intricacy of it, it almost looks delicate on the page like the butterfly is in real life. I … Continue reading Simon’s Sketch Work – Butterfly
Simon’s Sketch Work – Praying Hands
I’ve been trying to hone my sketching skills, having a sketching workbook has helped a lot to give me ideas and methods and techniques… I’ve done a few recently and the first one was of some praying hands. There’s something about praying hands that’s peaceful, there’s many things human hands can do for good or … Continue reading Simon’s Sketch Work – Praying Hands
Jupiter and Saturn – autumn planets
On Tueday Jupiter was at opposition, this means that the Sun, Earth and Jupiter are all in a line and it’s the closest that Jupiter gets to us this year. It also happened to be the closest Jupiter will be for a long time, so I was keen to get out and see what images … Continue reading Jupiter and Saturn – autumn planets
Dear Mr Alien… Division
Dear Mr Alien, I do have to ask for your help here, you’ve probably done all of this and know what we’ve got to do but why do we humans make it so difficult for ourselves? Can you tell us where we’re going wrong? We humans as a race are divided like this and in … Continue reading Dear Mr Alien… Division
Blog Orbit – Blog Date September 2022
Hello there bloggies! It’s me, Simon – if you can remember me! I wasn’t about much last month and I’ve not got much to tell you but I do have a couple of things… Most of what the last month about focused on a few little things as far as I can see: 1) The … Continue reading Blog Orbit – Blog Date September 2022
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