Showing posts with label Can I draw That?. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Can I draw That?. Show all posts

Friday, January 11, 2013

Sketches on Holidays

Whenever I'm on holidays at Brunswick Heads, I find that the arty side of me gets itchy.  This is because there's no television and not a very good selection of radio stations.  So, when I have a clear-enough head from the big city, I find I want to photograph and draw everything I see.

And it's around this time, I realise I should have brought along something to draw with!  Not a problem, I went out and bought some cheap art materials and sat in the cool shade of the fly of the van and began on a drawing.  Here's the drawings from day one to the last one... there's not many as we got in and had some fun in between.

Camp Kitchen  

The camp kitchen is where everyone cooks.  It's a shared environment and we have all had great times there.  There's two BBQ plates, two hotplates, a toaster, a kettle, a microwave, a fridge (which is regularly raided by greedy people) and a massive sink to wash up in.  It's a great place to eat too if you don't want to eat at your van or don't have the space.

Paperbark Tree 

I drew this tree in the first drawing, but wanted to do one of it on its own.  I think it turned out better; but I needed a bigger sketch pad.

Tree Tops 

There's these big pine trees lining the front of the van park; and the tops of them all look different from each other.  I spent my last few days, trying to get them looking right... it was really hard.

On The Riverfront 

I drew this view on the river front when I was having lunch with my parents under the trees there.  There's boats all moored along the front, and the shade was lovely.  A few days later, I came home

Thursday, May 19, 2011

A Bugger to Draw!

The challenge from me to Geoff this last week was a Stink Bug.  I had photographed it just before it freaked out (without chuckin' a stinker) and running from me.  Here's my interpretation.


I was told it looked rather comical and like he was about to pick up a hat and begin dancing.  I'm not as pleased with it as I thought I'd be.

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Can I Draw That?

The next picture in this fun game I'm playing with my art friend, Geoff, is this man.  He's a favourite poet (I think) and Geoff thought that seeing I'm doing my own self-portrait it wouldn't hurt to get into doing another person's.



I don't like what I came up with - seeing I'm not very good with this kind of thing normally and I'm working on somethign very different at the moment.  However, Geoff seemed to like this interpretation.

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Can I Draw That?

One of my great friends and artists, Geoff, challenged me to a good way to keep my arty side working when I'm not.  He suggested we start sending each other photos of anything and everything and try to draw it.  So, it gave me an idea for here.  I'm going to start a section of:  "Can I Draw That?"  And this is the first installment; seeing I sent the first photo; which were a pair of my Gloxinias in bloom just over Christmas this year.  I drew them last night and the finished product may not look much; but they took an hour for me to do, which is what I'll give myself.