#OneWeek100People2017 Day 4

 

DAY 4

 

 

Concentrated on movement and character today and completed 20 in record time 35 mins!

felt good to let the pen just glide around the paper, trying not to remove it as I sketched and just 'feeling' my way through the subject.

Why is the time important to me?...Because I sketch on location a lot with people moving all the time, the goal is to be able to lay down as few lines as possible while still capturing the pose, the character, the expression, the movement of the subject before it's changed or gone.

 

Flynryon for JKPP

Flynryon for JKPP
Originally uploaded by Anita Davies

I created this portrait with Biro/Ballpoint pen on 150gsm cartridge pape., Approx. 10 mins
Ref:
www.flickr.com/photos/44812980@N06/4644650967/

Royal Giveaway

Sunday was rather hectic, as always, made more so by the fact that I was trying to get everything finished by early evening so I could plonk myself in front of the TV and indulge in a whole night of Rolf Harris on BBC4.

It all started at 7pm with one of his 'Star Portraits' programmes, followed by 30 minutes of 'Rolf on Art' where he spotlighted Lowry and attempted to paint 'Going to the Match' using Lowry's techniques and palette.

The next hour was a programme entitled 'My Family at War' and since it wasn't really art related and started at 8pm, I generously handed over the TV remote so the boys could watch 'Top Gear'.

At 9pm 'The Queen' began, a whole hour of Rolf's experience including his live sessions with Her Majesty and all of the nerves, apprehensions and sleep depravation he suffered throughout this amazing honour. It was wonderful to see such emotions from someone so accomplished and experienced, this is what I love most about Rolf...he's very grounded.

The evening drew to a close with an interview by Mark Lawson and an episode of 'The Rolf Harris Show'.

What a night!

Queen Elizabeth as a child-ACEO-Acrylic-©Anita Davies

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Life Class - Week 11 - CANCELLED

Posemaniacs Pose of the Day - Ballpoint pen - 10 minute page

All revved up, bag packed the night before, I prepared to take my youngest into school before heading off for the favourite part of my week - Life class!

Then I received a text cancelling class due to the organiser being poorly.
GUTTED!

By way of consolation, I visited the Posemaniacs website and took advantage of the 'Today's Pose', creating three quick sketches that totalled ten minutes in my Seawhite sketchbook.

I then took my youngest off to school and treated myself to a full English breakfast at Tesco Cafe where I managed to grab another figure sketch before heading home to spend some time in the studio working on that illusive canvas piece I mentioned in my last post.

Not so bad after all then!

16th WorldWide SketchCrawl

The 4th November was the official date of the 16th Worldwide Sketch Crawl.
The crawls usually take place on a Saturday. Sunday's are difficult for me to get out and about but I decided to take part anyway, stopping throughout my day to make quick sketches around the house and garden.



My first doodle of the day was of one the few poppies still flowering in my front drive, sketched in ballpoint pen and watercolour after loading the washing machine.



My second was the rather putrid looking raw chicken I intended to cook for our traditional Sunday roast. I can assure you, it looked much more appetising exiting the oven than it did entering!



Mid-morning and after two Weetabix, Harry yearned for his latest craving...Eggs on toast!

Yesterday we gained two new ferrets which have been named 'Doodles' and 'Dollie'. With our existing two; 'Jess' and 'Megan' this makes a total of four.
Boy do they move!...Sketching them was beyond a challenge.



A couple of hours alone while the boys went off with the dogs found me catching up on my favourite soap omnibus; Eastenders. Sunday just wouldn't be Sunday unless I saw at least one minute of the Eastenders omnibus. While I watched I sketched the dining room...because it was there!


Finally, all clean from a lavender bath and wrapped up in his dressing gown, Harry tucked into one of the burgers I made for him and Jake while watching Top Gear.

To view sketches produced around the world and to keep up with dates of upcoming SketchCrawls visit http://sketchcrawl.com/

Ballpoint Harry

Ballpoint pen, W&N heavyweight sketchbook

Some super quick studies of my youngest engrossed in his new Spiderman books.