This is a continuation of my observational drawing project. I decided to experiment with a bigger format using charcoal. I'm pretty pleased with the result. I think I'll try soft pastels next.
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| New Square, Cambridge |
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| A row of shophouses facing Market Square, Cambridge |
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| View over Market Square |
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| Kings College, Cambridge |
Ok, so today is the 10th of November 2012. So I thought that I'd post some of the sketches I did for an observational drawing project. My chosen theme was people and food.
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| A quick sketch from the window of Yo! Sushi restaurant in Cambridge |
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| Market Square in Cambridge |
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| Caffe Mobile at Market Square |
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| Michaelhouse Cafe, Cambridge (church converted to a restaurant) |
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| Bill's restaurant in Cambridge |
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| jocalatte near Grafton Centre, Cambridge |
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| Nero Cafe, Fitzroy St, Cambridge |
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| Patisserie Valerie, Cambridge |
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| CB1 Cafe, Mill Rd, Cambridge |
The following pieces are for the Bologna Children's Book Fair 2013.
They are based on The Wild Swans, the fairytale by Hans Christian
Andersen. I picked this story to illustrate as I wanted a fairytale that
is not too well-known. After trying a few different techniques and
materials, I settled on simple black and white pencil drawings, not
unlike what I did for The Bloody Chamber.
Right, I had painted a really simple picture with just brush and ink and I decided to scan it in and see what I can do with Photoshop. I have been learning a lot through lynda.com videos and thought maybe I could practice some of the techniques I learned (before they all go poof in a month's time). So this is the brush painting I started of with this:
I loved the wolf I created in my previous post so much that I created another one. Trying to imbue more "character" into my characters.
