Baby Elizabeth

This week I’m trying to sketch some of Lucy’s favourite things… after all, they won’t be favourites for ever …

First of all is Baby Elizabeth, Lucy’s beloved doll. Well, I say beloved, but as is usually the case with little girls and their ‘beloved’ babies; she is either being held closely or is lying, upside down at the back of a settee. One thing I will say in Lucy’s defence though; Baby Elizabeth is never lying around, discarded, with no clothes on! Lucy has always been very good at making sure Elizabeth, and her other toys, are well dressed for lying about upside down.

I used my usual Black Uni-Pin 0.8 to draw the outline first.

Then I used a Black Uni-Pin 0.1 to draw in some of the other manin lines and shapes.

Finally, I used a bic Biro to shade in. Starting at the hair, face and then the striped jacket.

I spent just over an hour on this and I am fairly pleased with the result.

Feelin’ blue

Well, not really, it’s just the way I’m drawn!

- Blue felt-tip

Life Drawing – Frank

I don’t have the opportunity to practice life drawing as much as I would like.

Here I used a black felt tip pen with a light Payne’s Grey wash for the shadowed areas.

Of course, I make things hard for myself because I don’t use a pencil; just straight in there with my pen or wash. It means I have to live with whatever it is that I draw, good or bad.

French Politics

It seems like a scene out of the The Godfather II; a rich, powerful man involved in some dubious hotel situation.

Can we possibly hope to find out the truth in this kind of situation where there are so many people involved with vested interests? Politics and media and the cultural clash of of how this situation is being, or should be, reported.

I can’t say I know an awful lot about French politics. I guess like most people I have an interest in my own countries politics, and the rest of the world I only have a passing knowledge of. Apart from America, of course. Who can escape from American politics?

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The only trouble is … I’ve only scanned my first sketchbook. So I’ve only got access to a small selection of sketches at the moment. If I invested in a flatbed scanner for home – that would make things a little easier.