Bear

An oldie I didn't get around to posting earlier. Quick (digital) sketch (iPad, Brushes App).

Colour theory, cold-warm contrast

Life drawing and painting, focused on achieving depth or accentuation through colour, in particular the use of cold-warm contrast. The result is very much unfinished. Acrylic on paper. At home I did a quick iPad-sketch (Brushes App) of the same subject from memory. Portret & model-tekenen/schilderen, gericht op diepte- of accentwerking door middel van kleur, met name koud-warm contrast.

Isabel

Quick and rough iPad-sketch (Brushes App). I'm finding that iPad-sketching is quite "handy" in trying to achieve my resolution to draw something every day, however quick and messy. Portrait for Julia Kay's Portrait Party on Flickr. Snelle iPad-schets (Brushes App). Portret voor Julia Kay's Portrait Party op Flickr.

Happy New Year!

New Year's Day "eGGheads" cartoon. I posted the first concept of the "eGGheads" cartoon and a description of the idea behind it back in 2009 (eGGheads on Newton) and did several of them since then.

Happy New Year! Gelukkig Nieuwjaar!

Portrait Mosaic

A selection of my work for Julia Kay's Portrait Party (JKPP) on Flickr in 2011. Een selectie van mijn werk voor Julia Kay's Portrait Party (JKPP) op Flickr in 2011.

Martin

Quick and rough iPad-sketch (Brushes App). I kind of like roughly messing around with iPad-sketching, but don't know if I'll really develop the patience to dig into all the possibilities and nuances I see in many of the digital works by others. Portrait for Julia Kay's Portrait Party on Flickr. Snelle iPad-schets (Brushes App). Portret voor Julia Kay's Portrait Party op Flickr.

Self-Portrait Sketches

I haven't been drawing much lately, no inspiration and not very satisfied with the things that I have attempted. In between Christmassy things, like browsing through my recently purchaised copy of the very inspiring "Julia Kay's Daily Portrait Project" (which I festively opened on Christmas Day), I did two very quick and rough self-portrait sketches on an iPad from a mirror-image. Their simplicity rather appealed to me, so I decided to post them. Snelle zelfportret iPad-schetsen (Brushes App).

Soft pastels (3)

Life drawing and painting, focused on applying earth colour soft pastels and siberian chalk on coloured paper. Third session on pastel techniques. As with the previous pastel portrait study I progressed very slowly resulting in a very much unfinished portrait. Portret & model-tekenen/schilderen, gericht op het toepassen van aardkleuren pastelkrijt en siberisch krijt op getint papier.

Soft pastels (2)

Life drawing and painting, focused on applying earth colour soft pastels on coloured paper, in this case a large piece of brown packaging paper (100 cm x 75 cm). Second session on pastel techniques, this time used for model sketching. Not particularly satisfied with the result, but still, here it is. Portret & model-tekenen/schilderen, gericht op het toepassen van aardkleuren pastelkrijt op bruin pakpapier.

Soft pastels

Life drawing and painting, focused on applying soft pastels in small patches of different shades of colour with the broad side of the pastel (in the style of Cézanne) on grey carton. I progressed very slowly picking suitable shades of colour, resulting in a very much unfinished portrait. I tend never to continue with or rework art class material afterwards, just leaving it as it turned out during class as a reminder of that particular session. Model: Yvonne. Portret & model-tekenen/schilderen, gericht op het toepassen van pastelkrijt in kleine kleurvlakken met de platte kant van het krijt (à la Cézanne) op grijs karton.