Wednesday 27 July 2011

Sketchy

Thought I’d upload a few local sketches.
 carrot
An amusingly shaped carrot...The soil here is, um, difficult and in Summer is like unto concrete. Deformed carrots, our speciality.
mondego-rocks
Down by the rio Mondego. 5 minutes walk downhill. Rather more on the way up...
olive
Across the valley from the house. We have about 24 Olive trees. This one needs the suckers removing. But having spent the cooler bit of the morning out there with a scythe, topping the cow parsley, I don’t fancy the 40+ temperature out in the sun..

Friday 22 July 2011

IF–Perennial

This weeks word is Perennial. I like the quote it came form: “A good scientist is a person in whom the childhood quality of perennial curiosity lingers on. Once he gets an answer, he has other questions.” ~ Frederick Seitz
Goes for artists as well. A quick doodle then.
perrenial
My perennial love is the interaction between sea and sky, or any water and sky if the sea isn’t near…as it isn’t.

This one
 
should have gone in for last weeks word - gesture. Things here were hectic and I didn't get around to it. It's from the same sketchbook  which I bought while living in Prague. Totally unsized paper, almost like blotting paper. Takes a dip pen well, oddly enough. Watercolour is sucked straight in. Challenging and demands spontenaity....

Saturday 9 July 2011

Illustration Friday - Stay

The brief:
"Life opens up opportunities to you, and you either take them or you stay afraid of taking them." ~ Jim Carrey

Someone, somewhere, hundreds of thousands of years ago overcame their fear of fire, and the world changed forever.

Tuesday 5 July 2011

Otter…snoozing

otter
This started of as a small doodle…Needless to say, I’m rather fond of Otters. There are Otters in the Rio Mondego, but the only one I’ve seen here so far was crossing the road on the way into town – He made it safely. Tech. note: Dip pen and watercolour.

Saturday 2 July 2011

Illustration Friday - Remedy

'Orrible childhood memories of that cure all remedy - Cod Liver Oil. I wood have agreed with the quote:"To do nothing is sometimes a good remedy" ~ Hippocrates