Sketchbook Thread of Frejasphere

#381

with only a few days left of the OFDW - I am calling this one done…
It’s been a lot of fun and hopefully learning something along the way :slight_smile:

OFDW-22 (no3)

Photoshop and mouse paint :smiley:

after drummer-MarcoMenco

cheers all and take care
a. :slight_smile:

#382

another job well done Annette! :thumbsup: I really like the final finish :slight_smile:

#383

Fantastic work! Congratulations. I like it a lot :slight_smile: .

#384

Magdalena - Thank you so much :cool: ! :slight_smile:

jtico - Kind words! :slight_smile: thanks for popping in!

and another final version (…decided to finish things off before the deadline for a change,
as I’ve got so much on in the next few days :D)

OFDW-22 (no2) after GiO-Giovanni Nakpil

Photoshop paint

cheers all and take care
a. :slight_smile:

#385

Whoa!
I’m so glad I stopped by (I really have to start doing it more…), those portraits are awesome!
The sense of debth is just amazing. Especially in the Giovanni piece, and the portrait of a friend. I also love the expression in the friend portrait, it really seems to tell alot about the person. It gives a feeling that she is a really lively and happy person… Maybe a bit of a trickster(?)…
Great work! Make more, please.

#386

great … good linkness in your drawings … keep it up :thumbsup:

#387

Jho - :slight_smile: Thanks, kind words - and always nice to have you pop in! Yes… Janine is a lively, lovely, happy friend :slight_smile: glad that you can see some of her personality in the portrait.

nightwoodwolf - Thanks, glad to have you stop by here :slight_smile:

another attempt at a digital portrait - my son; ref from a photo when he’d just done a karate grading :slight_smile: - not sure - I might return to tidy it up in a while…

cheers all and take care
a. :slight_smile:

#388

AAAW!! thats a real sweet picture, Annette!! ______

#389

Thanks Anand - kind words :slight_smile:

Bit of an unexpected low… will bounce back soon…
a family member passed away very suddenly.

take care all

a.

#390

hey

I’m sorry to here of your loss…:sad:

great job on the portrait of your son :slight_smile:

best wishes,
Mark

#391

Hi all…

It’s been a strange few weeks, saying good-bye isn’t easy
especially when departing from this world happens too quickly…
Toni - my step-grandmother who was only 71… and up til 2 weeks before she died;
in very good health - She’s a truly wonderful person! She could make anyone smile,
and I do feel so lucky to have known such a gem for so long :slight_smile:

She was my Grandad’s wife - who died last year, and the first thing my 5 year-old
daughter said was: Toni is in the skies dancing with Grandad, and now they are both
happy! - I think she is right :slight_smile:

so… sorry I haven’t been around commenting - will be soon.

Have started the sketching stage for an exhibition on ‘Age in All its Forms’ I’m working on for next year -as it’s based on faces and people I thought I’d post sketches and updates here.

Initially looking at different emotions and face types - charcoal and graphite sketches on A3 Paper:

cheers all and take care
a. :slight_smile:

#392

HEY …Annette …:slight_smile:

SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR LOSS.
I know that feeling too well.
Try to see it as a greater apreceation GAINED…:slight_smile:

REALLY looking forward to seeing your emotional and age studies…:bounce:
Great start to it already…:thumbsup: :slight_smile:

TAKE CARE
Glenn

#393

I’m sorry to hear about your loss, Frejasphere.

I do like your heads - especially that last one, nice. I have a book called The Artist’s Complete Guide to Facial Expressions, I haven’t gotten too deeply into it but it discusses the how and why of human emotion and expression - interesting stuff!

Good luck with your work for the exhibit, looking forward to seeing more -

#394

Thanks Glenn :slight_smile:
Kind words :wavey: always nice to see you pop in!

Thanks Ceruleanvii :slight_smile: - Your book sounds interesting! Facial expressions -
paint pictures of our moods and personality, at times I feel that
emotion can get lost process of depicting a face… At least it’s an exciting
journey to work on :wink:

These sketches are very removed from end-result (I hope), but a
little start towards something packed with ideas and thoughts in my head :slight_smile:

another digital sketch:

cheers all
a:)

#395

Sorry for your loss, Annette.

Love those portrait sketches!!:slight_smile:

#396

I’m sorry to hear the news, Annette, that’s never easy to take. Best wishes to you.

#397

hug

take care!

#398

Thanks so much for stopping by and posting kind thoughts; Anand, Rebecca and Johan :slight_smile: means a lot to me :wavey:

I’ve been drawing and painting further - (our next meeting for the exhibition
is less than a week away…)
My problem has always been that I can see the concept and the
images clearly, but find it hard
to put words on it, it’s almost as if there’s a complete conflict between visual
and words - the two just don’t go together for me. So am trying to get as many
sketches together before I sit down to write the artist-statement-submission (nightmare material :smiley: )

Anyway - enough blah blah :slight_smile:

Charcoal drawing of David Tennant (I know he looks more scared than he should… I chose the ref image because of the lighting, and got carried away…)

… and 2 small paintings (sketch paintings)

Older woman and young boy - acrylic and charcoal on canvas

Take care all
a. :slight_smile:

#399

artist-statement-submission…

Do you mean you must write a description for each piece of artwork?
I thought visual artists draw and paint exactly because they are better at it than at using words :wink:

#400

Hello Annette! :wavey:

Like your artwork, especially those emotion sketches!

Best wishes!