A few sketches of heads and some from imagination 
Soccer fanā¦ doodled
Dragonwings - pen on paper from ādoodelaniaā 
(quote from demented that sort of fits)
some more dragons on paper
cheers all and take care
a.
Frejasphereā¦WOWā¦
GREAT ink drawings ā¦realy really like the way you use colorā¦very striking and pleasing to my eyesā¦:bounce:
Also like those dragonsā¦would be great to see a big one done with that colorful imagination of yoursā¦ ā¦GREAT UPDATESā¦canāt wait to see moreā¦
TAKE CARE
Glenn
Thanks Glenn
Your comments certainly put a happy smile on my face - thank you for popping in
and a big colourful dragon would be fun :bounce:
Take care
a.
hi frejasphere, great to see your work, very interesting style you have, with lovely use of bold, strong colours, really works on your ceramics especially which are greatā¦also loved Noeyā¦
kris
Hey Frejasphere!
man, i need to get here more often - great progress! Love the bold way you use your colours - very exciting - it puts some zest and energy into the painting. Your pen is also looking great, looks like you are approaching them in a very fearless manner - keep at that! Something you might want to try with the pen is to draw without picking it up, or picking it up as little as possible. This tends to take any hairyness away and seems to add some more enrgy to the drawing.
The drawing of the woman with her face on the ground - great idea, think you could have enforced the idea some more, maybe exaggerated the way her nose and cheeks and lips press against the floor, have some of the hair drop to the surface. But very impressive overall - post more!
ciao!
Hi all again
thanks demented for kind words and suggestions, I quite like drawing cross-contour or continuous lineā¦ on my want to do more list I do like your post titles too they live an amusing / poignant life of their own - keep them coming and thanks for popping in
A few of the sketches Iāve done for the 15 min Sketchathonā¦ popped them all in one fileā¦ to save some space, but they are drawn on 30x30 or 30x21cm paper. Most are 15 minute, a few are around 10 minutesā¦ heaps fun and will find time for more
cheers all
a.
Hey Annette,
just dropped in to see whatās new and needed a while to have a closer look at each piece. Iām really impressed to see the wide range of your skills, I like the ink drawings as much as the colorful paintingsā¦all full of energy, I admire:thumbsup: .
And the 15 minutes sketches, wow, you have no problems at all to capture the proportions perfectly, not:scream: ? I especially like the middle one on the right side, looks like much more work than 15 minutes! Keep posting here, itās a pleasure to follow!
Have a nice day!
-sabrina
Hello Frejasphere!
Nice looking speed sketches there, havenāt tried it mutch myself, do you find it helpful?
It seems your biggest problem are the hands, but these are made fast so I guess you would work them further if you err. would work them furher
But I think your heads look really great! And Iāll try to learn a thing or two about your use of colours.
Iāll be visiting this thread again for sure, so keep posting!
Hi againā¦
Thanks for stopping in Sabrina and Jho
Sabie; kind words thank you! I do like to draw fast, thereās that freedom in looking and drawing with limited time, aiming just for the essence of formā¦ I thought the pen version of the woman on the middle right would have been better with ink washā¦ but that was a bit hard to change 10 minutes into madly cross-hatching away
Jho, thanks for comments and for popping back and yes youāre right these sketches are fast, so main thing I find is to concentrate on the form and the poseā¦ I do like to use quick sketches as a way of capturing some essence, it can be good for losening upā¦ sometimes using your non-drawing hand, or not looking at the paper (blind contour), or just concentrating on the negative spaces - can help to push things in new directions. Even if a blind contour might look crazy, yet there can be things there that are exciting to build on
take care and cheers
Annette
Hi all
Done some quick sketches of hands (and a few small feet) even got my 4 year-old to model for a bit, so those ones are VERY quick :D, she did think it was fun though, so will try to bribe her into some more modelling
Hands and feet of family members
- Acrylic on canvas
take care and cheers
a.
nice studies, the hands are good, watch the length of the joints on some of themā¦i like your colourful acrylics, full of energyā¦
kris
Kris, thanks for popping in and for comments
Hereās a painting done today - pretty much finishedā¦
no references used I enjoy breaking faces/bodies into planes of colour. Also gives me a break from more detailed and realistic work that Iām doing
cheers all and happy creating
a.
HI
I see youāve been hard it, great work. Thought I might find some digital work ? not yet\
Mark
Hiya Markā¦ thanks for popping back, always nice
No, not done any digital work yetā¦ been too busy with ātraditionalā work, but will take the plunge in the not too distant future I hope - Just spent weekend cleaning out workshop and making more space to paintā¦ :rolleyes: I do think they are combinable thoughā¦ just have to give it a go.
cheers and take care
a.
Done some quick sketches (pencil and graphite on paper) of da Vinci drawingsā¦ 5 - 15 minutes.
cheers
a.
and 2 more paintings with facesā¦ they sort of tell stories - through colours and expressions, as they are stylized and not obviously representational of any particular face, the story can vary depending on who is looking. Acrylic on canvas, no references I paint straight on the canvas and let the faces evolve as I go.
Now that these are doneā¦ I need to get back to finishing portraits andā¦ get stuck into the underworld giantā¦ who is by now haunting my dreams and very much awakeā¦ I sort of have the conceptā¦ just need to get the sketches done
cheers all and take care
a.
ā¦ who is by now haunting my dreams and very much awakeā¦
I have that tooā¦ dreaming about it is good though
Love your use of color Frejasphere, allthough I fear itās a bit too much for my simple brain to understand
your drawings are superb and show youāve got great skill! Iām jealous :buttrock:
Opps sorry for neglecting thread for a whileā¦ been busy and sick all in one goā¦
Thanks NR43 for stopping by and for kind words :wavey: really appreciate it
Been idea-mangling the earth-awakening-giantess and finally got to sketching the first stage of herā¦ concept is based on Earthmother - giantess who awakens from the sea, despairing at what humankind has done to natureā¦ she morphes into a cyklone, rising out of the sea with devastating forceā¦ this force isnāt governed by anger, but a reaction to what us humans have brought on through neglecting earth and awakening the giantā¦
soā¦ a rough sketch, and be posting more in a bit
cheers all and take care
a.
hi
great concept , very fitting these days, sad to say.
hope your family is feeling better
Mark
Studying Da Vinci, eh? Great. Nice quick studies. Try doing some longer ones, practise hatching. Fun stuff :bounce: Iām not really a fan of paintings like yours with those faces, so skipping that. The giant, itās still an early idea so Iāll wat for more updates. Ah, all the giants in almost every thread pushes me to do one of my own, but I canāt get it workā¦
