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“It is in the order to really see, to see ever deeper, ever more intensely, hence to be fully aware and alive, that I draw what the Chinese call ‘The Ten Thousand Things’ around me. Drawing is the discipline by which I constantly rediscover the world.

I have learned that what I have not drawn, I have never really seen, and that when I start drawing an ordinary thing, I realize how extraordinary it is”.

(Frederick Franck, ‘The Zen of Seeing’).


Tuesday, 17 May 2011

84,85- Water Colour Sketches


Working with water-colours is pretty much a new experience for me, especially in trying to portray landscapes and foliage. Hopefully I will improve with practice! The top picture was painted from memory whilst the above was painted from a photograph, both were sketched previously. (77 & 72)


Saturday, 14 May 2011

83- Edward Hunter

The first Apprentice candidate to be fired.

Thursday, 12 May 2011

82- Boggerhole Revisited

A digital painting of a tree I sketched in pencil last week [no.70]. This time I painted the tree in Photoshop working from a photograph I had taken.

Wednesday, 11 May 2011

81- Delves Wood Pathway

Tuesday, 10 May 2011

80- The Apprentice 2011

Could have spent a bit longer on the detail but I wanted to get it uploaded in time for the start of the new series tonight. I hope it lives up to expectations!

Monday, 9 May 2011

79-Helen Louise Milligan

78- A pathway near the Gill Bridge

This time I used pencil to add some tone.