Lawnmower Man In The Amazon

 

Mrs Lawnmowerman's Peril

 

Was It Something I Said?

 

Insincere grave memorials

 

Pork Barreling

 

Vine Train

 I drew this one, in my diary, on the train, in August. The handholds became vines.

Portrait group Color Pic Of Kim

 

Trains And Centrelink

When I need to ravel to Melbourne I often prefer doing so by train and usually stop-over in Pakenham with a relative. I get bored driving but when I am on public transport I either read a book or draw people.

The first picture is a double page sketch. I removed just a bit of the diary to leave the impression of time and date. I actually made a mirror image of one of the travelers where he wears his headphones on th left side and is without them on the right. The bottom picture is one page only.

        The middle picture is of Centrelink where I had some family business to undertake. I actually was called up in about ten minutes, but I think I got a good impression. The little girl playing turned out to be a good component, but she did not stay still for more than two minutes. 

  A funny story about Centrelink is I got an official call from a girl who works there but she remembered me from a few years ago when I included her in one of my Centrelink sketches. I gave it to her. Anyhow she said it was one of her treasured possessions and that it was in the box which she would grab if there was ever a fire in her house!

 

Portrait group Oct 2023 Again

 Last Sunday was a profitable day for drawing so here are some more pictures from the Portrait Group day.

Sale Art Circle At The Beach

 This was the last Art Circle group pic I did with plentiful digital additions. I was experimenting with some very random stuff which I might explore further in the future. 

  My first fanciful addition was the mermaid as the little girl was drawing mermaids. So, my picture is meant to represent a child's flights of fancy.

Portrait Group October 2023

 Kim was our model today, her form partly hidden by the sideboard, but, as usual, I also drew some of the sketchers. I even included one of Wayne's sketches inside my sketch.

Sale Art Circle Sketches

                                      I collected here the bulk of my Sale Art Circle sketches.

Trains And Buses

 These are some sketches I did whilst on Melbourne trains and buses. They have been digitally enhanced.

Drawing Rocks And Trees

 

Old Codger

 Here is another fish cartoon. It came to me while I was swimming. Well, I am a Pisces.

Man And His Cat

 I drew and painted this one with brushes, using acrylics and watercolor.

Leonardo da Fishy

 

The Record Buyer - Sale Sunday Market

 

Sale Art Circle 6 Sept

 

Sale Sunday Market Plant Seller

   This was my view from my own stall. The drawing was too big to scan so I photographed it.

                                                         

                                                         Alternate scanned version below:

Lawnmower Man's 'ART'

 

Sale Art Circle 'Animal Headed Watercolorists'

 The following pictures were from todays' Art Circle Day with a concentration on watercolors. We all had the bird and flowers to paint but I also did a couple of group topic pieces. Occasionally I like to transform my human subjects into animals

Sale Art Circle

  Today I drew some artists at work in the Sale Art Circle.

Mermaid In My Diary

 

Sunday Art Group Sketches, August, 2023

 I enjoy using a loose line technique when I sketch from life. When I draw on trains and in waiting rooms I have to be quick as the subject can move any moment. With an arranged sketch subject I have more time, usually between ten and twenty minutes. I still like the quick sketch approach.

  On this occasion I drew with colored pencils and gel pen and then added further gel pen lines.

      
                      After scanning this one I decided to see what a sepia tint would look like.

                                                                  The original colors

   

                                                            This one also got a digital tint.

  I usually include at least one drawing in my lined diary, mainly because I vowed to keep a visual record, day by day and there are the dates demanding I do something for that day. In reality I don't draw in it every day and tend to cut out those pages, which makes the diary skinny and less weighty for carrying, not always a small matter if I am travelling with a backpack! My main occasions for drawing are once a month portrait art group, waiting rooms, holidays and travel. Sometimes my cat, Chloe asks for her portrait to be done, so she gets in there too.

  The picture below was actually one drawing but I could not get both pages on the scanner. 

These are not intended as caricatures, but I do tend to zero straight into a feature that stands out, often the nose or the hair. I generally don't draw an overall outline first but just visulize it. Sometimes this is a disadvantage, and the proportions are off. Other times it adds to spontaneity.