Hard to believe that I have managed to sketch nearly everything I have eaten for the past month – it has been so much fun and it is so good to always have a subject to draw.A few days break and then I will start volume 2!BTW, I am sorry for all you bloggers that...
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A few of my favourite Italian architects and their famous work – from High Renaissance to Baroque… Naturally, I had to chose the BEST architect (Borromini) and then find 3 companions for him! I am not sure what those highly respected architects would think of what I have done with my colours!
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More food diary pages…. cavidanny flickr.com/photos/cavidanny/asked me about my technique so I will add it here as well I have the advantage of being left handed with a brush and pen but use my fork in the right hand. So….I normally draw quick outline, and then if I need to cut my food up I...
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Another 3 days of my food diary… somedays it seems take a lot of time to draw and paint and other days it just seems to ‘happen’ while I am eating…or at least doesn’t seem to take much extra time.
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SEGOVIA WITH SUNDAY NOTESHere is the finished page from yesterday with notes from the sermons and other things I have been reading…. including starting to write the date wrong.(Have whited out names of people I spoke to at church and personal details – but the rest is all there if anyone is interested….) MONDAY’S FOODMy...
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Another page in my food diary… trying to be a bit neater today And also my empty spread for Sunday notes…. this time from photos from a trip to Spain in May 2003. Late night sketch with a big flat brush done in poor light….
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What to do when you make a real mess?Well, I drew another sketch on Sheer Heaven paper when I got home and have stuck it over the top (on one side only)…so now I have an ‘interesting’ effect but can still lift it up to see and learn from the mistakes of the original.BTW SH...
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Sketching a lot these days – and even in public but it is only more food! Thursday:I ended up drawing dinner twice once on location and then to fill my food diary page up…. the counting is getting a little easier (if I am doing it right!) Sketching on a small table in a middle...
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Ok, I don’t really HAVE to start counting till next week…but it is so tedious that I thought I better get into the swing of it before then.Once I get the hang of this counting thing, I am going to enjoy the layout challenge of incorporating my counting table into my spread.For now, I sit...
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