*I prefer to draw and paint with my finger on the iPad screen, rather than use a stylus, or an iPad pencil. Some: faces, a mother and baby drawing, and a still life. Have a great weekend!
Ed’s Drawings from His Art Lessons With Me – and Some Thoughts on Drawing
Ed is a ten year old son of a friend. He loves to draw and paint. Recently, he completed a four week block of weekly drawing lessons with me. He already has very good drawing skills; largely due to his keen observational skills. *More of Ed's lovely drawings, and my lesson notes a little further... Continue Reading →
Recent works – Painted and Drawn Using Media in Various Art Apps
Touch one pic below to enlarge the three of them. I prefer to draw and paint with my finger on the screen, rather than use a stylus, or iPad pencil. Have a great weekend!
Some Recent Sketches – Drawn on My iPad, in the “Art Set Pro” app
Drawing from observation is certainly very important in the early stages of learning to draw - also an ongoing journey. However, after many years of doing this and possibly by now, thousands of drawings later, I find myself sometimes using, what I like to call, "poetic licence"; and draw from memory and imagination. This has... Continue Reading →
Lemon Drawing on Paper, then Paint Washes Added on My iPad
As I did with my garlic drawing, I began this drawing on paper. I again used a fineliner pen. With this one I also added graphite pencil. The pencil is soluble in water. I swished a wet brush across the pencil marks and turned them into a grey wash. I scanned the drawing into my... Continue Reading →
A Graphite Pencil Drawing: a Haiku – Haiga
*Graphite pencil drawing, with a small poem - a haiku. I drew this quite a few years back, probably with a flurry..in a hurry; which was often the case, in a household with four young sons.(Young men now) I used a watercolour graphite pencil. Just a little water brushed on the line work, creates lovely... Continue Reading →
Used: Pencil, Crayon, Charcoal…Sponge, Smudge tools, in the “Art Set Pro” app.
Another one of my "face" drawings. I talk more about them in my post called "About Drawing Faces". In "Art Set Pro" there is a wide range of paper colours and textures to choose from. This one here, has a lovely weave and soft colour. I'll be tryng it out again; very suitable for skin... Continue Reading →
Holiday Sketches using: Ink Pen, Pencil, Paint… in iPad Art Apps.
Whenever we are going to be away on a family holiday (a rare thing, as I so much love to be at home), I usually take: sketchbooks, pens, pencils...watercolours; a jar of water. This time I just tucked my iPad - my handy little art studio - into a bag and off we went, well,... Continue Reading →
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