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Chinese Pavement Calligraphy
At the university of Changsha, China, I came across this man using water for ink, a mop for a brush and pavement for paper… Far more graceful than graffiti.
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CMR Beetles
A study of the CMR beetle which is also more broadly known as the Blister beetle. Officially the Mylabris Oculata of the Meloidae family
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Sketching Mandela Bridge
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Various drawings of Nelson Mandela Bridge and the South African railway tracks and trains.
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Giraffe Profile
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Small painting of a giraffe’s head from the side done with oil paints on canvas paper.
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Brown Swiss Calf
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A watercolour and pencil crayon sketch of a brown swiss bull calf which my Dad has now got on the farm.
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Argentine Ant
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The anatomy of an ant is fairly complex – half way through I realised I competely messed it up. Apologies to all the Entomologists out there. I’ll have to give it a more serious go sometime. Also discovered what a wonderful technique it is to use coloured pencil crayons on top of watercolour to bump [...]
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The Antbear
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Cartoon drawing of an antbear or aardvark walking along with ants escaping the danger on some branches.
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Furrow and Windmill
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Plein Air oil painting of a farm furrow leading water to the lands. On the horizon is a windmill with a dam hidden by the bushes.
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Outside the shed
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Day 12. I had to take a break from the oils and do something different. So I did two. The sheep were wondering around constantly in front of us. Both of these views are from outside the big shed on the farm. Which is the same area as the oil I did on day 9. [...]
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Potato land and beyond
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Day 11. I really should have spent more time on this one. It was extremely quick. But I did start another one which I completed on the last day of my holiday which was a much more satisfying result. For an idea of what it really looks you need to see my Mom’s here. Check [...]
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Dead Willow
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Day 10. Another morning session of painting this time. Got a little too absorbed in painting the dead willow tree trunk and ran out of time to do anything else much this time. Check my Mom’s version of the same scene on Facebook to get the more complete picture. Check out the rest of the [...]
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Old Fowl Run
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Day 10. Needed to get some more painting in so did another painting just near the house. This is an old fowl run shelter with cyprus tree in the background. Check out the rest of the holiday challenge results here.
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Farmyard Gate
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Day 9. Here we painted the area near the big shed on the farm. We had a few inquisitive sheep that visited us frequently during this session. Check my Mom’s version here. Check out the rest of the holiday challenge results here.
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View of the land and gate with bluegums
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Day 3. Sat in a lovely shady spot here in the road by the house so wasn’t pressurised for time. Mom’s version here. Check out the rest of the holiday challenge results here.
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White Poplar
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Day 2. My second drawing for the day was of a beautiful white or silverleaf poplar tree. I love these trees so much! Was going to be an oil but I discovered I forgot my paints! …and forgot a chair. So. Check out the rest of the holiday challenge results here.
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Single Agave
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Day 2. Sat under the shade of some bluegums to sketch this little watercolour painting of an agave flowering. We normally just call them aloes, but that is incorrect. The flowers were not they bright yellow yet on this plant. Check out the rest of the holiday challenge results here.
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Artichoke
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Day 1. My Mom and I took on a holiday challenge where we planned to do a painting a day while I was on the farm. Started close to the house with this Artichoke flowers. The detailed leaves were fascinating! You can see my Mom’s painting on the Facebook post here. Check out the rest [...]
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The Little House Outside the Big House
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The last Joburg sketchday of the year spent at a fellow sketcher’s house.
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Contours and Red Hair
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This portrait sketch was a bit of a disaster, so I tried to make it a little more interesting with some pen contour markings and brightened up red hair.
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Chinese Man
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My favourite bit about this picture was the way the old man’s glasses are held on by his hat.
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Sketching the Jacaranda’s
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Sketched the purple and pink Jacaranda trees flowering in the Greenside area.
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The Towers
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I bought two new pens the other day which of course had to be tested out as soon as possible. My 0.1 Uni-pin pen was giving up on me so needed a replacement. So while browsing the local art shop, I discovered Staedtler had a 0.1 pen, and it turns out too be waterproof which [...]
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Howick Falls
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Here is a small oil painting I did yesterday of the Howick waterfalls. We stayed over in Howick when Charles and Jan got married in January 2010. Dad and I went to see the falls and I took some pics there which I used for reference here. Generally I’m not one who consiously thinks much [...]
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Northcliff Hill
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Saturday the 24 September we went sketching up on Northcliff Hill. The view of Johannesburg was amazing up there, but we ended up going around the back to try get out of the wind as it was really really cold! (Having dressed for another hot summer day.) We only lasted until around midday until it [...]
Space Invader
The Space Invader family of alien monsters in 3d blocks
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