I spent last weekend in a portrait class that focused on understanding how faces twist to express emotions. On Sunday we worked … More
Author: alittleart
A while back I ran away from a twentymumble-year corporate career to be a feckless art student. Since then I've dirtied my hands with, metaphorically and/or literally, bronze and ceramic sculpture, photography, and digital and traditional illustration. Mask making was one discovery, dovetailing with my interests in teaching and performing improvised theatre.
Going dotty
Ink dots – stippling if you want to use the correct term – are one of my favourite ways of … More
Exploding heads – silly fun
Recently my partner and I joined Chalkle, a wonderful group of local people who love to do stuff, and love … More
Opening night show photos – The Young and the Witless
The Young and the Witless VI
Another great show from the Wellington Improv Troupe is due to start soon, a nine week soap opera, and I’ve been having … More
Instamorph? What is this Instamorph of which you speak?!
Instamorph is the brand name of low-temperature thermoplastic pellets which I make into sheets and then mould into my masks. … More
Experimental timelapse scribbling
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qZ8EnJoJMY Still working out how to do this! The end result (and thanks as always to m’lovely friends who let … More
Queenie
More inky scribbles, and more trying to figure out how wrinkles work.
The demon truck
On a photography night-walk through the city I encountered this wonderfully lit demolition site, with the gates open to allow … More
Norman
Pen and ink, with a dip pen … I always forget how much I enjoy using the stuff, and then … More
A Little Art 