With a shiny new computer one of the minor chores this week has been rebuilding my collection of filters and…
Worrying about the year ahead . . .
Am I really disciplined enough to post a piece of m’art here where anyone can see, once a day, every…
A preliminary sketch going DoE
So, today, starting the process for a painting, with some charcoal studies. This one resisted my attempts at likeness to the original…
Stobe snap
I was taking sensible photos of friends performing improv onstage last night, when the lighting tech decided to use a…
Movember mask
Mask using Instamorph painted in acrylics, and made over this clay sculpt. Now mostly finished bar some necessary sinister moustache twirling and eyebrow trimming.…
The Wishing Tree opening night
Improvisors are the loveliest people to photograph – they tend to have desperate twisty faces, which get pushed to extremes,…
Eclipse at it’s eclipisest
The moon masked much of the sun in Wellington this morning – and it was a photographic challenge to catch…
Life drawing with added life
Modelling for a life class is tough and often uncomfortable; models work hard for not much money. The model today was…
Octopus tattoo play
I recently spent a day in a tattoo design class. The sketches on the left are some initial playing with…
Back to basics drawing
I’m spending a whole week drawing, with 5 days of figure-focused classes. Day 1 was proper old school instruction on what…
A Little Art 