tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85716408886493370362024-02-07T05:58:53.846+00:00 DRAWING VAULT ANNE C M CAMPBELLAnne C M Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12015086549729104477noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571640888649337036.post-69109148647754370762020-03-30T10:46:00.001+01:002020-03-30T10:47:07.768+01:00Homage - Portrait SketchAs I have no access to a live model at present, I thought I would get the juices going with a homage to one of my favourite artists, Annigoni. This was inspired by one of his drawings. The paper should have been smoother to capture the half-tones I was trying to emulate and the photography isn't that wonderful either. Next time, maybe.<br />
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Graphite on Watercolour Paper - 9" x 6.5"</div>
Anne C M Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12015086549729104477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571640888649337036.post-49183385356818428172020-02-08T22:01:00.000+00:002020-02-08T22:02:32.222+00:002020 - First SketchesThese are the first three sketches of 2020.<br />
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They were done quickly without much fuss as all I wanted to experience was the use of these new tools for drawing; water soluble chalks which are just superb and lots of fun. I am not posting these because I like them, although there are some interesting marks in each work. I am posting them because I want to get back into the discipline of recording what I draw and sketch throughout the year without being strategic about posting my best work. It's all going to be out there in 2020; good, bad and wholly indifferent.<br />
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<br />Anne C M Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12015086549729104477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571640888649337036.post-68175097879925026492017-08-28T16:56:00.005+01:002017-08-28T16:57:06.576+01:00Drawing of another eraThis drawing and watercolour was influenced by another painting - a sort of homage but I can't find out who the artist is; I screen-grabbed the image so long ago. I adore the viewpoint. This was my first attempt and it was done very quickly for an online challenge. I will work up this style when I have more time but, in the process of making of it, I was inundated with new ideas for bigger works. Lovely to work with pen on a ready-made background which consists of splashes of watercolour.
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Waterolour, Pen, Gouache on Cartridge Paper - A5
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Anne C M Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12015086549729104477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571640888649337036.post-26081418092205613652017-08-28T16:46:00.002+01:002017-08-28T16:48:50.087+01:00Quick sketch IIIThis was done in ultra-quick time. I had a load of small A5-sized paper with watercolour markings all over them and I started painting and drawing on them today allowing myself to be led by the marks. This one reminds me of the illustrations I used to love in childrens' books. I guess it is the innocence and softness of the lines.<br />
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Anne C M Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12015086549729104477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571640888649337036.post-2515145357019582972017-08-27T09:07:00.001+01:002017-08-27T09:08:11.889+01:00Quick Pencil Drawing IIThis was done very quickly last night while watching television. I just had the urge to sketch something, anything. The problems in doing portrait sketches from photographs are many, but the light in the room was pretty poor, but the end result is passable enough to post here. At least something got down on paper. I see many mistakes, but I'm not fixing them. No point really.<br />
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"Portrait in front of the television"</div>
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Pencil on Cartridge Paper - 11.5" x 7.5"</div>
Anne C M Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12015086549729104477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571640888649337036.post-54712899434662222122017-08-12T23:33:00.001+01:002017-08-12T23:33:31.514+01:00Another quick drawing this time with gouache.Another quick drawing/sketch this afternoon. Same subject, different photo. I cannot replicate the sitter's face as I am so out of practice. Again the lighting for the photography defeated me. I do see some improvement over the last effort though, so that's something.
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Anne C M Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12015086549729104477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571640888649337036.post-87477003787665014122017-08-12T23:31:00.001+01:002017-08-12T23:31:46.973+01:00Quick Pencil DrawingThis didn't go exactly as planned, but certain aspects of it surprised me. I haven't done representational work like this for years and years and it was quite liberating. If the photography was better, the sitter's clothes would be much darker. I honestly have to find a way to photograph pencil and charcoal works. <br />
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Anne C M Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12015086549729104477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571640888649337036.post-85191908781046775572017-08-12T23:28:00.001+01:002017-08-12T23:28:57.001+01:00A Sketch and a DrawingI felt like putting up some drawings on the blog today, and found these two.
I haven't shown the complete work in either case. The first is a section of a full life drawing and the other, a close-up of a charcoal portrait of no particular distinction. In the latter, I rather liked the transformation of the original drawing by getting up close and personal and in the end, the close up can almost not be recognised as fragment of the original. That's photography for you. More drawings to come in the next few days I hope.<br />
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Anne C M Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12015086549729104477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571640888649337036.post-77464428777290503852016-05-11T19:28:00.000+01:002016-05-12T15:41:51.694+01:00Life Drawing Class....second time around.Last night's second attempt at life drawing was inhibiting as we had a male model whose form was very difficult to depict and standing there in the squashed drawing room, I thought "what a strange way to spend an evening!". Yes, it was strange. My irritation subsided after acknowledging that I wasn't in the mood for stiff challenges, but I carried on and did some acceptable work. The 'head only' was the best but I had some additional problems because I thought the gouache tint I had painted on beforehand would be slightly more sturdy and permanent but all eraser marks wiped off a little of the colour which makes the finished work slightly untidy. Two more classes and then a Summer break. I am so out of practice.<br />
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(Also posted on <a href="http://annecmcampbell.blogspot.co.uk/">Anne C M Campbell : Art</a>)Anne C M Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12015086549729104477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571640888649337036.post-34721468423342338712016-05-08T14:49:00.003+01:002016-05-08T14:51:08.421+01:00Life Drawing Class...It's Been AgesIt's been years since my last life drawing class and it shows! However, it was great to get the charcoal scratching along the paper and to let go. This was a 15 minute pose and I didn't have much time to correct anything but the model thought it good enough to photograph for her portfolio. More next week, I hope.<br />
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#annecmcampbell Anne C M Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12015086549729104477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571640888649337036.post-66745645820511113042014-04-21T17:41:00.000+01:002014-04-21T17:41:05.260+01:00Sunday SketchesI've often wondered how those brilliant (mostly American) illustrators were able to convey form and expression on a face with just cross-hatching so I tried it here. It does obviously convey more detail than charcoal ever could with a similar technique, but lots more practice is needed. Again, the photographs just don't show these small works properly. Maybe I should get a digital camera that can take good black and white shots. The paper is a creamy white in both sketches, but I just couldn't adjust them to look like the originals. Not a problem really.<br />
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Anne C M Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12015086549729104477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571640888649337036.post-20752501220852551632014-04-20T20:15:00.000+01:002014-04-20T22:09:22.101+01:00Charcoal Portrait - Melancholy SeriesI haven't posted any work for ages and the reasons are too boring to write about but I have been mulling over and experimenting with the seductive medium of charcoal recently. Unfortunately the paper I am using is not fine enough to hold the fine cross-hatching but I am not running out to the art materials store like I usually do when something isn't quite right. The photography seems to have picked up some blotchy bits which are not apparent in the original even though I didn't use any flash photography.<br />
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Anne C M Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12015086549729104477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571640888649337036.post-21112687370178693042013-04-27T17:23:00.000+01:002013-04-27T17:39:02.172+01:00Positional VaticanoStrange title, but this is a first sketch of a painting I hope to do of a scene in the Vatican. A few more drawings with the figures in the correct positions and more attention to the values need to be done before I even start to paint this. I just wish I knew how to photograph drawings. I think I'll practice some gesture drawings tonight and if they are passable, I'll post them on the Drawing Vault. <br />
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Anne C M Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12015086549729104477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571640888649337036.post-51265156012346167342012-09-15T21:43:00.000+01:002013-02-25T21:05:07.094+00:00Gesture Drawings 1.Another first for the Drawing Vault - gesture drawings - and very quick ones at that. I found this super website that displays photographs of models specifically for artists to draw or paint from and as I haven't painted in front of a live model for years, this was a super find. I decided to start doing very quick drawings from this website tonight and to my dismay I find I am completely out of practice. I could draw better at school. I guess I shouldn't put any old drawing on this blog, but right now I'm not bothered as I want to see how my skills progress if I manage to draw each night, time permitting. These were done with pencil - charcoal is too messy for this late hour - and with a bit of luck my photography of drawings and sketches should improve over time as well.<br />
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Anne C M Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12015086549729104477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571640888649337036.post-72561581521810416062012-08-07T22:56:00.001+01:002012-08-08T22:36:18.912+01:00City SquaredAnother quick sketch for The Drawing Vault - this time a cityscape - St Paul's Cathedral in the City of London. The reason I took this on was to see how small I could work with charcoal. It appears that I can only do so with a very expensive brand which is not what I'm using here. I want to paint some cityscapes but only after I've completed a lot of sketches of favourite vistas. I need to re-familiarise myself with this genre. My objective was just to capture the details, the broad value strokes and a 'suggestion' of the cathedral as landmark. I'm going to tackle this scene again when I buy some professional charcoal in the next few weeks. I was really surprised that I could pull off a recognisable cityscape in such a short time span. I guess when I attempt to render the cathedral's architecture in finer detail, it will take a lot longer.<br />
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I look forward to watching it grow from strength to strength.</div><div align="left"></div><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0RcVDH-N7JCup9eYWy9qsFUEayv4LhW7JD2lZ3iOG-dwm7c3HahxK8xDDaERakL49RT2pqqV12VNoB-6p9ftqUfj8WRmdu3mS6GRkPZgn5_69SMF5lcOx-GxOwxMe3NTzWiRmc0s7sf2s/s1600/P1010054.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 322px; display: block; height: 400px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588813753756865618" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0RcVDH-N7JCup9eYWy9qsFUEayv4LhW7JD2lZ3iOG-dwm7c3HahxK8xDDaERakL49RT2pqqV12VNoB-6p9ftqUfj8WRmdu3mS6GRkPZgn5_69SMF5lcOx-GxOwxMe3NTzWiRmc0s7sf2s/s400/P1010054.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">"Nike of Samothrace"</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Charcoal & Carbon Pencil on Paper - 16" x 12"</span></div>Anne C M Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12015086549729104477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571640888649337036.post-71927151194056153502011-01-29T17:41:00.009+00:002011-01-29T17:59:46.194+00:00More Value Sketches for Portraits<div align="left">One thing I am learning is that I need to do lots of preparatory sketches before I take on a portrait in oils. My impatience gets the better of me and I love to get stuck in, but I've noticed that the final paintings need a lot of work on getting the values right. I am doing a mini-series on "Melancholy" and decided I needed to get to grips with the correct values and I was right. It took me two sessions to get this basic charcoal sketch as close as possible to the values of the original photograph. After I had finished the first phase I sprayed fixative on it and left it overnight. This is a wonderful part of charcoal drawing because pushing charcoal over the drawing the next day is wonderful - the darks turn to a very deep coal black.</div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><br />The first one is the correct and final one. After I thought I was finshed, I felt there was something that was just not authentic about the face. I noticed that I had drawn a line around the side of the face closest to the light (second photograph below) and no such line exists in the photograph - the face almost merges with the background. The gouache doesn't look too good, but it helped me see my sketch align with the photograph which was the whole purpose of the exercise. I'm now always going to do value sketches. Always.<br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHUNT2nICG_0dX2zLLzzw6O7U_GPLosLkoNVRN5oFbzdSGe3mQJeVbCknKydE-kes58KazgcLpBj8Ii6wzmf6SByETkQV4FmBfs4USodtk4pFHXRRsvJ71JM7_W8dWeNy0WhaS9ruWYUs/s1600/P1010015.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 306px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567664826740171890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHUNT2nICG_0dX2zLLzzw6O7U_GPLosLkoNVRN5oFbzdSGe3mQJeVbCknKydE-kes58KazgcLpBj8Ii6wzmf6SByETkQV4FmBfs4USodtk4pFHXRRsvJ71JM7_W8dWeNy0WhaS9ruWYUs/s400/P1010015.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a><span style="font-size:85%;">"FINAL Value Sketch for Melancholy Portrait Series"<br />Charcoal & Gouache on Cartridge Paper - 12" x 9" (Approx.) </span></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpp1RJlIHdQmgpWZjpgJGrJxQMTq1bIS6QUCck27xn3L5B07SHVj1VVhZSvtX6r07AB-qymre0RO8olkStQOLPyqNgEwjndJw-l7tlAzpY4josIwZRsT9GyHEvYOIB2ST1khOvMdIqZuM/s1600/P1010011.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 337px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567665281879865554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpp1RJlIHdQmgpWZjpgJGrJxQMTq1bIS6QUCck27xn3L5B07SHVj1VVhZSvtX6r07AB-qymre0RO8olkStQOLPyqNgEwjndJw-l7tlAzpY4josIwZRsT9GyHEvYOIB2ST1khOvMdIqZuM/s400/P1010011.JPG" /></p><p align="center"></a><span style="font-size:85%;">"Value Sketch for Melancholy Portrait Series"<br />Charcoal on Cartridge Paper - 12"x 8" (Approx.)</span> </p>Anne C M Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12015086549729104477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571640888649337036.post-29376195966655983802010-10-09T22:55:00.004+01:002010-10-09T23:26:50.067+01:00Value Sketches for Portrait<div align="left">This afternoon after preparing the backgrounds for a few paintings amd feeling so frustrated that I couldn't finish anything, I decided to do a value sketch in preparation for a small portrait I am hoping to do tomorrow. By small I mean 5" x 5"! I haven't done portrait work for ages and I needed to get to grips with the drama of the photograph I am working from as well as the tiny format. This sketch was done rather quickly at night and as a result, I found it hard to capture the nuances of the half tones on the model's face. However, I now know more for when I come to paint the real thing. This was fun but I am not drawing at night again until I get really good lighting. I also tried giving it a blue tint as the background of this portrait will be a bright saturated turquoise. Can anything go wrong?<br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-bbYfJA3_foTQqtfffgFdYefIUG-RJdWiXOHdmU6Pwk48JHeQA0V-NAFr84ybNSvCs3NQhjGWL-kgGiBeZchmBOs54UMNREfq3oyJnD8kLmpmIHCtgH8_I-acXSQnmHZ7AWkD4UXQ-Jc/s1600/P1010013.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 395px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526168730074086066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-bbYfJA3_foTQqtfffgFdYefIUG-RJdWiXOHdmU6Pwk48JHeQA0V-NAFr84ybNSvCs3NQhjGWL-kgGiBeZchmBOs54UMNREfq3oyJnD8kLmpmIHCtgH8_I-acXSQnmHZ7AWkD4UXQ-Jc/s400/P1010013.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Preliminary Portrait Sketch<br />Pencil on Cartridge Paper - 5" x 5"<br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn2u32YSq7btnX4OQUz3LRSIzvtXSmI70NOlhdi3Gju3JNqbe2KOb1B21jag1CJiV4UOSU1qbBGuzgR8o2Ip7PhgbrlfCLdcr_MXMaa0c4FLWBosOakjzGN1Mxx8UpHuOrNwrm6oqGGdw/s1600/P1010010.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 371px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526168937568686242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn2u32YSq7btnX4OQUz3LRSIzvtXSmI70NOlhdi3Gju3JNqbe2KOb1B21jag1CJiV4UOSU1qbBGuzgR8o2Ip7PhgbrlfCLdcr_MXMaa0c4FLWBosOakjzGN1Mxx8UpHuOrNwrm6oqGGdw/s400/P1010010.JPG" /></p><p align="center"></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Preliminary Portrait Sketch - Blue Tint<br />Pencil on Cartridge Paper - 5" x 5</span>"</p>Anne C M Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12015086549729104477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571640888649337036.post-19162743846796143282010-09-04T22:17:00.005+01:002012-09-15T22:22:47.848+01:00Sketches at last...<div align="left">I haven't posted any drawings or sketches on this blog for nearly six months due to spending most of my time painting. This has resulted in mediocre drawing which is frustrating. Today, I decided to practice drawing faces as I am entering a blog challenge this month with a self portrait. I just threw pencil at paper today and came up with these two strange sketches but I have to say, I enjoyed doing them for some reason or another. Maybe it was the lack of messy oils and not having anything to clear up afterwards that was a bit of a break, but even though they are not that hot, I am putting them up here to chart my progress with my self portrait project. The first drawing is from a photograph and the second one is a 'made up' face I did while listening to an online class, which was a strage experience, but there you go.<br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO_vMKQVnVN15rI1FxEOPmrDGn64-1YFEYtpXFeC5WDn-7clnk_PFdU5oHLVsR3FrzQ_O0gKAJn_WWQoYGMc7fATnzeXqB4rQqT7amoAu9UtT5iRiHxj_skGpxTliWDbs9MuZ02hr65XU/s1600/P1010049.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 291px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513172042828036882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO_vMKQVnVN15rI1FxEOPmrDGn64-1YFEYtpXFeC5WDn-7clnk_PFdU5oHLVsR3FrzQ_O0gKAJn_WWQoYGMc7fATnzeXqB4rQqT7amoAu9UtT5iRiHxj_skGpxTliWDbs9MuZ02hr65XU/s320/P1010049.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Pencil on Cartridge Paper<br />8" x 8" (Approx.)</span><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvPbCyNtPR5DHUXWX97Xkpss04LnXcTmg1uZs5JS2Npe4Dfnil_4nBl593YPh8VQS7AwhyphenhyphenD57Uo-LgbMgZBHSs0W11R9PZY6rHMZM2YO1C3KTSWC-CM8dfd8bCii_lkq9Iq6i-ZbNgxIY/s1600/P1010013.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 274px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513171593104737794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvPbCyNtPR5DHUXWX97Xkpss04LnXcTmg1uZs5JS2Npe4Dfnil_4nBl593YPh8VQS7AwhyphenhyphenD57Uo-LgbMgZBHSs0W11R9PZY6rHMZM2YO1C3KTSWC-CM8dfd8bCii_lkq9Iq6i-ZbNgxIY/s320/P1010013.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">"Looking Down"<br />Pencil on Cartridge Paper7" x 5" (Approx.)<br /></span></p>Anne C M Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12015086549729104477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571640888649337036.post-30510735270049453352010-03-07T20:38:00.008+00:002010-03-09T13:35:51.826+00:00Charcoal "Homage to Rembrandt - Variation I"<div align="left">I haven't been drawing or sketching successfully for quite a few weeks now. Most of my works have been thrown away and only last night I decided to take on a drawing of a Rembrandt self portrait from 1659. The reference itself was a head only shot of the original work, and I aimed at representing it as accurately as I could, with all the nuances created by those magnificent brushtrokes. I nearly pulled it off, but got some of the proportions wrong. This wouldn't have happened had I traced it and it was a much larger scale than the original photograph I was working from, so the up-scaling of the work took its toll. However, I adored working with charcoal on such a large format again, and I intend to get to grips with this medium more and more in the future. The original drawing is much darker than the photograph and shows the vast range of tonal ranges - I found it almost impossible to capture the almost black charcoal. More lessons. </div><div align="left"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicZxM4abS5HAx3ZLxpAcNhIr7g5sipD0GGLPDujitRexXmQE1NAc7OBIrhp2IzdBB7M9TXlSC-T-ajvzY5b6G0a2Z2v-2O8RbhsWQgzNfEAQjcCNdA2c-9H6wXfn-EZVDzM5AkJXEHADY/s1600-h/P1010020.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 230px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445995303252131730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicZxM4abS5HAx3ZLxpAcNhIr7g5sipD0GGLPDujitRexXmQE1NAc7OBIrhp2IzdBB7M9TXlSC-T-ajvzY5b6G0a2Z2v-2O8RbhsWQgzNfEAQjcCNdA2c-9H6wXfn-EZVDzM5AkJXEHADY/s320/P1010020.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a><span style="font-size:85%;">"Rembrandt Portrait - Variation I"<br />Charcoal and White Pencil on Cartridge Paper - 16.5" x 23.5"</span></p>Anne C M Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12015086549729104477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571640888649337036.post-57139734235080405572010-01-05T09:50:00.008+00:002010-03-07T20:57:42.886+00:00Charcoal Portrait - Final VersionAfter looking at the charcoal portrait I did last night in the cold light of day, I saw a few changes that had to be made. I am happy with the result. I must do more of these and get the correct paper for charcoal. This paper is not smooth enough.<br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 317px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423191677142394978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKxiOKDNu11heef3IsgIqqFZp0SpbEvhOcApsnkS6f_wA1lRH2Y7JMBh0UD-SfWT-funotS86OZNsP940js-QSQMmMKFH2sG1DPrqXMuTxUEuceCL2q4OBt2a0T0rU-GziRbxty7juWBw/s320/P1010033.JPG" /><span style="font-size:85%;"> Portrait</span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">Charcoal on Cartridge Paper - 11.5" x 11.5"</span><br /></p><br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div>Anne C M Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12015086549729104477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571640888649337036.post-8255304894790923432010-01-04T19:21:00.003+00:002010-01-04T19:26:14.996+00:00Charcoal Quickie.Ages have gone by since I have had any remotely acceptable drawing to post on this blog, but tonight I decided just to do 'something', 'anything', so here it is; a charcoal sketch of a photograph I took recently. I am finding it so hard to photograph drawings and sketches, as the blacks come out grey and flat. I have sprayed masses of fixative on this one and tomorrow morning when this has dried and settled, I am going to make minor adjustments to the mistakes I am noticing already and then re-photograph it to see if I can get a better result.<br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 316px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422967244951795042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0JLcB2JE0eJyW9rUVgT-i01vHT-GCy5MPwGcKnDS8tWWmLX7zjtV5BsDg8bH6y3U7-znD9WNvYuLbsgP2jxY3RKe5m5N8w4rpBrOAKPeu6c7ChrjuXDhYeg2BNFOZwTlVUBX2NUSzqWQ/s320/P1010096.JPG" /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Portait</span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">Charcoal on Paper - 11.5" x 11.5"</span><br /></p>Anne C M Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12015086549729104477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571640888649337036.post-29939854176657020432009-08-19T18:39:00.005+01:002009-08-19T18:48:54.104+01:00I Lieu of Sketching Today I went Shopping.....!Let me state it clearly and plainly: There is no better shopping experience than in an art supplies store. Nothing can compete. I haven't been up to either drawing or painting for nearly a week due to a weird head cold that knocked me sideways, so I thought I would cheer myself up and replenish some of my art supplies. I bought a new bottle of that wonderful Liquin, white, black charcoal and sanguine sketching pencils, two huge fat sticks of graphite and two 5" x 5" canvases. There is absolutely no need to photograph them but I just felt like it. Somehow, even this folly keeps the oar in the water. Hope springs eternal. I hope to have some more sketches on this blog by the end of the weekend.<br /><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 270px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371732786326474706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg67Uv8zWDRJBwBdFu89ltNAVr0fvqiQcIYo45YkFhdy_VXL78WcIRO1amdPg-X3OkFvbh7RdaKmPBcM9DP86lQjwMbiHRg5dVEvIuF-FdJqioSnWsg2HhiwIt_WnZgZTEEWGqHLc5yw9c/s320/P1010016.JPG" /> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">Happy Purchase.</span><br /></p>Anne C M Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12015086549729104477noreply@blogger.com0