At the hairdresser's

No, it's not a halo. Just the round mirrors at Eddie Doyle's, my hairdresser's. Had fun with tempera sticks, uni-pin fineliner, colour pencils and some brush pens. And the quote on one of the people sketches "repent or perish", was what the woman who was talking to the homeless man had written on her high-vis jacket. You'd think we were in America!

I had some difficulty photographing these, as you can see in the last picture. Sumi likes to stick close to me.

 

Which way to go?

Rock, Paper, scissors? Rocks, sky, sea? I'm struggling to decide which to explore next from my adventures in Cill Rialaig? I was looking at waves a few days ago, thinking this is what I wanted to do. But today, it was clouds. Let's have a look at clouds then.

All because I am looking at Geoff Allen's class on Vivify and he was using a mix of Vermillion, ultramarine and cobalt. I had to try it, and it's gorgeous! 

Big reminder to myself - work out the shapes and design before throwing paint to paper!

Sunday at Grattan Bridge

A gorgeous sunny afternoon on Grattan Bridge with Dublin Sketchers. Fun with tempera sticks, colour pencils and sailor fude.

Little gouache swatches

Got a few tubes of bright gouache colour (guess the upcoming workshop!!), and a beautiful neutral. Then mixed it all. Suprisingly, I like the neutrals better!

Also experimenting with colours I've had for a while but never really used.

Cill Rialaig - Experimentation phase starts now

I haven't painted much since I came back from Cill Rialaig. I'm writing this two weeks after coming back. Of course, there's the catching up on normal life (which reminds me I need to look at my tax returns!), and also I need some time to cogitate on what I want to pursue first - sky, sea, rocks, sheep? It will happen, as long as I keep throwing paint at paper! But first, I need to clear my desk. I need space!

Weather diary

 Looking at the sky outside my window. A few experiments.

Drumcondra Library

 Blue skies. But Art Deco buildings are hard to draw!

One Week 100 people

Thank you to Suhita, Liz Steel, Mark Taro Holmes for making One Week 100 People happen again, in its 9th year. I can feel I haven't been sketching people much in the last while. But it's amazing what a few days of practise can do! I even did a few on location. But most of these are from the Zoom sessions that Suhita organised. I have even included my warm-up sketches before these. Every little bit counts! The faces are from earthsworld - always great photos to sketch from!

The week was from 3 to 7 March