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Tuesday 3 November 2015
Sunday 11 October 2015
The moth with
devastating wings
As paper slipped
beneath a door
the moth with
devastating wings
its grey and amber
markings leave
a caramel sticky
ruinous flaw
and as a hand that reappears
its gestures play
upon the heart
a figure comes
unbidden, spare
his voice a signal -
sex's spore
the shadow's soul,
the soul's own mind
has left its
instrument unstrung
and in the dark it
has its way
eating nectar
unrefined
as wings vibrate deep at the core
at infrasound below
desire
he trips a kind of
needle jazz
i want to draw
his mouth contour.
This poem was written in 2002 and has been badly plagiarised elsewhere. I have to repeat it is COPYRIGHT, as is all my work. And boy, do I have a lot of it!
Friday 2 October 2015
Monday 28 September 2015
Painting an Apple in Watercolour-
Veronica Aldous
1 . Place
your apple on a white piece of paper so you can see the shadows and highlights.
2. Sketch
out a simple drawing, it must be accurate- simple means without much detail.
3. Remove
most of the graphite.
4. You may
mask highlights; the stalk and any other
areas which need highlights ( white areas) preserved. Leave this to dry
thoroughly. You may choose to mask water droplets but do ensure these are a
believable shape and placed correctly.
5. You may start to paint in the base colours using a watery mix of underpaint. Put yellow-
green ( Sap Green and Lemon) where you
see that colour and red-pink ( Alizarin Crimson- Permanent Rose
6.Work in delicate layers, letting each layer dry before moving on to the next, deepening and strengthening areas where there are
stronger tones using the hues
selected. Be careful to notice TONE distinct from local COLOUR. i.e. One side of your apple may be darker
than the other.
7. Ensure you preserve highlights. At some point you may
remove any masking fluid and glaze and soften those areas with some light
washes. You may wish to re-mask highlights in any water droplets .
8. Make the area round the stalk a dark COLOUR. Do not use
black.
9. Make the stalk look 3d by leaving a streak of white down
it. Paint the stalk an appropriate green/yellow shade.
10. Shadows under the apple. Ensure these are a COLOUR, not
grey.
11. Streaks may be painted on with a drier brush. Spots may
be lifted out. ( wet the area and lift out with tissue paper).
Saturday 26 September 2015
Wednesday 23 September 2015
Rose painting Tutorial in Watercolour- Diary of a Rose
Rose in Watercolour- a study in accuracy and expression.
I don't really like rather dead lifeless mechanical-looking flower studies, so I always introduce the serendipity and chanciness of watercolour paints to create life and movement. I cannot see the point of using paint if it just looks like a photograph. I have a photo, I have a memory I want a painting!
Flowers are full of energy, they contain life itself. I have chosen to paint 1/2 a rose to create a tension and to abstract it from the normal expectation of a rose study.
1.
Masking fluid is spattered on all over and used to carefully mask out the areas of white within the flower. It' s really important not to just blob it on, be really accurate.I used a masking fluid brush. Originally my paper is larger but as the composition develops I guillotine it down.
The paper remains white under the fluid until I remove it and tone it down.
I am using Winsor and Newton colours . Quinacridone Red is a superb vivid pink red, Permanent Rose, Sap greens, Burnt Umber, Yellow Ochre, Cadmium yellow.
Paper is Saunders Waterford High White in NOT
2. Developing the patterns and striations within using simple admixtures of Quinacridone Red and Permanent Rose.
3. A Cadmium yellow is flooded through the background to create a warmth and glow.
4.5. Some foliate shapes are added, I found these in other photos I had taken.
6. Masking fluid has been removed - lots of speckles are evident. I hate the background and it's going to get chopped off. You will notice this throws the rose into the forefront.
7. I'm thinking of adding some water droplets but not to the flower which is pretty abstract details
8. Water droplets are painted on the leaf. Various pink washes are added and some Violet and Alizarin Crimson.
9. Finished.Notice some areas of the background move in and out of focus. It's not hyper realist. Thorns are painted in the same pink and there are many subtle washes so that the flower colours are in the background as repeated local colour. Spattering and splashes are allowed! I use a tissue to remove blotches, though.
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