Tuesday 5 October 2010
Tuesday 28 September 2010
Friday 24 September 2010
Michael Stipe
Not a good likeness, again! I spent too long on this, fiddling. As I told the girls at the WA on Wednesday, I find it best to start by blocking in shapes, light and dark, and the details kind of find themselves. If you start with details, eyes, for instance, it is nigh on impossible to change them if they are wrong. I should pay attention to myself.
Wednesday 22 September 2010
Monday 13 September 2010
Thursday 9 September 2010
Simon Cowell
As you see, this photo is very BLUE!
So I had a play in Photoshop....now it is too WHITE! I guess it is a closer repro than the blue one, but you decide which you prefer to look at.
So will Simon Cowell turn his back on the X Factor + BGT....the grass is always greener!
Tuesday 7 September 2010
Stephen Hawking
Prof Hawking says that our existence is the result of physics, not a Supreme Being.
I am inclined to agree.
Tuesday 31 August 2010
Friday 27 August 2010
Thursday 26 August 2010
Peter Crouch
Peter Crouch, who has been in the news a lot lately, but who last night scored a hat-trick for Spurs which enabled the club, after a 49 year wait, to go on to the next round in the European Championships. Go Spurs!
Monday 23 August 2010
Friday 20 August 2010
Wednesday 18 August 2010
Michael Douglas
Michael Douglas ( well, very nearly!) who has told the world that he has throat cancer. No specifics, so there is a lot of speculation as to whether he will lose his voice. Imagine that...if you were an actor! I wish him well.
Tuesday 17 August 2010
Monday 16 August 2010
Sunday 15 August 2010
Saturday 14 August 2010
Imogen James
Imogen James, who suffers optic nerve hypoplasia, which affects her co-ordination, amazingly learned to balance by watching herself in the mirror.....even though she is virtually blind. She first walked properly days before her fourth birthday.
Friday 13 August 2010
Thursday 12 August 2010
Fabio Capello
Fabio Capello.....who announced over the airwaves that Beckham is too old to play again for England......apparently without speaking to Beckham first!
Steven Gerrard.......scored two goals for England against Hungary. Two-oo one...two-oo one!
Steven Gerrard.......scored two goals for England against Hungary. Two-oo one...two-oo one!
Wednesday 11 August 2010
Tuesday 10 August 2010
Naomi Campbell + Rod Stewart
Naomi Campbell........so who is telling the truth?
Rod Stewart......who is to become a father again at 66.
Monday 9 August 2010
Sunday 8 August 2010
Dr Karen Woo
Dr Karen Woo, who has been killed by the Taliban after delivering medical supplies to civilians in Afghanistan. She was to be married in two weeks.
Saturday 7 August 2010
Robbie Williams
So, Robbie Williams gets married today. I much prefer good news and I wish them many years of happiness. I liked the photo in the paper taken of Robbie when he was sixteen, but I seem to have transposed my knowledge of an older Robbie on to this image. No matter, I enjoyed the drawing of it.
Friday 6 August 2010
Donald McGill
Thursday 5 August 2010
Wednesday 4 August 2010
Tuesday 3 August 2010
Monday 2 August 2010
Glenn Hockton
Thursday 29 July 2010
Wednesday 28 July 2010
Yoko Ono
I did this in 19 minutes and video-ed it again, but, alas, it will not upload....I give up! Any advice would be very welcome.
I really like the image, so I carried on a bit longer. It is the same one, honest!
Tuesday 27 July 2010
Sir Peter Blake
Monday 26 July 2010
Sunday 25 July 2010
Saturday 24 July 2010
Friday 23 July 2010
Who?
Completely lost the likeness today and ran out of time! One clue.....English politician in the news today. I was pleased with yesterdays' drawing and got over confident, thought I could dash it off with no effort. There is no substitute for observation!
Charcoal on cartridge paper.
Charcoal on cartridge paper.
Thursday 22 July 2010
Nick Griffin
I see it is almost a year since I last posted here! I became addicted to trawling through the news every day to find a face to draw, accompanied by an interesting story. I was doing nothing else, which defeated the object of the exercise.
I have decided to try again but I shall spend 1/2-1 hr on each one, no more, and shall not post the accompanying news item. If interested you will have to investigate for yourself, sorry.
So...Nick Griffin.
Derwent Sketching pencil, medium wash, on cartridge paper.
I have decided to try again but I shall spend 1/2-1 hr on each one, no more, and shall not post the accompanying news item. If interested you will have to investigate for yourself, sorry.
So...Nick Griffin.
Derwent Sketching pencil, medium wash, on cartridge paper.
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