WDE May 31 2013

Haven't taken part for quite awhile at the weekly All Media events at WetCanvas.  This week Maureen and the moderators put together a great group of images from the RIL..

I recently received  a great gift from Derwent  Art Academy!!! A box of 18 Ink Intense Pencils in a great wooden box!!! So I did one sketch trying out these new pencils!!!

Dramatic Church Landscape
20 x 15 on 400grm heavy stock

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Young girl from Namibian

A4 98 grm sketch pad with an HB pencil... Derwent of course!!!Always looking to improve my portrait sketching. Give this one an 8+!!!

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Still Life Studies

These are two still life studies inspired by the work of Giorgio Marandi.... Wikipedia
oils   palette knife  34 x 26 cm cloth covered kapa board.  Experimenting with various shades of grays /yellows/blues/violets

Light bottles on light background

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Dark bottles on light background

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Peek a Boo Double

Peek a Boo Double, a photo by Edanim on Flickr.

I have begun to photoshopping again using Katrin Eismann's book on Masking and Compositing together with my group of PS friends. Rusty with selections and masks...but glad to get back to these skills. Our group started working through Eismann's books on a forum , before the days of social media, but with the help of social media we are still  "in touch". Where else can friends from so many places get together.... We decided to get our creative juices working using both the first  and second edition of Masking and Compositing by Katrin Eismann . I am using the first edition..  I hope to link this new creative window with my actual painting...