quick art attack

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When I started this blog, it was meant to be about a lot of things around the home – both creative and practical. But very soon it lost it’s way becoming almost exclusively a tatting blog. Well, let’s take a break from that T word that seems to dominate my life!

Change of seasons means switching clothes and reorganizing the closets. And this time I found 2 of my art books (yes, even my clothes almirah has a huge shelf filled with books and also that T stuff – see the T invasion there?!!!) and was pleasantly surprised at some of the ‘artwork’ I found within. Totally forgotten and neglected all these years – that is the power of T! Aaargh, see there it is again! Before it manages to squeeze in further, let me quickly upload these scans.

First off, it was tough to get a good impression despite setting the scanner to highest contrast, lowest brightness and a higher resolution. I do have a tendency to sketch and colour lightly, yet it is a tad better than what shows up in these scans. I added the black 'frames' with MS Paint.

Colour pencils, June 2010

This scene is partially from some story published in a newspaper or magazine.

Sketch pens, April 2008 

This was a phase when I was watching Neil Buchanan’s show Art Attack 

and was inspired by his excellent command, creativity and quick artwork!

I made faint pencil outlines which were later erased.
Those squiggles in the base of the bowl add a cute little touch,  methinks. 

Water colours, March 2012

This is the kind of stuff I go for – freestyle. 

I’ve used the technique on greeting cards, sarees, home linen, etc.

The above 3 were done on fairly smooth A4 sheets from this art pad. 

They came loose while scanning.

The next 4 below I found within the pages of this smaller art pad 

(I’ve cut/paste the specifics in the image. click on image to enlarge).

The sheets held together during scanning.

Mixed media, April 2008

There is charcoal, chalk, crayons, & colour pencil. 

Bummer about all these light scans - 

those roiling clouds actually came out pretty good using blue chalk.

Pastels, April 2008

I’d bought a set of 24 pastels and was eager to give them a try.

Pencil, April 2008

Another of my favourite theme for sketching : bare trees (and roots)...

 with a bird (there are 2 in this sketch if you can spot them!) or solitary leaf (O Henry’s story is among my favourite) or some such to add a spot of 'life'. 

I absolutely love the way bare branches and twigs enmesh together, yet each has a distinct identity. Leaves I do like, but they mask the unspoken majesty of bare branches.

Water colours, March 2012

Trying the wash technique.

I realise they all look quite amateurish and need a lot more details/background. 

However, they were all accomplished in single sittings! 

So a nice breather from that domineering T (major oops again!!!) in blogging? 

Do you think I should organise more frequently? ;-P