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As time keeps rushing on, I'm checking in today with my ideas for the illustration friday topic "Swim".
The first design is in honor of
Gertrude Ederle , first woman to swim the english channel.
The retro swim suit, and a weekend visit to the pool with my seven year old, made me think of water ballet, and the kaleidoscopic patterns the swimmers create. Something to play around with in the future maybe?
My horse lost at the Cheltenham Gold Cup yesterday. I had to sell grandma to pay the bookies.
ZenBrush on iPad. Click to enlarge.
Today's model was excellent to draw, albeit something of a narcissist. He suggested the religious pose.
Biro, A4 size. Click to enlarge.
My latest page of
Memoirs. It's all true, I swear it.
Paper53 on iPad. Click to enlarge.
I've been trickling new images from my
Memoirs into this blog too slowly, and have fallen behind. So here are 16 pages at once.
All created on iPad using Paper app. Click to enlarge.
A quick pose using the ZenBrush app on iPad.
A group of Tomato Witches, A Blind Artist and a Blocked Writer, and a Dying Writer in bed. Three sketches for the Almussafes project and forthcoming exhibition.
Pencil with digital colour, various sizes but smallish. Click to enlarge.
My nickname for this model is Gaitskell although he doesn't really look like
Hugh Gaitskell. But when politicians are pontificating I find it helpful to visualise them with no clothes on. I drew this in
Zen Brush which is fun to use for lifedrawing.
ZenBrush on iPad. Click to enlarge.
The Japanese model. 0% finance and 5 years free servicing.
Pencil A3 size. Click to enlarge.
Given the briefness of these opportunities I usually observe for as long as I can first, trying to draw in my mind before putting pen to paper. Usually once people notice they have become a subject I am done with the observation part, so I don't think it's too uncomfortable for anyone involved. It's much easier to look without being noticed, than to look-and-draw without being noticed, and I think it's good practice for the visual memory to divide drawing and observing in this way. In fact drawing in-your-mind only is something you can do anytime you want to make visual notes. Just look as if you really were drawing, following the contours and the forms. People get less mad this way, and it's amazing how much looking you can get away with!
The model didn't show up, so drew the other punters.
Watercolour 36cm x 28cm. Click to enlarge.
Let me share today's thoughts:
- Who put the Pope in ajar above the moon?
- I would pay a lot for a problem incinerator.
- Ah, the autumn of 1580....
- Why don't elbows sweat?
- Money-saving anaesthesia for our cash strapped health system.
- The ecstacy of the real.
- Broken newt? Why, glue your eye shut, of course.
Pen and ink with digital colour. A4 size. Click to enlarge.
I came across this old sketch I made of my late mother.
Sepia watercolour 15cm x 10cm. Click to enlarge.
First time using iPad in Lifedrawing class quickie poses.
Adobe Ideas on iPad.
Mr. & Mrs.Shrink came round for dinner. I was demonstrating the power of the iPad mini as a drawing tool and all-round creative content miracle machine to Mrs.Shrink and ended up sketching this impromptu portrait of her husband.
Adobe Ideas on iPad. Click to enlarge.
The mime artist was modelling, taking on some absurd poses.
Adobe Ideas on iPad. Click to enlarge.
Ben Franklin Image in the Public Domain
It’s an important day – Inauguration Day and Martin Luther King Day. These events bring to mind the many great people who have contributed to America and the entire world. It took me a while, but I came up with my wish list of the Top Three Historical Figures (no longer living) that I would love to interview today (if I could bring them back to life, of course). And if I could interview them, what 10 questions would I ask each of them? No question would be off limits.
Martin Luther King
- Where did you get your courage to stand up for what you believed in?
- Looking back on your life, is there anything significant you wish you would had done differently?
- What are your thoughts on the riots that ensued following your assassination, since you so often spoke about the importance of peace?
- What do you think of the state of racism and equality today as compared to the 1960s?
- Are you surprised that we first elected an African American US President in 2008?
- How would you rate the progress of America as it compares to your “I Have a Dream” speech?
- Did you ever imagine that your speech would be so eternally regarded and a national holiday would be established in your name?
- Were you faithful to your wife?
- If you were alive today, what would you be doing?
- What advice do you have for those out there who are trying to muster up the courage to stand up for what they believe in?
Benjamin Franklin
- What of your many accomplishments are you most proud?
- What is your opinion of the amendments that have been made to the US Constitution since you signed it?
- Who in your opinion is the best US President in history and why?
- Who was the mother of your illegitimate son, William?
- When you discovered electricity, did you realize how much your findings would change the world?
- What invention that has taken place since your death do you most respect?
- How does your list of Thirteen Virtues hold up in the world today, and would change that list in any way now?
- How do you feel about the current state of education at the highly regarded University of Pennsylvania, the school you founded it in the 1700s and the challenges students face today getting into the top universities?
- What was your reaction when you learned of the digital age and e-publishing?
- If you were alive today, what would you be doing?
Albert Einstein
- What happened to your daughter, Leiserl?
- Did you know at the time of your theories that you would change the world of science as you did?
- Can you explain your theories of relativity in layman’s terms?
- What of your many accomplishments are you most proud?
- What is your opinion about how the science of physics has progressed (or not progressed) since your death?
- If you could change anything you did in your life what would it be and why would you change it?
- What most surprises you about the changes in technology in the world since your death and how could that help you with your work?
- Why do you suppose there is such a shortage of scientists in America and the world as a whole these days?
- What do you have to say about how your brain was taken without permission from your family after your death to be studied?
- If you were alive, what would you be doing today?
Those are my top three choices for interviews with historical figures. If I could expand my list, I’d add:
- George Washington
- Thomas Jefferson
- Abe Lincoln
- King Henry VIII
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Vincent Van Gogh
- Frederick Douglas
- Freddy Mercury
- Rod Serling
- Ayn Rand
- William Shakespeare
- Grace Kelly
Who would you interview if you could, and what would you ask?
In demonstrating the
Paper 53 app to Paul, I ended up drawing him.
Paper53 on iPad. Click to enlarge.
A self portrait as, er....moons.
123D and PShop Touch on iPad. Click to enlarge.
I used red pencils for some unknown reason.
Soluble crayon A3 size. Click to enlarge.
It just occurred to me that I could draw the person I'm Skyping while they rant on unawares.
Pen and ink 15cm x 10cm. Click to enlarge.
Two more pages from my ongoing
Autobiography.
Paper53 on iPad. Click to enlarge.
Recent sketching in various cafes.
Paper 53 on iPad. Click to enlarge.
By: Tatjana Mai-Wyss,
on 3/26/2013
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on 3/16/2013
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on 7/21/2012
By: admin,
on 1/21/2013
Did you see the synchronized swimmers in the Olympic? It's mesmerizing... specially the Spanish team! ;)
Looking forward to seeing the final piece!