Still playing with the digital painting. I think I get so carried away with the technical challenge I sometimes forget to make an interesting picture. Hence this horse, not doing much of anything. George Stubbs I am not! Actually, without the “ink” lines, this looks a lot like one of those paint by numbers kits. [...]
Archive for the ‘horses’ Category
January 17, 2012
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Digital and Ballpoint Pen Critters (and folk)
By Jack in Animals, ballpoint pen, black and white, cats, horses, paintings, sketches, women
December 12, 2011
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What’s New in the Sketchbook?
By Jack in Animals, horses, men, sketches, watercolour, womenSeem to spend a lot of time there. Here are some colour things:
November 22, 2011
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Out of My Head….
By Jack in Animals, ballpoint pen, black and white, Brush Pen, horses, men, sketches, womenThat’s where these drawings are from. When winter sets in it’s less practicable to draw things out on the street. So I sit around looking at books, watching DVDs, also drawing anything that tickles my fancy. Hate drawing directly from photographs, but those give you different ideas, and also keeps one closer to reality. So [...]
November 21, 2011
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A Kelpie, a Vampire; other things.
By Jack in Animals, black and white, Brush Pen, horses, men, sketches, womenI drew these in black and white, because I’m practicing computer colouring. Seems like a lot of work!
November 18, 2011
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Comic Colour and Nasty Horsemen
By Jack in Animals, ballpoint pen, black and white, Brush Pen, colour, digital, horses, men, sketchesI’ve finally learned a comic colouring technique that’s relatively fast, and that I’m happy with. Check this series of youtube videos from the Overground Comic Company, if you want to find out more. Meanwhile, I’ve been drawing a stack of things. Here are a couple of angry guys on horses a la Frank Frazetta for [...]
August 20, 2011
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King Horse and Marmalade Tabby, etc.
By Jack in Animals, ballpoint pen, colour, horses, sketches, watercolour
August 19, 2011
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Neighbourhood Lady and Unicorn
By Jack in Animals, ballpoint pen, colour, horses, men, sketches, watercolour, womenI can’t actually claim to have seen this in the parade of people walking by my 2nd-floor balcony, but she was a striking woman, and the dress I gave her inspired me to give her a mythological pal. Too bad about the pumps, which aren’t exactly something Burne-Jones would have added. Below, a more typical [...]
June 11, 2011
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F1 Confusion
By Jack in Animals, colour, current events, horses, Montreal, paintings, photos, sketches, watercolourYesterday, I went to check out the Formula 1 Festivities downtown in Montreal. Snapped a few photos, as above. Kind of tiring, the whole thing, so I took a pit stop in Dorchester Square, ate French Fries, and sketched the equestrian monument to the wildly popular Boer War.
May 25, 2011
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Pencil Stuff
By Jack in horses, men, pencil, sketchesI don’t know. A page of pencil drawings of things. UPDATE: I’m only now noticing that the horse has a bit but no bridle. It’s one of those special under-the -tongue bits.
March 12, 2011
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More Ballpoint Rambling
By Jack in Animals, ballpoint pen, horses, men, sketchesBallpoint pens are fun, and you can kind of get some nice tones happening. Not very archival, I imagine.
March 6, 2011
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Musketeers and Horses
By Jack in Animals, colour, horses, paintings, sketches, watercolourWhile I was painting these, I was watching the excellent Cyrano de Bergerac movie with Gérard Depardieu. I had the honour of working with Mr. Depardieu, as an extra in the crowd, for the film Nouvelle France. Didn’t see much of him, but he seemed like a real gent.
February 5, 2011
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Red Things
By Jack in Animals, horses, pencil, planes, womenJust a red ochre pencil. Various objects and figures.
January 29, 2011
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Cowboys
By Jack in Animals, ballpoint pen, black and white, horses, men, sketches, womenCowboys, in ball-point pen, and roller pen.
December 8, 2010
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Painting Things
By Jack in Animals, colour, horses, men, sketches, watercolour, womenInto winter now. Can’t go out. So I’m painting things, and doing an awful Christmas card in Adobe Illustrator. Watching “Blow Up” by Antonioni. Wouldn’t mind being an irresponsible fashion photographer in Swinging London. Always liked drawing cowboys and horses. Suppose that’s my Alberta background coming out.
