the little fidgety barn owl

(...continued from the last life drawing session) These are some of the sketches I did of the little barn owl. He was a fidgety little thing about 20cm in height. I loved the different forms that he would make with his body - an ace model. At one point he did seem to get a bit tired and dozed off for a wee bit (barn owls are nocturnal).

Birds of Prey

Today for life drawing class we got to draw several birds of prey. These birds were perched in the middle of the room where a model usually sits and we got to draw them for 3 hours. The sketch above is of a Great Horned Owl. I managed to get really close to it. It was a really gentle creature, about 40cm in height. It was a good way to de-stress. There was also a gyr falcon, a little barn owl, a kestrel, a Bengal eagle owl, a red-tailed hawk and a Harris hawk - all in one room!!

Last minute panics

This was the original idea for the Lloyd's TSB brief. I was going to submit it under the 'we stretch ourselves' brief. But after having a bit of a discussion with one of the tutors, it made me realize that the last image raises more questions than it should. A common one was - what does the triangular shape mean? To be honest I chose it because it was rather quirky looking and I was then interested in its never-ending path. Might have to do another piece that sticks a little bit better to the brief. Oh woe is me who has a wandering mind.

entry for Fecal Face

This is a piece I entered a while back for a Fecal Face's Free Fridayz. Every week a new title pops up and people will submit artwork for it. I did this one for the title, Out of Order (posted just before Christmas). It got a few votes but it was just nice to see my work up on another website.

Lloyds TSB competition piece update

Deadline is closing in and so panic has settled in rather nicely in my guts. I've changed the colour pallette to something more harmonious. Final piece?

a little something from the note book

Had a busy week where I played around with a 2500 word essay and seeing how last minute I could leave it. Fortunately the missus gave me a kick up the arse and got me moving two days before the deadline. AND LOOK WHO CAME UP ON TOP! It just made me realize that I am terrible with getting the thoughts out of my head, processing them into words and placing it on a Word document. Here are some lecture notes from quite a while ago and some not too a-while-ago.

Exhibition @ Soul Cellar, Southampton

I've got a few pieces up at the Soul Cellar thanks to Johnny Toaster's Paul and Tom Solomon. Got 4 pieces mounted on the wall and there are smaller prints* behind the bar for £15.00. It'll up for the next 2 months so have a gander if your around that way. Amongst mine are works by Billy Mathers, Ollie Stone, Jasper Dunk and Oliver Dashwood.
(*see below)

Climbing wall piece

This is a piece I did earlier for the climbing club at St Mary's. The box was 150cm in height and a bit over 100cm in width. It was dropped off at around 10.00 am yesterday morning and completed by 7.00 pm that evening.
The inspiration for the piece came from the famous section in Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling - The Creation of Adam. It was more of the composition that interested me. I inscribed touch the sky into the arm of the man in the sky because of the heights of some rocks that some people climb to. I really like how its turned out. Almost a shame its going to have bits drilled into it.
....oh I've still got my Lloyds TSB art competition to be getting on with. To whoever is out there reading this,
Wish me luck please!

Art of Nurture (Lloyds TSB competition)

Here's what I've done so far for the Art of Nurture Lloyds TSB competition. I'm going to follow the style similar to my IKEA piece I did earlier last year. Like alwasy I'm going to try and keep the image fun for the viewers. The line work was done with pencil and the colours were later added digitally.
This image is only a fraction of the whole piece. A LOT of work needed but looks promising no?
Deadline = 31st Jan