Battle ground of St Oswald on Hadrian’s Wall, a stunning spot. Photo manipulated with Vihgo.
Heavenfield
April 5, 2010Heavenfield
April 5, 2010Battle ground of St Oswald on Hadrian’s Wall, a stunning spot. Photo manipulated with Vihgo.
Staithes harbour
March 28, 2010
I really enjoyed painting the red rooftops of Staithes and got my watercolours out to replace sketching with my iPhone for the first time for ages. I am rusty! In the end sketching with a felt pen worked best…
Watching the waves
March 28, 2010
Spent much of the weekend sketching the red rooves at Staithes, but enjoyed capturing the stillest people on the beach too.
Tree on speed
March 28, 2010
Doodling with a sketch outline of a tree in Brushes and Vihgo apps on the iPhone.
Kate McGwire
March 19, 2010This artist’s work both intrigues and repels me. There is something of death, and preservation of bodies about the work, and the way it’s exhibited adds to that feeling.
iPhone art across the Atlantic
March 16, 2010Since I have been so very focussed on iPhone art recently (ref previous post) I have just decided to give in to it for now, and work towards an exhibition in June as part of Sheffield Open Up http://www.openupsheffield.co.uk/. This will be the first iPhone Art exhibition in Sheffield (I believe). I do miss painting – with paints – and drawing – on paper – but reckon I should just go with the flow. My joy in iPhone art has been inflated along with my ego since, as a result of my recent blog on iPhone art on the Open College of the Arts blog WeareOCA I was contacted by a journalist wanting to follow up on the story that led to an iPhone image of mine on the front page of a local paper in Oklahoma. The result of this latest interview? A piece on local radio in Sheffield about my art plus a Youtube story.
Kate looking for gear online
March 1, 2010
I expect my OCA tutor David has given up on me. David, its just that I am sooo into iPhone art its taken over! I do draw every day, and my observational skills have definitely improved, all be it that most of the sketches are on my iPhone. This was a ten minute sketch done today. Am going to start posting my iPhone images on my blog.
Blocks and unblocking
February 4, 2010I was distressed to hear of a colleague’s complete blockage on painting today, but it chimed with me. How to you ‘go back’ when you think you have moved forward and then realise that you haven’t after all, in a creative sense? I am currently still totally focussed on iPhone art and a commission I have. Does this move me anywhere? Actually, I think ultimately it does. My observational skills have definitely improved since using my iPhone as a sketch pad, since it is always with me to capture moments I would otherwise miss, AND I have a painting commission worth a bit of money. Since I am struggling financially, this is pretty motivating, and when it comes down to it, has made me think. He wants a triptych. Now why should I produce a triptych on order? Well, apart from the money, I needed to find a justification, and just that exercise has stimulated the creative cells. Its sometimes just serendipity that finds a path through blocks, I think I’ve found mine … 🙂
