A blast from the past - whilst cleaning up today I came across all my old HSC Drawing Major Works from *cough* years ago...(1981). They are a mixture of watercolour pencils, coloured pencil and (rotring) pen and ink. I must say looking back some were more successful than others...
I have just completed my latest botanical illustration - this time of a waratah - telopia speciosissima.... The waratah has long been an inspiration of mine - 1. NSW State Floral Emblem - 7. 1998 Waratah - 8. Wild Waratah - 25. Waratah - 82. Waratahs & Flannel Flowers - 83. Waratah 02 - Australian... Continue Reading →
I have just finished this Tawny Frogmouth illustration using rotring pens and lots and lot and lots of dots! The basic technique involves using dots to create the image - the closer the dots the deeper the tone. I would like to try the Tawny Frogmouth images in watercolour as well for the current project... Continue Reading →
This Cassowary drawing is one I completed as part of my HSC Art Major Works - a long time ago..... I used the fine rotring pen that I have resurrected for my recent illustration course work and used watercolour pencils for the colouring. Cassowary are huge scary birds - they have large, dangerous toed feet... Continue Reading →
This was the final set drawing for the short botanical illustration course I finished last week. It is Banksia serrata - Saw banksia - which I featured in a previous post. The challenge now is to try a variety of subjects in this illustrative style and improve my skill in this area.
Wildflowerings - Art Studio Diary 