Inspiration in drawing, Richard Schmidt, and Sketchbooks..

  Since The Art of the Hut project was first formed I've been gathering inspiration from various artists and visualizing all the drawings of huts I will be doing this coming summer. Studying paintings and drawings that I admire helps me with things like what works in perspective, composition, and focal points. The great artist Richard Schmidt is one of my main inspirations and I admire all of his work, and at the moment particularly his paintings of buildings. He says so much with each brushstroke and he keeps his focal point clear and the painting unconfusing which is hard when it comes to buildings.

Here are some more sketches of buildings which inspire me found on Google images. 

  

Here's some sketchbook inspiration from YouTube:

Both watercolour paintings, I might take a few watercolours with me and keep a watercolour sketchbook while we are on the trip.

Speaking of sketchbooks I have ideas of making a few of my own. I love all kinds of sketchbooks, but it is hard to find the perfect one. I may get close to what I want by making my own, using the Coptic binding technique which will allow me to open it up flat. And I also have some inspiration for covers from Pintrest.

Sailing and drawing

  Firstly, forgive my long absence from blogging. I've had a very long holidays busy with people toing and froing and doing lots of sailing.

And with this and that and one thing or another I haven't found time even to begin my art course yet! But I am going to try that this week along with trying to finally finish my big beautiful white horse who is going off to Texas when finished! 

I am also working on illustrations for my Mums book of short stories which she hopes to begin trying to get published this year. 

And I am still drawing every day! Am on day 95 now! This is what I drew today, I spent more time on my drawing today than I have for ages. And when there is nobody else to draw, well there's always one's own face! 

Here are a few more of the latest and best:

That's all for today. But I've broken my 'bloggers block' so hopefully you will be hearing from me again soon. 

Artists who Inspire Me: Hsin-Yao Tseng

  I have a bookmarks folder called 'artists' and the list has grown quite long now as I continue to come across amazing artists whose work is so inspiring.

  This weekend I discovered an incredible artist via the online Artists On Art magazine. He wrote an article on the importance of Pochades, or quick paintings. His name is Hsin-Yao Tseng. He is just a young artist, born in '86, and still has half his career before him. But already he is a successful artist and his work is so good, I look forward to seeing his future work as he can only get better!

  Here are a few examples of his work, I just love his drawings. You can see lots more on his well designed website.

As you can see he can paint in a totally different style as in the painting above.

 Here is a video promotion from an exhibition of his about a year ago.

A slideshow of his paintings. I just love the first piece of music in the video, I'm learning it on my piano at the moment.

Ink Pen Sketches #41- 44

For a week I have neglected my pen an ink sketches partly because I lost my pen and partly because I have been so busy with my big Pansy Cat drawing and other things that I didn't look very hard to find the pen. 

I did these few on Friday while I was in the craft shop.

 Quick sketch of a more detailed pencil drawing I was working on in the shop. I actually sold it (the pencil one) while I was still working on it!

Objects near at hand...

The old post office in Kaeo. 

Pen and Ink challenge

My brother's horse, Chiquita

After 'Fancy' by Will Wilson

This one was from my imagination so of course, not so good.