Fish-dog, face with geometric nose

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Fish-dog and face with geometric nose

 pen on paper, 15  x 10 cm

 

 

 

 

Faces with geometric noses are extremely enjoyable doodle subjects, partly because they allow one to do cross-hatching and create three dimensions. They always make me think of Bertie Bassett -¨Britains Greatest Asset"-  mascot for Liquorice Allsorts.

 

 I like three-dimensional letters for the same reasons though they lack the puzzle-quality that abstracting facial features provides.

 

I very often doodle letters of the alphabet but I feel this merits a posting of its own.

 

 

 

 

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Paintings in Progress - stage 5

I've tightened up the details, but more detail is still needed in both.

Neither picture has been especially popular on Flickr, perhaps because they lack the sort of clear singular images that make things stand out there.

The Yellow painting (B) makes me think of Bertie Basset. I like long titles, and may call it, "The Hero on his way to even Greater Glory". I like the Russian-ness of the title- the painting takes some things from Malevich and Rodchenko.

The Green (A) has much to do with growth and fertility. I may call it "The Garden of Earthly Delights, or Weird and Kinky"