Trees in winter, Praia Mocambique

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Trees in winter, Praia Mocambique, oil on card, 26 x 27;5 cm - available

Today was exceptionately pleasant. The sunlight was sharp and constant. There was no wind and few people or dogs. I wokred very smoothly, untroubled by any neuroses.

Painting after a little break of a few days is much nicer than working every day, though of course any tutor one will tell you that working daily is the key to advancing technically. I also believe it is, but the joy of any activity is lost when sessions are too close on the backs of each other.

 

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Studious girl (happier), angry girl

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Studious girl (happier), angry girl (less studious)

 pen on paper, 9 x 5 cm

 

 

 

 Somewhat feline girls.

 

 

 

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The spiritual one

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Spiritual one, pen on paper, 5 x 7 cm

  

This one owes something to Odilon Redon's Parsifal.

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Scooter boy; rearing horse and running boy

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Scooter boy, pen on paper, 7.5 x 8 cm

 

 

Zoom! goes the Scooter boy! Zoom!

 

The Scooter Boy relates to a Running Boy and a Rearing Horse, which appear frequently in doodles because all deal with motion. The other doodles are almost all stationary or ponderous.

 

 

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Saplings, Praia Moçambique

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Saplings, Praia Moçambique,  oil on card, 20.7 x 24 cm

 

 

 

 

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Detached leg with sock and shoe

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Detached leg with sock and shoe

 pen on paper, 8 x 5 cm

I've been drawing such legs for at least 30 years. I also like drawing shoes very much. I might try to do some during today's lesson.

I can't say that the leg here is very well drawn, and I am not sure if it is really very nice. Well...

  The shape of legs, their curves, are very nice to describe in brisk movements of the pen. I like to add socks or shoes partly because I find toes unsatisfyingly complex to draw.

 

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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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