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Category Archives: Drawings and Sketches
Finding Beauty
I pick up pieces because they say something to me. I find beauty in them and yet they most likely will have limited monetary value. This past week, I acquired three items, which I think are good pieces of art, … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings and Sketches, Oil Paintings, Printing
Tagged bloodhound, dog, ears, forest, pattern, Salisbury Cathedral, sky, snout, wallpaper
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Priscilla Barrett artist
Today, we look at a local artist whose speciality was the portrayal of mammals. #PriscillaBarrett (Prill)(1944-2021) was born in Cape Town. From her youth, she was a lover of the natural world and the animals that inhabit it. She graduated … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings and Sketches, Watercolour paintings
Tagged drawing, Genet, mammal
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An unsigned drawing
This past week, I picked up a small drawing titled ‘The Happy Child’. It is done in pencil/graphite. I think the child portrayed is meant to be #Cupid. We can see the end of his bow showing from under his … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings and Sketches
Tagged bow, child, cupid, doll, Eros, graphite, Punchinello, robe, toy
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Hand written
Every once and a while I come across a hand written note book, diary, autograph book or recipe/cook book and today I would like to look at one such item. The autograph book contains a number of drawings which are … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings and Sketches, Writing/Books
Tagged dress, fairies, girl, moon, scissors, thistledown, thread
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Artist Ben Ripper
We are going down the road to nearby Swaffham in Norfolk to visit with artist #BenRipper. Swaffham was made famous in the Stephen Fry television series ‘Kingdom’. Ben was a local character. Ben was, of course, artist, as well as … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings and Sketches
Tagged church, Market Cross, Norfolk, Swaffham, tower, town, trees
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Two pieces separated by time and distance
I thought today, I would write about two pieces which I recently added to my collection. They come from very different times and were made half a world apart. We begin with the most recent artwork. A piece done in … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings and Sketches, Lino/woodcuts
Tagged bluebird, cherry tree, children, forest, pastel, watercolour, woodblock
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Two Modern European Artists
We will start today with a piece which has been in my collection for a number of years. #KarlEwaldOlszewski (1884-1965) was a German artist who studied at the Academy of Fine Arts and later in Paris. He began as a … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings and Sketches, Watercolour paintings
Tagged balcony, beach, dunes, facade, grass, Paris, restaurant, sea, swans
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Robert Kilpatrick artist
Our artist today comes from Scotland who was a local favourite in the area around the town of St. Monans. #RobertKilpatrick (act. 1935 – 1950) worked mostly in watercolour with a few excursions into oils. He, mostly, painted scenes of … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings and Sketches, Watercolour paintings
Tagged anchors, banner, canal, farm buildings, motto, ropes, Samuel Pepys, trees, windmills
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The hand-drawn map
Now-a-days we use satnavs to plan our routes for traveling and take pictures for memory. Previously, we used atlases and street directories and again took pictures and possibly a diary. I came across a hand drawn map a while back … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings and Sketches
Tagged Brittany, cities, France, lakes, maps, rivers, roads, towns
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One name, two artists
Once in a while one comes across artists with the same name. Earlier, I have blogged about JMW Turner as well as J Turner (Turner of Oxford) so today I want to look at the artists known as #JohnWard. We … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings and Sketches, Watercolour paintings
Tagged arches, boats, Bristol, church, opera, seamen, ships, St Mary's Radcliffe
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