life drawing class - willow charcoal |
Statues outside County Hall, Cork, July '11 |
Dad |
Please note: these images aren't necessarily placed in chronological order or correspond with the date of posting. Click on the Labels on the right to find different categories.
Looking east from kitchen 9.20am June11, showery - compressed charcoal. I twisted the charcoal around in all directions then rubbed in places with a plastic eraser. |
Looking north east 11.40am same morning as above June 11 - ballpoint pen. Thick heavy rolling cloud (rather sausage like) in lower middle . Was surprisingly fun to do clouds with this medium. |
Oil pastel over acrylic underpainting - imaginary, wanted to add some much needed colour to my sketchbook. |
O'Rahilly Road - inktense blocks wet and dry autumn '11 |
Bridges on Dublin - Cork road May '11 |
Mitchelstown - top of square |
Part of derelict hospital, Western Road, Cork - ballpoint pen |
River Awbeg, Doneraile Park |
River Awbeg, Doneraile Park, conte crayon |
Snow covered lane to footbridge - near Kildorrery |
Further along the same lane as above |
Galtee mountains on murky morning |
Riverbank near Kilflyn church |
Fermoy Park 031110 - the strong light and shade on the sculptural shapes of the foreground bamboo bushes stopped me in my tracks and I just had to try and capture it on paper. |
trees from kitchen window - june 2010 |
From moving car - passenger seat of course! |
Kildorrery from Ballyenahan - snow covered landscape, sunny but freezing , mid-morning., Dec '10, conte crayon |
sunlight breaking through clouds - Nov |
Imaginary landscape - chalks, water and coloured pencil, June 2010 |
riverbank Fermoy, Feb '11 |
twig in charcoal |
Galtees - oil pastel - (showery) 2010 |
Garretstown - sea, small headland, old breakwater, blue pencil - 301210 |
Castle Gale and The Pinnacle from Gortnahown, Mitchelstown Feb 11 |
- in traffic queue near Dunkettle roundabout, Cork feb11 |
Ballyhouras from Gortnahown 120311
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My sister's dog - Meg asleep in basket For once Meg was still for at least ten minutes, so I made the most of the opportunity. |
An early scribble |
Fleeting sketches of swans on River Blackwater, Fermoy |
Reggie Feb '11 charcoal |
soft pastel |
conte crayon and pastel pencil |
gel pen |
pencil |
pencil |
oil pastel |
oil pastel |
pencil |
chalk pastel |
oil pastel and pencil |
oil pastel |
ballpoint |
pencil |
pencil coloured pencil |
crows in park |