Thursday, April 21, 2011

Landscapes

River Awbeg, Doneraile Park
River Awbeg, Doneraile Park, conte crayon

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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




Castle Gale from south west - along firebreak, spring 10







near Kilcruig, Castle Gale

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Animals


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
Above - more quick sketches of Reggie in different media. Doing this series really helped improve my confidence in sketching cats.
crows in park