Hue & Line

21-12-19.

Mainly a two nights away, concentrated sketch-book effort,

 even though this scheme did germinate earlier.

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A quick couple of carols.

22-12-19.

Ripened Cave,
Similar to the cave in  Chang Mai, that hosted the swallows during the day and the bats at night. And seemed to have strange untouched burial areas in amongst upper sub caves.

A Wisp Without a Whap.
A what does it matter crisis.

I know I am not important, but I have to carry on.

I am well & truly making this blog up as I go along.

21-12-19.

Summer Abroad
Now that it’s grey winter, we are planning for our holiday in a spreading but clean, enclosed hotel in the warm abroad.

A stone boat for the cruise ship tours to come and gawp at in a small Greek  island called Simi, a haven for small motor boats.

Porto Colum
a stationary boat.

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Prelude to a Farewell.

Similar in composition to the Black & White ~ Heaven & Hell that everybody copied off each other, in school as young teenagers.
This also started off as a tester for some of the thicker paintings starring in “Goodbye to Autumn”.

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The Boatman
a final offering to the world of summer.

Terminal.

Yet more comfort in the darkness.

Striking a serious pose.

Friend or foe?

A simple but somewhat intense conversation punctuated with the odd
“Oh, I know”
With a promise to meet up again soon.
Had/ve to call a stop on this before it takes off from the rest!

Wish upon
a guilted spider star.
Strategic, but I try not to think about it.
Stars are pervading the whole of my universe.

Sunny Christmas Day

If I had a choice between snow at Christmas or sunshine

I would choose the latter.

a moorhen for Angie

a long way to be pulled back out from.

Lab in a Pointers stance
 - I do believe he is trying to tell me something.

a schools mural project that was successful & effective

wear from fast moving cycle traffic,
posted in the "involuntary painting group"

not sure where these two should end up,
or exactly what they were about.
I think maybe they ought to provoke so kind of narrative, but, as yet, I haven't found a box to fit them into.

a sentry for the locks

shared to the group "happenstance"
important to me because of it's profundity.

Stairway to Heaven
shared in Happenstance & Involuntary painting.

no crib for a bed,
Sutton Park.

happy wandering on a canal

Beautiful colours

on

a

Beautiful Christmas Day.

opinionated, but quite possibly correct.

Opinionated, but quite Possibly Correct

2b PNG stencil

Stencil

Forgetting where all the images came from, this part encompasses a broad selection. Using PNG images, I was able to superimpose one image upon another, making a hybrid.
It started as a device to move some of the pictures forward, keeping them fresh and sparing myself the smudges & over workings.

I called it “stencil” because the process is like using a stencil ~ only from the bottom up rather than the top down & leaving the stencil part of the operation intact.

2b

still 2b !

Po 7 opinionated

Backing 8

Po 8

I could have sworn it was over there

I left it over there I tell you

The Full Unedited Version

where did I put my car keys?

When I started drawing these I didn’t have a name or even a purpose for them. The names came through in various spurts after they were finished.

Now you as a viewer, must forget the name I gave them!

spot on
cheers!

abject idiocy going down

can I help?

about to change

hang on

head over heels

in time

perplexed

sad Cinderella

sharing the vision

Stephanie Clifton: Would you consider setting up a camera to record you while working? I would think fascinating!
Alan Morris; I often wonder about that too Stephanie. Martin's drawings seem to flow without lifting the pen from the paper.

I've been videoed doing large paintings. In fact it can give me a bit more kind of "show off" power. I have also started at one o'clock type of thing, almost to order.
"Avast ye Dogs" in theatrical fashion.
The drawings are a different thing, they happen when they happen, they don't follow rules and very rarely occur in similar ways.
I'm also not doing them all the time - they come in blocks quite often. I've got a set coming through here, they will end up in a blog, as will this writing!
If I knew someone was holding a camera over me ~ I wouldn't "freeze" as such.

 Thanks for the "flow" comment. I almost feel unworthy! My main tutor, back in the early 70's described mark making as being "breathed onto a surface."
(John Hacker)

 

A shy, but friendly elf named Flack

got any spare change?

seen my new motor?

reluctant ~ but

unsure

hallelujah!

Close to the Edge.