Folded Wings

Today the opposite of tomato is Lonely Angel Dust


graphite & putty eraser/30x20cm

Back to the 'roadkill' diptych series, & an interestingly folded example of compressed subject/object matter.

Soundtrack:


Nick Drake 'Five Leaves Left', 'Bryter Layter' & 'Pink Moon'
Cocteau Twins 'Lullabies to Violaine'

It's that suitably autumnal time of year when one remembers the passing of Nick Drake, of course - not that any excuse should be needed to appreciate his still-wonderful albums...

And More Express Portraits

Being the latest couple of 'express' portrait sketches...


graphite/each 15x10.5cm scraps

The Rise and Fall of the Letter P...

With thanks to Lambchop for providing an appropriate title for this post, with this particular drawing-as-processed we find ourselves back in the room with the familiar subject matter of found 'roadkill', again featuring a truncated, 'synechdochal' fragment of a brand name amongst the folds of the compressed, re-formed object, tenaciously retaining its identity within its altered circumstances...


graphite & putty eraser/30x20cm

Soundtrack:


White Stripes 'Elephant'
Lambchop 'Aw, C'mon/No, You C'mon'
The Beatles 'White Album'
Low 'The Great Destroyer'

More Express Portraits

Continuing with the series of 5 - 10 minute portrait sketches as opportunity has allowed over the course of the week, including a few examples of subjects sporting striking, 'enhanced' red hair (which scans v. poorly, alas!) amongst some interesting styles.
Given the fascination of the human face & its different instances, it's a particular challenge to capture at least something of an essence within the short space of available time...




graphite/each approx. 15x10.5cm scraps

Express Portraits

A departure here from the habitual working method of slowly processed, labour intensive drawings, in the form of a couple of by-necessity quick-fire observational sketches made within the context of the workplace (incidentally finally achieving a long-held ambition of, effectively, being paid to draw, or at least having the opportunity to draw whilst being paid: result, of sorts, albeit compromised by the confines of one's duties), enabled by a temporary change in situation, from one's usual station to another vantage point where such an activity as drawing, momentarily at least, might be possible. As the subjects are limited to a maximum of 15 minutes at their adjacent station, thus time is very much of the essence in the capturing of such...


graphite/each approx. 15x10cm scraps

More of the Same...

graphite & putty eraser with watercolour/30x20cm

Being the reverse of the compressed can depicting the 'lemons still life' design as featured in the drawing posted immediately previously, & also, incidentally, the 100th drawing of this year.

Soundtrack:


Rae & Christian 'Northern Sulphuric Soul'
White Stripes 'De Stijl'
Tara Jane O'Neil 'A Ways Away'
Moon Wiring Club 'Shoes Off and Chairs Away'
Hanne Hukkelberg 'Rykestrasse 68'

Lemon Squash...

graphite & putty eraser with watercolour/30x20cm

The latest drawing in the 'roadkill' diptych series, processed from found subject/object matter, & featuring, courtesy of the design depicted upon the surface of the compressed can, the representation of a still life composition within the still life of the object itself: the picture-within-a-picture being, of course, a familiar artistic trope.

Soundtrack:


PJ Harvey 'White Chalk'
Cat Power 'The Covers Record'
Mogwai 'Come On Die Young'
Hanne Hukkelberg 'Rykestrasse 68'
Moon Wiring Club 'An Audience of Art Deco Eyes'
Boards of Canada 'In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country'