I’ve done a couple of sketches of the Lewis Chessmen.
These are miniature chess pieces that look like small and interesting characters. I thought that this would make a change from life drawing.
The first image is below.
More to follow.
Some new sketched taken form my life drawing evening class.
23rd post from my life drawing sketches.
3 new sketches of Fashion Illustration. I used mixed media and ink here.
More sketches from my sketch book.
A while back (May and June 2011) I undertook an outdoor sketching class at the Botanical Garden in Dundee. Pretty much all of my work focuses on people and characters, so I wanted to branch out and try something new. The images I created were in pastel, watercolours and pencil. I have only got round to scanning some of the images recently. The sketches were in my paper portfolio and I doubt I’ll add them to my online portfolio, so I thought I’d post them on this blog.
The first four sketches are below.
A few more illustration sketches. All three are mixed media and all three are examples of myself experimenting with new media and styles.
Some more Life Drawing images. All of these are based on photographs. Some by Helmut Newton and Henri Cartier- Bresson.
3 new sketches done in pastel. I’m really enjoying doing these fashion illustrations. I have no experience in how fabric is cut etc, so I doubt these garments are practical, but that is not the point. I am taking my knowledge of life drawing and medical illustrations and trying something new. I will post up some other sketches soon.
In my spare time I have being experimenting with Fashion Illustration. I am finding this very creative and have been attempting different things and experimenting with different media. Pens, markers, ink, charcoal, pastels, oil pastels and water colours are some of the materials I have been using. Theses 2 sketches were created using pastel.
Fashion Illustration is new for me and I am finding it very enjoyable. I never knew it could be so expressive and experimental. Expect a load of more sketches to be posted up here soon.
Steven Fraser 