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Nibbles and Notes - Day 14
ANITA DAVIES | July 14th 2008 by Anita Davies
Did you know that pears are high in natural fruit sugars, making them a quick and convenient source of energy? read more
Day 31 - The Voice Of Anita Davies
ANITA DAVIES | May 31st 2008 by Anita Davies
“My journals have opened my wings and allowed me to fly.”Anita DaviesI had to be the last voice didn't I?I've enjoyed illustrating some of my favourite quotations this month. The khadi book, with it's rough texture, was a challenge I regretted ta read more
Day 18 - The Voice Of Sam Levenson
ANITA DAVIES | May 18th 2008 by Anita Davies
If you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm. Sam Levenson read more
Day 12 - The Voice Of Morihei Ueshiba
ANITA DAVIES | May 12th 2008 by Anita Davies
Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something. Morihei Ueshiba read more
Sketches from the garden
Dave's Blog | May 12th 2008 by Dave
I've been so busy lately that I've fallen behind with my Every Day in May posting, though I have been keeping up with doing some art every day...honest! Today, I'm catching up a little bit by posting some sketches of things growing in our garden. O read more
Winsor & Newton Artists Journal
Dave's Blog | May 7th 2008 by Dave
It's a bit difficult to find time to keep up with the Every Day in May challenge at the moment! Work is busy with exams just around the corner and I'm still getting ready for the 10k race, now only 11 days away (eek!), which means going out running read more
Manequin
Dave's Blog | May 5th 2008 by Dave
Today is a public holiday in England (not sure about Scotland), but not for the hard-working staff of the University of Oxford. :( Never mind, it rained so much I wasn't really missing much. Unfortunately, that also meant I was confined to indoor s read more
Day 4 - The Voice Of Pudlo Pudlat
ANITA DAVIES | May 4th 2008 by Anita Davies
"If an artist draws a subject over and over again in different ways, then he will learn something."Pudlo Pudlat read more
Day 2 - The Voice Of Billy Connolly
ANITA DAVIES | May 2nd 2008 by Anita Davies
"Fame is being asked to sign your autograph on the back of a cigarette packet."Billy ConnollyI'm finding the roughness of the Khadi paper quite a challenge, the ink seems to hit and miss as I sketch and accuracy with watercolour placement seems impos read more
Noodlers and Lamy
ANITA DAVIES | May 1st 2008 by Anita Davies
On Thursday I spent the day with a couple of favourites of mine, Noodler's Red/Black ink and my bright yellow Lamy Safari fountain pen.I love working with these tools, sketching randomly without a care in the world and a thought for error. I've been read more
Finally...
ANITA DAVIES | April 29th 2008 by Anita Davies
These are the last pages in my 40th Birthday Journal my Sons gifted me at the beginning of April. It has been a pleasure to use.My truck went in for it's first MOT on Monday.A little early, I parked firstly in Church Lane, Doddington and sketched som read more
Life Drawing At Gainsborough House
ANITA DAVIES | April 8th 2008 by Anita Davies
Acrylic on stretched canvas - Pose:1 hourMy six hour day at Gainsborough House on Saturday with a life model and an hour break for lunch. 5 full hours of life drawing!I took everything but the kitchen sink and I used most of it, I even set up my ease read more
A Day With Ellie
ANITA DAVIES | March 28th 2008 by Anita Davies
I spent Wednesday looking after Ellie. She, Harry and I had the whole day together!We spent a wonderful day chasing her around the floorboards, I'd forgotten how quickly a baby can move!The two short naps she had presented perfect sketching opportuni read more
Celebration Hunt
ANITA DAVIES | March 25th 2008 by Anita Davies
Managed a couple of pages for the 79th Scavenger Hunt over at Wet Canvas over the weekend.I decided to stick the list into my journal before drawing the items over it on the first page because I always tend to loose it and have to print several throu read more
Boxed In
ANITA DAVIES | March 19th 2008 by Anita Davies
On Tuesday I met with some friends in Wisbech and we sketched together. I produced the top sketch, a corner of the host's lounge, taking far longer than necessary because they wouldn't stop talking...or was it me that didn't stop talking?...Nooo, it read more
Waiting For Harry
ANITA DAVIES | March 18th 2008 by Anita Davies
Ink & watecolour These are a couple of very quick sketches I made outside the school waiting for Harry.On both occasions I arrived a little early, so I grabbed my small Canson sketchbook and made the most of the time I had before going to collect read more
Just Ink
ANITA DAVIES | March 16th 2008 by Anita Davies
I've spent the weekend doodling in ink, all sorts of ink; red, green, blue, Noodler's in red/black and W&N in 'Nut Brown' shade.I've used pigment liners, Lamy fountain pens and dip pens...and all from the comfort of my sofa! read more
Mirror Magic
ANITA DAVIES | January 12th 2008 by Anita Davies
I sketched today's self portrait in approx. 20 minutes while looking into a mirror using pigment liner and watercolour washes, once again working purely on instinct, no measuring or constructive thought involved. I'm finding this exercise most intere read more
Stiletto Blonde
ANITA DAVIES | January 9th 2008 by Anita Davies
Bit of a girlie day today...My new shoes arrived with the post this morning, a suede little number with leather detail and a tiny silver buckle. YUM! A great excuse for a sketch!I then set about painting my dark Cruella D'evil roots with a nice blond read more
HB 10
ANITA DAVIES | January 8th 2008 by Anita Davies
I'm rather pleased with this 10 minute self portrait for more than one reason, mostly the nose, symmetry and the fact that I am not frowning and don't look 103 years old.Of course....that could all change tomorrow but today it seems my instincts cut read more
Fragrant Feet and Dragonflies
ANITA DAVIES | January 5th 2008 by Anita Davies
Today's journal entry started with my hand holding a new bottle of perfume, I used a mixture of inktense and coloured pencil to create this sketch. Then, this afternoon, Harry sat on the sofa next to me and his feet looked so cute I caught a quick sk read more
Perfection
ANITA DAVIES | December 31st 2007 by Anita Davies
An eye for perfection - Canson sketchbookBattling with the beast! read more
Jumping A Hurdle
ANITA DAVIES | December 28th 2007 by Anita Davies
Imagination sketches - Canson watercolour sketchbook - Inktense/watercolour/inkI've found it difficult to sketch the past few days, choosing a subject has been most difficult and much time has been wasted simply holding my sketchbook open, pen poised read more
Lamy, Noodler's and Canson
ANITA DAVIES | December 27th 2007 by Anita Davies
Imagination sketch in Canson Watercolour SketchbookI have started a new journal, the Canson watercolour sketchbook 21cm x 15cm purchased for £11.10 at Greatart. It has a delicious, bright red cover and is filled with 230g watercolour paper, slightly read more
Christmas Eve
ANITA DAVIES | December 27th 2007 by Anita Davies
Absolutely NO sleep Christmas Eve at all but I did manage to grab an hour on the sofa after all the unwrapping while everyone was busy indulging in their new gifts.Luckily I am used to very little sleep and was soon up bounding around in the kitchen read more
Character Building
ANITA DAVIES | December 27th 2007 by Anita Davies
Quick Imagination sketches in Roberson HP Journal read more
Fragments
ANITA DAVIES | December 23rd 2007 by Anita Davies
Fragments of my day yesterday include my Son Harry, my own hand, the Christmas lanterns that currently line our drive, glasses and a view of the Fens. read more
Midweek Mix
ANITA DAVIES | December 19th 2007 by Anita Davies
Today's journal page started with this image, sketched in my journal in the early hours before finally retiring to bed. A simple sketch of one of my 'Artline' pigment liners using a Jet Black Inktense pencil and a water brush.This often happens, I fe read more
Ink sketches
Dave's Blog | October 11th 2007 by Dave
It's been over a week since I posted. Life's been hectic, mainly because it's the start of a new academic year, with it's seemingly endless number of welcome receptions, induction briefings, and dinners. The college Freshers Dinner can be slightly read more
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