Zemni Art and Illustration

Author: lindamayoux

  • Charcoal Drawing

    I really like the dark moody tone of charcoal. In the past I have used a range of techniques. Using willow/vine, compressed and condensed charcoal on different types of paper. I do have to be careful though using charcoal as I have a lot of problems with the dust. One way of overcoming this is…

  • Pencil Drawing

    I really enjoy using pencil in different ways. Line and sketching I also collect all the sharpenings from graphite sticks in a small container to use as graphite powder for shading – taking care not to inhale this. Some earlier drawings using this technique Drawings for Hybrids. Inspiration for pencil technique I want to significantly improve…

  • Glue Drawings

    I had often earlier used PVA glue with ink because I like the random ways in which it mixes to create interesting textures for landscapes and abstracts. Some drawings from my earlier OCA courses are given below. While doing the Invisible Cities Assignment I discovered glue drawings as I was looking for something ‘sticky’ for…

  • Peter Kuper

    I am trying to bring myself back to the smiley face. We desperately need to have artists who will tell us about the world, to describe the beautiful world we live in and try to give hope. Be kind and be positive. We live in an inspiring world. Peter Kuper is an American illustrator and cartoonist.…

  • Gouache

    Combine watercolour and acrylic techniques. Work dark to light or other way round. Washes and detail. all about edges. Can work back in. use mediums and then wash out. Print with kitchen towel and other surfaces. Lift off and blot out. Sgraffito. texture and transfer effects.   See also post Jonathon Leyton Vera John laws Youtube…

  • Coloured pencils

    Google coloured pencil artists Water-soluble Polychromos

  • Cambridge writers

    Experiments with illustrating: Historical sources on Cambridge: http://www.localhistories.org/cambridge.html Literary sources on Cambridge: Virginia Woolf: A Room of One’s Own http://seas3.elte.hu/coursematerial/PikliNatalia/Virginia_Woolf_-_A_Room_of_Ones_Own.pdf Rupert Brooke: ‘The Old Vicarage, Grantchester’ (1912) Text: https://www.bartleby.com/232/701.html and go  to Rupert Brooke Museum in The Orchard Tea Garden ) In terms of style and technique I will focus on ink, watercolour and gouache. Saying Goodbye to Cambridge…

  • John tordoff

    www.facebook.com/100005933112042/posts/1126412774233149

  • John tordoff sketchbook

    www.facebook.com/100005933112042/posts/1130585617149198

  • John tordoff concertina sketch

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