A few readers have been saved from getting burned by Vardis from reading my earlier post. Well, Vardis is back in the news today, in this report from the Daily Mirror: HERE’S a man who claims to have helped 500,000 vulnerable children who have suffered terrible abuse. This is how he did it… Andrew Lownsbrough … Read more
“Yes folks, our old adversary Yellow Paint Syndrome is back with a bubonic vengeance.”
Cartoon of Dickie Rock in the Showband era with the Spit on me Dickie chant as huge knickers fly towards him from the audience. Every year the Connacht Tribune runs a supplement called Country Living. It features a range of articles on modern rural living as well as nostalgic pieces on how it used to … Read more
Recently finished pencil drawing for a birthday present, worked up to A2 size from an old photo of the subjects from when they were children (without revealing ages I believe it was circa 1970s!).
I forget sometimes being so reliant on inks that pencil itself is a beautiful medium, especially when you’re working with a good range- I use B, 2B, 5B and 8B, starting with the hardest and working up to the softest, which corresponds with the darkest areas of the portrait. You need to be very careful when working with soft pencils as they smudge so easily.
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