my attempt to stop procrastinating and start drawing!
Monday, 8 December 2008
Comfort Zone
Here are some studies of Molly. Sometimes I just don't know what to draw, and I think I must be in my comfort zone drawing the dogs and my boyfriend. However, I think I could draw them all day and every day and never get any of them quite right!
My name is Angie Wood and I live on a narrowboat on the beautiful Oxford canal.
A long time ago in the eighties I studied Art and Design at Goldsmiths College and went on to be a paste up artist and then a graphic designer. I’ve never stopped painting and drawing though – I painted pet and animal portraits for a while and over the past two years have begun creating small oil paintings of vintage objects, textiles and flowers. I collect items from fleamarkets to paint and my little narrowboat is getting fuller all the time! I’m particularly delighted by colourful patterns on textiles and ceramics and I also love painting reflective surfaces. I’m usually attracted to items from the early part of the twentieth century, which bring back memories of my great aunts’ and grandmother’s cosy houses. My artistic aim is to pay homage to the things I paint by observing them as closely as I can, and to create something beautiful that will hopefully make people as happy as I was when I was making it!
6 comments:
Very sweet drawings of your doggie! I really like your pastel works too.
The drawings of your dog are just wonderful. I love drawing my dog, Sophie, and all my Bali dogs. I wonder what makes that so?
lovely
your word verification reads 'bunty'!
Awww... I especially like the top one of Molly, Annie. Such economy of line yet Molly is all there.
from annie
Well, only you would know that it's not quite right - looks very doggy to me.
thanks everyone. I love your Bali dogs Jennifer. Andrea, they do come up with some strange words sometimes don't they!
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