106. Another Perspective 3

And then we lay in a second circle ... and finish the whites with black ... and noted that wee bit of white in the yellow (argh) ... but will attend to it (natch) ... but what o do with that white circle ... I tried a simple pencil feel of a bunch of leaves but doesn't feel right ... if that makes sense to you ...

105. Another Perspective 2

Then going to the shops I was inspired by the myriad types of ink pens available ... so the above starts taking shape ... consists of different size nips and different types and colours of ink ... including deliberate smudging to make some look faded ...

104. Another Perspective 1

 

 

A blank canvas ... and a circle in pencil (yes another circle) ... and after some though ... yellow paint ...

103. Circle of Life Another Round 1.2

And here it is, seen from another angle ... I shot the pic from all four angles ... 5 if you count from top ... but I loved this angle as you can see the deliberate peak on the right of orange, red and yellow

102. Circle of Life Another Client 1.1

Sorry for the poor quality of the photography ... so that it is not so sharp ... anyway had to do a new one to replace the one in Monaco ... hehehe

101. Tuscany Plate 1.3

 

And here is the final inked piece ... to my own surprise I am actually quite happy with it ... the imperfections actually add on to it rather than take away from it

100. Tuscany Plate 1.2

 

And rather than re-fine the pencil outline draft ... I decided to progress straight on to inks to build my confidence in my lines ... as you can see it is wavery still

99. Tuscany Plate 1.1

 

I was looking for something to sketch ... something different to see if I can do it ... and I remembered seeing some awesome enamel (I think) plates while I was in Nice ... and so here is the initial pencil sketch