Spirit - 2

I feels good to be off on another adventure.The preparation time before starting has been reduced simply by starting before all the elements have been refined and finalised.This si an ongoing process which requires some particular concentration as you will see in due course. Mean while..I have presented the photographs in order of the most recent at the top. At the bottom is my initial sketch onto the paper before inking. It is unusual for me to 'sketch' directly onto the paper with out preparing a finished drawing in another book, making a tracing and transferring it by that method.

Drawing is probably one of the most important aspects in producing art work..good draughtsmanship is the skeleton upon which everything else hangs. I do realise that this is rather a dated philosophy, but one which suits my style of working. No matter what style one aspires to..observation and accurate drawing tunes the eye and the co ordination of mind to hand...

To prove that drawing is a basic discipline, below is an beautiful deceptively simple drawing made by a famous artist...can you guess who it is by?......answer tomorrow!