Showing posts with label Tea time. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tea time. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Teatime - A closer look.

Here are a few close up shots which you may or may not be interested in. It was back in Early May that I began work on this piece....322 hours later, i'm fininshed...but more than that, the photo session for which I took pictures of myself for this work inspired and horrified me so much as to my appearance , that I embarked upon a regime of self improvement. Now, , 5 months later, I am over 3 stone lighter and have progressed from 20 mins of brisk walking to 6.5 miles of running on alternate evenings. I am truly 'fit' and have achieved something I never thought possible and a heritage for my next 50 years!!

'Teatime' is more than just a personal motivator for personal betterment..it is a statement of peculiarity..a surreal version of my state of being...an underlining of progression..so far.
reluctant as I've become to making interpretations of my work, I'd like to draw your attention to the stream of tea falling from the cup.....I intended ( and hopefully successfully) to depict a double helix which represents the DNA strand. I based this composition around a quote made by British pop star David 'Boy George' O'Dowd..who when asked about his sexuality and what his attitude to sex was, replied " Sex?...I'd rather have a cup of tea".

Whilst the phrase still lingers in our ears, the organic and bestial instinct within us decrees that we seek a mate of compatibility to our facets and needs....the obvious ( naked souls) are a distraction to the nurtured and refined sensibilities of our desires are revealed ( the Can can dancer exposed ) ..whilst We ( I ) can claim our interest is NOT the evelation of the erotic...it is within our DNA that we find the attraction of sexuality unavoidable.







Monday, October 17, 2011

Teatime - Finished.

 'Teatime' (2011)
70 x 41 cm.



Saturday, October 15, 2011

Teatime - 95

This is the only section I have yet to complete! I could easily have finished it today, but I've decided to save it ...I'll probably finish it on Monday...but I have to take a trip out to the art shop to buy a new sketch book and an A2 pad ( in which format I'm intending to base the next few 'large scale drawings) I can't tell you how enjoyable I find working on a large long term project, but I'm challenging myself ( at least for the next year) to increase my output by reduction in scale.....I wonder how long that resolve will last?

Friday, October 14, 2011

Teatime - 94

Sorry for the slope!...this side of the picture is just about finished!!...unbelievable I know..it seems like I've been working on this forever! My plans for my next 'major' piece are well in progress and at time of writing, it will be rather smaller than this one!

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Teatime - 93

Not long to go now!...Having completed the flying Crow, I've made a basic layer for the sky then started the process of darkening it from right to left...you'll easily see where I've got up to! I've yet to put a line of grave stones beyond the trees...adjust the shading to my legs and head..then move onto tweaking the other flowers not shown here then the area around my signature which always is the last thing to do!

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Teatime - 92

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Teatime - 91

Monday, October 10, 2011

Teatime - 90

Have now completed just over 300 hours work on this picture...nearing the end though. I like my little running men...the chaps on the left have been finished..the trio on the right have yet to be worked on.

In other news,  continue to run...having lost over 3 stone (42 lbs) my weight has remained the same for four weeks now...so some sort of equilibrium has been achieved. I've run six miles on a few occasions last week, but managed to strain my right calf muscle whilst doing an aerobic workout on Friday..so I've rested over the weekend and resumed training today with a gentle two mile jog around my local park...the injury feels OK and should not prevent me from resuming regular runs this week.

Sunday, October 09, 2011

Teatime - 89

Here's a close up of the final group of running men..I apply a basic layer of dots then develop shadows which will add definition to arms, legs and heads. I still have work on my legs to blend away any hard edges.

Saturday, October 08, 2011

Teatime - 88

Gradually coming to the end of the Dandelions in this section at least..I've next got to refine my legs then I can begin work on the runners..trees etc..

Friday, October 07, 2011

Teatime - 87

Thursday, October 06, 2011

Teatime - 86

A long hard day working on the (what have become) Dandelion clocks in the grass..I like them...in reality they would not be even..they would be clumped.....but this isn't reality!

Wednesday, October 05, 2011

Teatime - 85

You're watching the final big area on this piece..there's always a moment in a pictures progress when things speed up and the end comes quickly...or at least gives the impression of hurried arrival....although how the word 'hurried' can be attached to something was was begun in the early days of May is a little over stated!

In case you're wondering...I originally had no intention of idea that I'd be adding another image of myself into the composition...I originally sketched plans for my Cello girl to be sitting in that place...just goes to show that the best laid plans even when working to such a fine degree can be altered at short notice!

Tuesday, October 04, 2011

Teatime - 84

Have now progressed well with the running me....it's slow going getting the face correct...I still look as if I've been down a coal mine...but this should look OK one the very dark back ground is added in.

Saturday, October 01, 2011

Teatime - 83

 Working my way across..the little fella on the right has now started jogging!...I've also refined the ground cover with lots more there to do. the grave stones ( which often feature in my work) are there policing the horizon mapping the journey of the train and the walkers/runners..as in deed the we are all bounderied by the limits of our own mortality..in everything weather we are aware of it or not...it is inevitable.

Below are a couple of detailed close ups.

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Teatime - 82

Today I worked on refining the hair, star top and back ground...I've added in grave stones too plus the next figure who appears to have taken up power walking!

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Teatime - 80

I've decided to make the back grounds trees in a stylised way...I know the style is called 'Broom' because it's one I used when I grew bonsai trees. the shape goes well with the arches of the viaduct and other curves such as the girls and the planets.

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Teatime - 79

I find it perplexing that occasionally I hear that some people find my work hard to deal with because of the nudity and subject matter. i like the fact that I can illicit reactions in my viewers...true art causes reaction...acceptance and complacency are enemies to me. thankfully Michael Angelo, Raphael, Davinci, Rubens, etc on and on and every classically accepted and revered artist in history have also had their  erm knockers and detractors...it didn't seem to do them any harm!..and it won't do me any harm....I shall strive and continue to produce work that causes reaction! :)

Friday, September 23, 2011

Teatime - 78

I really enjoy putting the back ground into my work..the characters assume a greater relevance when viewed in context to their surrounding. A bit obvious to say I suppose, but I tend to like rather sombre twilight/ night time scenes as the softness and shadows brings a dream like quality to proceedings...my reasons and influences exist in the shadows and darkness of time..the deep core of my past...they live in my dreams, my fantasies..and my thoughts.

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Teatime - 77