Eliza Doolittle

This is a piece called "Eliza Doolittle";  named after and Eliza Doolittle's album. This is part of the challenge/project I have set for myself where I produce 30 pieces based on album titles.


Now I'll freely admit that this doesn't really look like Eliza Doolitle in the photo I was working from but I did try. I loved doing the hair!


I only used pastel and this isn't something I often do but am reasonably pleased with the effect. The nose was difficult and something I could do with working on in the future.


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under the sea

A pic I did a few years ago, playing around with my style... at this point I hadn't quite finished the sea weed. I'll take another photo and post.

I did this with ink and pastel.

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Abstract Flowers

This is one of my favourite pictures. I love the way the pastel has blended on the petals. The black work was all done with an ordinary biro.

I get really lost in this sort of  work :)

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Sigh No More

This is a piece called "Sigh No More";  named after and Mumford and sons album. This is part of the challenge/project I have set for myself where I produce 30 pieces based on album titles.




I saw this title as a final sigh, it brought the idea of death to mind. Bright colours were used to represent  the soul leaving the body.


I combined pencil sketching and graphite sticks with pastel work to achieve the effect I wanted and am quite pleased with the result. The lips were tricky, there was a sheen that I found difficult to reproduce.... bit more practice needed

Seasons of My Soul

This is a piece called "Seasons of My Soul";  named after and Rumer's album. This is part of the challenge/project I have set for myself where I produce 30 pieces based on album titles.


I really enjoyed this piece. The central light representing my soul and the branches growing from it representing aspects of that soul- Seasons if you will.


I normally use inks with this sort of work but they didn't lend themselves to the black card I was working on- thinking now maybe silver ink or gold would. Instead, I used acrylic paint; building up enough coats to produce the depth of blue I was after. This took some time and was hard on my eyes so I could only work on it for short amounts of time.


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The Lady Killer

This is a piece called "The Lady Killer";  named after and inspired by Cee Lo's album. This is part of the challenge/project I have set for myself where I produce 30 pieces based on album titles.


With this piece I was attempting to portray a Lady who kills rather than someone who kills Ladies. I used pencil and graphite sticks with a little red pastel for the eye. I used a painting of Elizabeth Bathory who was a 16th century serial killer and placed the knife infront.


I like some elements of this composition but don't think, now, that I needed the knife (which I also found difficult to draw). I'm not happy with the sharpness of the nose or the lack of shading on the forehead.


I may re-attempt this at some point in the future.

Loud

This is a piece called Loud;  named after and inspired by Rihanna's album. This is part of the challenge/project I have set for myself where I produce 30 pieces based on album titles.

I used soft pastels and ink. I used a style that I developed myself that originated from years of doodling that began after seeing Chakotay's tattoo on Startrek Voyager- which is supposed to be Native American. I enjoyed creating this and pieces like this

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