Figure

Posted by Stephen Quirke on September 18, 2011 under Art, figure, watercolor, watercolour | 6 Comments to Read

Tonight’s work – now I am going squint and can’t see what I am doing anymore.

You can see it was still wet when I took the photo.  The graininess is from my French Ultramarine which grew a fungus in the palette because it stood too long – and it was sealed so it stayed damp – and this seemed to chow all the binder – gum arabic or whatever it was.

I will see if it needs touch ups tomorrow

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Spring evening at The Pipe

Posted by Stephen Quirke on September 17, 2011 under Art, en plein air, painting, Strand Pipe beach, watercolor, watercolour | 4 Comments to Read

A spring evening at The Pipe.  Painted on 185gm Arches Cold Pressed – 280x190mm.

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Lunch with Simon

Posted by Stephen Quirke on September 16, 2011 under Art, Drawing, figure, painting, watercolor, watercolour | 6 Comments to Read

Here is the drawing I did of the sermon where Jesus had lunch with Simon the Pharisee and the woman came in and washed his feet with tears and poured a bottle of perfume over them.

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Illustrations for a Christmas sermon on the life of Jesus

Posted by Stephen Quirke on September 14, 2011 under Art, Drawing, en plein air, illustration | Be the First to Comment

I did these illustrations for a Christmas sermon using khoki pen, stencils and spray cans.  Each is on a sheet made of 3×2 flip-charts, mounted on a sheet of plywood.

Angels attend the birth:

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A man had two sons

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I am sure you know the story that begins “A man had two sons…”:

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David and Goliath

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Here is a set of drawings I did with fat khoki pens to illustrate a sermon on the story of David and Goliath.  Here is the practice on Goliath of Gath:

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Betty’s Bay Commission

Posted by Stephen Quirke on September 11, 2011 under Art, Betty's Bay, seascape, watercolor, watercolour | 2 Comments to Read

At last I have begun:

Each of the paintings is on a full sheet of 300gm Arches 300gm rough.

Hopefully tomorrow I will have a chance to progress this.

Here is how it looks today 24 September.  This is a not a great photo – I had to climb up on a step ladder to get enough height to fit all three paintings in.

I have been out to Betty’s Bay again and have taken some photos in the late afternoon.  It takes a while to become familiar with a new scene to paint.

To see how I am doing I put the paintings against my bookshelf and look at them from outside my studio – like this:

And here we are late on Wednesday 28 September 2011.  Hey! the world didn’t end today!!! Phew – someone told me that Planet X was suppose to plough into planet Earth today.  Bah! – Though I suppose we still have an hour of today left around here.

Anyway – here is the painting as it looks now:

or like this:

Stealing time – but the time was mine

Posted by Stephen Quirke on September 10, 2011 under Art, figure, painting, watercolor, watercolour | 6 Comments to Read

This week I stole an hour, in the middle of capturing a workshop document from my other world, to do this painting.  I just did some touch-ups and want to take it down to the Chameleon Gallery in Kalk Bay – maybe even later today.

This is on 300gm Arches Hot Pressed and is 380x280mm