Written by Mike Lamble
I spent last Saturday working on a cartooning job as you can see the final draught before proceeding to finished drawing.
Quite a few of you have enquired about my advertised CARTOON WORKSHOPS so what I have advised is fill in the enrolment form drop it in to the appropriate holder next to the monitor on the notice board when I have enough students I will talk to you all about a date that suits. I have included a few cartoons from a book I illustrated a little while ago (below).
Sunday continued to work on Erika re-shaped the dress to create a sense of her breasts fitting underneath, or as I texted her that night “tweaked your boobs again to fit in the dress” much hilarity by return text, I do love this woman!
Written by Mike Lamble From the previous picture to this one I completed the neck, chest, and breasts, started to re-work the dress from the basic idea I put down at the start,when satisfied will move on to the hair, which will give plenty of time for the skin tones to dry before I start the long process of glazing the colour.
A wonderful weekend
‘DID THE OLD MASTERS CHEAT?’
Some of you may recall the last few years I have often mentioned from time to time my desire to do a workshop say on a Saturday morning showing how I believed the ‘Old Masters’ used optics to create their pantings and illustrated using Caravaggio as an example,which surprised many of you.
For two years on and off I have been messing about in the studio on a Saturdays with mirrors, lenses, blacking out the windows and turning the studio into a rather large Camera Obscura the later with limited success this Saturday was no exception.
but I was short of one piece of equipment until this weekend its called a ‘ Camera Lucida’ there are modern versions around I can get from overseas I wanted an old one the same design as was advertised in the 19th century, this has taken over two years to find, it will arrive by post this week, now at last after years of research I can draw all the threads together including hundreds of paintings, texts and diagrams and offer all my students a workshop which I hope will shock surprise and delight.
A few weeks ago I posted some pictures of Erika where I had started to paint her using the same process as the ‘Old Masters’ from the Renaissance I’ve had a ball painting her for the last two days What a weekend!
How often have I encouraged you to draw, draw, draw, as much as you can. Ask yourself how much time do you waste sitting in front of the TV watching mindless rubbish that doesn’t feed your heart soul or creativity? then find yourself at art class feeling angry and frustrated because the task you have undertaken, I quote “isn’t working for me”.
I have lost count over the years how many times i’ve heard that one as though its something outside a students control, when in fact it is an internal process of taking responsibility to practice even if its ONLY an hour a week between classes.
In spite of the long Christmas and new years break, doing an awful lot of end of year maintenance, at the art school, attending a wedding of one of my former students in New Zealand (who I adore) I knew I was in desperate need to practice. Whatever I have achieved in the past as a professional artist and illustrator counts for nothing now or in the future, if I don’t practice , I have grown to love it for its own sake NOT A CHORE ! another thing I must do, tick the box.
So here are some examples of of what I have been working on:
A word or two about the painting of Erika , the idea came to me when she came to class with her hair down which put me in mind of Durer’s self portrait (but obviously she is better looking) I haven’t painted in the style of the ” old masters” for a few years the last time being when my agent asked me to paint the Mona Lisa by Da Vinci for an advertising agency in Sydney, this will take sometime to complete between classes, as it progresses will keep posting pictures on the website.
The soul of my art is to have as much pleasure as possible in giving pleasure, art is not just a skill, the hand, head and heart all work in concert,channeling feelings which the artist has experienced, that is why I keep being draw back to painting Lambs Valley every time I go it looks so different.
” THE TRUE ARTIST WILL LET HIS WIFE STARVE, HIS CHILDREN GO BARE FOOT, HIS MOTHER DRUDGE FOR A LIVING AT SEVENTY SOONER THAN WORK AT ANYTHING OTHER THAN HIS ART” George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish, Socialist, Writer, Dramatist, and Critic.
I’m so excited about our up and coming exhibition at the mosman art gallery ,which I hope will turn out to be an annual event.
Great location lovely people ,the art school has contributed thousands of dollars over the years in the form of sponsorship .
I have given quite a few talks and exhibited there since I founded the art school in 1999.
I chose works which I thought represented the extraordinary range of personalities and talent we have in the school, particularly from all you ex-‘rocket scientists’ who can rightfully claim you have become artists in your own right or as I promised at the time to turn you all into ‘loose women’ (that includes the men) 🙂
Mike Nov 2012
Please come to our Celebration Night!
Date: Saturday 1st December 2012
Time: 6:30pm
Venue: Mosman Art Gallery (Corner Art Gallery Way and Myahgah Road Mosman)
Simple drinks and snacks will be served.
The Exhibition Details
Date: Saturday 1st ~ Friday 7th December
Time: 10am ~ 5pm
Mosman Art Gallery Address: Corner Art Gallery Way and Myahgah Road Mosman
Written by Mike Lamble
Written by Mike Lamble
