Acrylic on board, 20 x 15 cm (= about 8 x 6 inch):
Thursday 5 April 2018
Monday 2 April 2018
Fallen things
After an evening storm, another batch of fallen leaves and blooms. Ballpoint pen and watercolor pencil on paper:
Labels:
artist Brian Van Der Spuy,
autumn,
ballpoint pen,
Bignoniaceae,
coloured pencil,
drawing,
flower,
garden,
garden plant,
leaves,
Malvaceae,
natural history,
sketch,
still life,
watercolor pencil
Sunday 1 April 2018
Friday 30 March 2018
Autumn Treasures
Autumn in the southern hemisphere. I have long loved weathered late-season leaves, and this time of year there is such a glut one doesn't know where to start. On my morning walk, I collected a bagful, and sketched some in ballpoint and watercolor pencil...
Labels:
artist Brian Van Der Spuy,
autumn,
ballpoint pen,
coloured pencil,
drawing,
egg,
fruit,
garden,
garden plant,
herbs,
leaves,
natural history,
sketch,
still life,
watercolor,
watercolor pencil,
watercolour
Thursday 29 March 2018
Wednesday 28 March 2018
Garden sketches
I went out into the garden, and sketched whatever caught my eye. Ballpoint pen with watercolor pencil.
Tuesday 27 March 2018
A YUGE cow
EDIT, 27/11/2019:
The book announced below has since been unpublished, so it is no longer available at Amazon. I have decided to make it available for free at a rather nice little website I just discovered, called Storyweaver.
My latest children's book, Itumeleng and the Moo-normous Cow, is finally available!
The book announced below has since been unpublished, so it is no longer available at Amazon. I have decided to make it available for free at a rather nice little website I just discovered, called Storyweaver.
My latest children's book, Itumeleng and the Moo-normous Cow, is finally available!
You can read the first few pages on my Books page here.
An Afrikaans version is also available:
It's a bit of a departure from my previous books, in that it is extensively illustrated. I had so much fun with it, I think I'm going to stick to this format for a while!
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