Recent sketches

A bunch of random sketches of various things, partly as studies, partly just for fun.

I just love drawing camels, which strike me as somehow simultaneously graceful and goofy:

A ceramic jug in charcoal:

And using a still from a film as reference:

For copyright reasons, one cannot really use stills from films directly as references, but such studies can help one get a better understanding of such things as old style clothing, weapons and buildings. 

Two Courgettes and Tomato

Oil on board, 15 x 20 cm:

Got a bit of glare on the painting when I took the photo, it seems. Perhaps I'll try again later and put up a better picture...

Silverware and Onion

Painted from life, oil on board, 15 x 20 cm:

Quick sketches

Some quick sketches. I got hold of one of those cheap children's watercolor pan sets, and wanted to take it for a test drive, so I put an egg and two cherry tomatoes on the table, sketched them in ballpoint and splashed some cheap watercolour over them. I think even the cheap colours may come in handy for sketching.

And then a portrait sketch of Ryan, the son of friends of mine. Seven is not the best age at which to try sitting still for more than ten minutes at a time, so I had to work at breakneck speed, and there was no question of making corrections! 

Pencil on paper, 20 x 15 cm:

Miniature glass and cherry tomatoes

Oil on board, 10 x 15 cm:

The tomatoes from my own garden, no less. Putting them into a painting kind of required me to work on a small scale, and lucky thing I was able to get hold of a little mini-glass to go with them. 

Kullervo's Curse

A quick sketch after the original painting by the Finnish artist Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865 - 1931). Of course, I couldn't possibly do it justice. Pencil on cartridge paper, 297 x 210 mm:

Egg and Tot Measure

Oil on board, 15 x 10 cm: