OKAT's Faves

Charcoal and trois crayons on brown paper.

Face sketches

Wee watercolour sketch of Donkey Orchids from the forest near Greenbushes.

Strugglin with towns

Fish face

The first in the Pregnant series. Pencil, A5 sketchbook

Portrait of Duncan Trussell and some happy mushrooms

My first attempt at a concertina birthday card. While simple to make, it can be a bit fiddly and getting the proportions and placement of objects right for each layer is important so that everything can be seen once the layers are overlapped. It reminds me of printing processes, where each layer is gradually added. It was quite an enjoyable process.

Testing out new processes printing leaves using block printing ink.

A experimental combination of abstract, geometric lines with organic shapes of gum leaves. Pen, watercolour and masking fluid.

Drawing Prompt Submission

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Teaching painting is a great task to ask of a person who doesn't paint. I do not paint. I teach the manipulation of media through experience. "Learn from doing!" I say. Monochromatic pastel exercises help my students to get a handle on the media. We explore value and composition and the handling of media. Sometimes happy accidents occur. This was my example to the teens on composition and value. It is a journey.

I did this with colored pencils. My reference photo, was from a book cover.