Lady at a Restaurant Table

Viking of Old

My second Viking installment.. I had this doodle tucked away in a box in my cupboard, and have wanted to present him for a while. I think he makes a valuable contribution simply for the pleasure I took in having him made. You can make out the design outlines (the cross which measures the proportions) underneath still. I decided to frame and post him here, possibly also I will make a print in a bigger scale on what I may then apply some further investitures!!  I now have two north men pictures on my blog!!! Why? I have always felt a lot of inspiration from this historical/geographical idea.  I  have imagined the small boats and oars and misty fog enveloped fjords and as a young boy I was fond of the fantastical elements therein too.  That's why! He is that self same idea! 

Yesterday I met Beatrice Mcsorely (an established artist from Belgium) it was very inspiring, she recommended that I try my hand at etchings, when she saw this piece which she said she liked. I also explained that I had scanned it from my sketch book and was quite disappointed at how it looks digitally, allot of the vibrancy is lost I think. Anyway.. I have tried to render it with certain photo enhancing options and I have put a frame around it. Done with ball-pen again! CM.

This guy has a phallic gun and very insubstantial hands with which to fire it. He represents (to me.. not to give up too many secrets online) illegitimate pride, which comes with seeking status and recognition, which I read somewhere only recently. Certainly in that sense he represents a part of myself that used to be.. anyway. It is a mixed media event, pastels and charcoal background as well as pencils with oil paints and foreground cut out (that always looks nice scanned). L8r

I think that aesthetically these are not the most pleasing articles from my portfolio or what amounts to what could be termed that, for now. However I do believe they are of some worth if not simply for the colours and in recalling it experimentally. I was specifically intending something comic in form at the time and trying to do most of the work before capturing it digitally. More and more in my personal life I am realising the necessary enjoyment that comes with any creative process. I have gotten a certain amount of joy out of all my productions, and these would be two such products. Their presence on my blog was mandatory, and in completing the theme(s) that have developed here so far. You will notice in the characters that are repeated. Lekka! C.M.

Another master work of a digital doodle, highest quality that you have come to expect.. Usual methods, ball pen done in a scrap book. These type of works are best finished with oil. Obviously it is just a style, and in these instances as with most of recent, there is no particular purpose inherent, so I have resorted to simply putting in minimal colours and posting. Online 4ever! ~L8r