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Wednesday, April 29, 2009







crayon on masonite drawings.

Summer is here with all it's distractions, so posting will be less frequent for the next few months.

7 comments:

Joyce said...

These are wonderful sketches. There is so much activity in the marks--they remind me of Van Gogh's drawings. Very pleasing to the eye.

Clive said...

Hi Joyce! Thanks for visiting...still not sure where these are going. I was going to quite while I was a head...but more seem to slowly keep coming.

John Salmon said...

Lovely work Clive. Have a great summer let's hope it's a good one.

Willy Ashworth said...

Clive, these are just so alive, and the resulting texture is very appealing to the eye.



Thanks for posting!

Jared Shear said...

Cool stuff Clive.....interesting technique with the crayon on masonite.

David Lobenberg said...

Dig the self portrait, Mr. Watercolorist (and draughtsman)!

Clive said...

Cheers you lot. I have never been able to render beyond a certain point very well, too impatient and not enough sensibility for it. I'm totally linear. Apparently the English are inherently linear, so it's in my bones somehow. I adore line, but really want to render a bit, and somehow working on the masonite is so disruptive of the rendering process that it prevents me from recoiling from it. I've always been able to handle a bit of hatching though, so the line drawing plus hatching plus the disruptive lines of the gesso texture on masonite allowed me to do these very modest renderings. Enjoyed doing them so hope to do more. I like the disruption because it leaves a lot out and it feels a bit out of control. Maybe thats a bit like watercolour. If I'm completely in control I crash and burn for some disconcerting reason. Very worrying when it comes to driving a car.

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Clive has painted and exhibited watercolour, and also painted for animated film and television, for 25 years. He is presently a submerging artist working in Cumberland, BC, Canada. For information on pricing and availability of paintings please contact the above galleries.