Different model, same pose, two years apart.
Same but different…
Small paintings of large buildings…
“Never talk to a client about architecture. Talk to him about his children. That is simply good politics… he will not understand what you have to say about architecture most of the time.” (Ludwig Mies van der Rohe).
Ditto these drawings. (David Mackintosh).
Ink and gouache on Imitlin.
Happy Birthday Jacqueline…
At the bird sanctuary, May 1973.
Fifteen minutes worth of drawing…
If you have fifteen minutes, take a look at this video of twelve sketchbooks I used for life drawing between 2006 and 2007. Don’t worry, it’s been sped up about doublespeed, so you won’t need to dwell on a drawing you don’t like the look of for very long.
I was going to throw the books away to save space, and decided to video them so I had a record of the drawings. Each book took about 5 minutes of video and after about five were done, I’d changed my mind and wanted to keep the books. Now, I have all the books and a humungous digital file on my computer, taking up even more space.
The drawings are made in ink, charcoal, oil pencil, watercolour and graphite. The audio is a recording taken at the southern end of Killcare Beach on the Bouddi Peninsula on the central coast of New South Wales.
Please note: The life models are male and female and are nude.
The twelve drawing books.
Local colour…
This cat lives next door but eats chez moi. He prefers tuna but occasionally asks for prosciutto or even milk.
Tom.
Horizontal hold…
When I was nine I watched a movie from the forties and the bad guy wore a striped long sleeved shirt and a sailor’s hat. I decided I’d buy a shirt like that when I grew up and in January 1987, I did.
Similar to the actual striped shirt.
Road markings for modern times…
Please address enquiries to your local council.
Memory of how to set a table…
Aide memoire for when this is all over.
Parking spot…
The Ford Motor Company used the assembly line idea for building their cars around 1913. I have applied it to my car drawings in this video.
Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black. Henry Ford, 1909.
Five Films to Celebrate Seventy-five Years of Pippi Longstocking…
I’ve been making five films about the author Lauren Child and her working process illustrating Pippi Longstocking and Pippi Longstocking Goes Aboard, by Astrid Lindgren. The films are to celebrate the seventy five year anniversary of the original Pippi Longstocking.
The first film Where Do I Begin can be seen over at staringintospace.me , or you can view it below.
The music is © Soren Munk and Tom Dyson.
Film © David Mackintosh/profuselyillustrated. Permission for use of the film outside of the this website is on request. Please drop me an email.