Artistic – Graeme Skinner

It had to be done

19 January 2020 Graeme Skinner

Tolkien and his works has been on my mind more than usual this week following the death of Christopher Tolkien, so I ended up scribbling Gandalf sketches, Gandalf hats, his staff…. you get the idea 😉 anyway, I decided I needed to practice sketching robes and folds in clothing a bit more so used the Hobbit movie poster as a reference for a Gandalf sketch. Now I need to start from scratch again and work on a larger Gandalf illustration, I just need to wake up and get some energy…

Earth

21 December 201921 December 2019 Graeme Skinner

A pen and ink piece to keep the brain going 😉 the theme is ‘Earth’ this month as part of a four month four elements grand theme.

Drawing Castlerigg

24 November 2019 Graeme Skinner

Started off doodling on a large sheet of paper to practice some sketching techniques, and the doodle grew and grew until I finished off a drawing of Castlerigg Stone Circle – normally I just focus on a stone or two so completing the full circle is unusual for me 😉

Sign of the times

2 November 2019 Graeme Skinner

It’s practice time, so I’ve been painting colours, skies, grass, clouds, washes…. and I got the point where I had to do something a bit more real. So I rattled out a quick practice painting 😉

War Dog

15 September 2019 Graeme Skinner

It’s an armour theme this month over on John Howe’s website, and I had intended doing a fairly sensible pen & ink piece, so how I came to paint this ‘war dog’ I have no idea. Hugo wasn’t too keen to model for it but luckily it didn’t take too long to paint 😉