Vector Graphics
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Trencadís(h)
Here is something slightly different, inspired by a recent visit to the Park Güell and various modernist buildings in Barcelona, where Gaudi created a lot of mosaics using ceramic shards. This drawing is not exactly a piece of “trencadís” however, as no physical shards of glazed ceramic were used. Rather it was simply drawn as…
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Shadows in Sienna
Sienna in the sunshine is also very full of dark shadows, which to me suggested the use of a very stark black and white effect, drawn here using a vector graphics package called Linearity Curve. The vector graphics technique creates straight and extremely sharp edges, which gives a rather striking effect. However, it must be…
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Cows at Gatton
Gatton Park has many fine views, thanks to a combination of the natural landscape and to Lancelot “Capability” Brown’s attention some 250 years ago. I have drawn this particular view a few times using different techniques – this vector graphic created using the LibreOffice drawing tools is my favourite to date. This style makes everything…
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Tomatoes
I have always been impressed by those stylised pictures where very few colours or tones are used to create very striking images – often used for example in period posters. It occurred to me when I first started playing with drawing apps on the computer that they would be an ideal medium in which to…
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Public Transport
These two images started out as an exercise in drawing silhouettes, so each head in view is different in some way (although you will probably need to zoom in to the picture to be able to see this). However, in the end they turned into what I fondly imagine to be typical commuting scenes –…
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