tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42809759299560169302024-03-13T10:56:12.916+10:00sketched in memoryThis blog is a reflection of my passion for children's portraiture and the ability to capture a moment in time using nothing more than pencil and paper.holly stokeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12205148520277665624noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4280975929956016930.post-77172317956818729172017-02-27T19:59:00.000+10:002017-02-27T20:06:14.029+10:00A is for Art when B is for Babies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">Good things are better when they're shared.
My dear friend Natalie and I share a love and talent for art and have spent
many afternoons together chatting and painting (more chatting than painting
usually). I started this painting during one of our afternoons a number of
years ago and ambitiously decided that palette knives were the only applicator
that could do justice to such a lively image. Understandably the painting was
abandoned the moment I started work on the facial features; the intricacies of
which don’t lend themselves well to liberally, ladled oil paint. Frustrations
aside, the colours and textures were entertaining at least and my friend
remarked that the final product would like nice in a child’s bedroom. Jokingly
I offered the painting to her in the event that she should ever welcome a baby into
her life one day. Fast forward 2 years and I was face-to-face again (quite
literally) with the little girl in the funny hat in anticipation of the birth
of my friend’s little son. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">I was still determined to create her facial
features using palette knives and tried several strategies to achieve the final
look. These were….</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">1.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: small; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">Use the longest, thinnest pallet knives for fine detail</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">2.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: small; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">Clean your knife between applications of paint. Small detail is
very unforgiving towards mixed colours unlike large surface areas.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">3.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: small; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">Lay the painting down on a flat surface to help angle your hand
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">4.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: small; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">If using oils, allow each layer to dry to avoid mixing or smudging
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">6.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: small; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">If the paint is getting too thick and risks peeling off, thin out
some oil paint into a wash and with a broad paint brush paint in highlights and
lowlights. This will give the painting depth without adding additional thick
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">This final piece was finished a month before
his due date and is now part of a mini art gallery his mum has created in his
room. Welcome little Theodore, our newest artist in residence!</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was in grade 6. We had a substitute teacher that day. She
had an “exciting” art project for the class. Paint a picture using no more than
3 colours. Well, just feed me peas off a palette knife then! I was appalled.
What an insult to my greed at the paint trough; scoffing every blob of cheap
acrylic paint onto the underside of an ice cream lid. How dare my appreciation
of all 48 shades of magenta be repressed to just 3 colours. Am I being asked to
choose my favourite child when my family is more colourful than Mardi Gras on
steroids? This visually astute child drinks milk with her Skittles as a way to experiment
with tonal value. Not surprisingly I pronounced my resistance to the task with
a full palette of colour and completed the project in contented silence.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fast forward 22 years and I can finally see the purpose
behind the 3 colour art project set by the teacher. Minimal palettes are a
great way to explore harmonious colour schemes while forcing you to look at
colour in an atypical way. This is where I really recommend referring to a
colour wheel. You can find a good one at </span><a href="http://www.colorwheelco.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">www.colorwheelco.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.
The above oil on canvas painting of our young boy with the tennis ball was
achieved using a Split-Complementary Colour Scheme. Australian Grey
(yellow-orange spectrum) and Olive Green (yellow-green spectrum). Both colours
were used as mid tones over the Payne’s Grey and the Zinc White. I originally
started the painting without the Australian Grey (which contrary to its name is
actually a flesh colour), but felt that the Olive Green needed a lift that wasn’t
as harsh as the white. I used chisel brushes to create movement and the thick,
spherical brush to create the fur-like texture of the tennis ball. My signature
was completed in Australian Grey; following Claude Monet who always signed his
work using a colour directly taken from the painting. </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></div>
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I'm a quiet Royalist at heart and it was only a matter of time before the newest Prince's precious locks, rosy cheeks and cupid bow lips became the subject of pencil and paintbrush. The top image is in Winsor and Newton watercolours on watercolour paper. The bottom image is my usual Derwent on sketch paper.<br />
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As the Royals are pressed to modernise their image, I have often wondered how this shift will influence the portraits of future Regal posers. Is it possible that non-traditional art mediums may make an appearance in re-branding the Royal Family as an accessible, inclusive and humanistic entity? I will be interested to see over the years ahead, if opinion of the Royal Family bears any correlation with their representation in artistic form. <br />
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old photographs. Each photo (a little larger than a credit card) was sealed
individually in a plastic sandwich bag and marked at the attractive price of
$5. Along with my raspberry scones and tea I purchased two prints, both of chubby
babies donned in the day’s attire which no doubt reflected the wealth of the
families to which they were born. These little babes in their sandwich bags
have been stowed in my pyjama draw for some time now, with the promise of a
sketch in the future; a promise finally fulfilled this week.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">I chose the younger of the two babies as the image was less
tarnished by time and the baby’s subtle smile seemed to offer a slightly
rebellious nod towards the stern poses and expressions more familiar to
portrait photography of that era. I’ve only offered up a modest sketch in
Derwents using a minimal pallet and coarse pastel sketch paper to keep in tune
with the simplicity of the original image. Drawing in such a small scale
presented a challenge as Derwent colours refuse to sharpen to a fine point. I
admit to cheating a little with the eyes by introducing my Progresso Graphite
pencils for extra detail. </span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">Drawing portraits is quite an intimate process
which is made easier by knowing a little background on the subject’s
personality or quirks. Of course this would not be the case for this young
sitter from the past, however a little research did unfurl a small narrative
behind this baby. </span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Queen Street Brisbane in the late 1800s </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The photograph was taken by prominent Brisbane-based
photographers John and Thomas Matherson who owned Matherson & Co which was
based in now popular Queen Street in central Brisbane between 1870 and 1889.
Although the photo did not come with a date, I estimate it to have been taken
in the early 1880s based on similar photography presentation of the time. This
era saw Brisbane grow as a commercial city with trams and the world’s first
publicly available electric street lighting. As such, our baby likely came from
a family employed in architecture, engineering or commerce. Originally Ipswich was marked out to be
Queensland’s capital which is interesting given Matherson & Co moved their
business there in 1890; narrowly escaping the Queen Street floods in 1893. The
photograph itself is known as a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Carte</i>
as it was printed from a glass negative and mounted onto cardboard and then produced
in sets of twelve to make them convenient for swapping or sending overseas.
Possibly there are 11 more of my bonny baby across the world somewhere. This
style of photography was popular with the middle classes and represented one of
the first times babies could be photographed with greater ease and in greater
clarity. New camera technology and a faster shutter speed had finally caught up
with baby’s restless nature. Subjects also started to be photographed with
props that reflected their wealth, hobbies or personality. Our bonny baby is
clearly holding a treasured toy but as it’s obscured by a chubby hand I can’t
determine what it is (though most probably a small boat, animal or doll made of
tin). Something else which leaves me pondering is the baby’s gender. Both boys
and girls were dressed identically during this period – lace, flowers, bows and
all. <span style="font-family: inherit;">Unfortunately this would complicate things in the search to uncover the
complete identity of this little one, but I do admire how the attire of the
1880s was more about practicality than signifying a rigid gender division.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">That’s where the search ends for now. A small sketching
project has momentarily brought to the fore a little life from long ago which
will only ever be known as the mystery bonny baby from Brisbane. Perhaps
serendipitously in 130 years’ time, my baby portrait from the early 1980s will
be found protected in a sandwich bag in a wicker basket in the nook of an
antique shop for $5, purchased by an inquisitive artistic over raspberry scones
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holly stokeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12205148520277665624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4280975929956016930.post-10460875259769241532014-06-14T15:35:00.002+10:002014-06-14T15:35:53.404+10:00Finally back to a sharp pencil<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's been a while! If only I could say I'd been bogged down with all things creative and adventurous! Not to be. My day job (of which the only art opportunities are brief moments of sketching with cheap biros during lethargic teleconferences) has been demanding most of my time. I've really only just started to sharpen my pencils very recently when my mum bought me a beautiful wooden box of Windsor and Newton watercolours as a birthday gift. Very lucky! My first memory of watercolours was at the age of 6, experimenting with giant tear drops of colour on thick, textured paper. Trying to paint a flower, I was fascinated at how the bright pink and vivid purples would bleed into each other like they were trying to help you create your masterpiece. I think watercolours are good for kids as they are easy to clean up and prefer artists who aren't self conscious. With watercolours there's no going back once you commit to a stroke, the colour sucks into the welts of the paper and claims its residency irrespective of whether its placement was intended. You forfeit the usual control you have as an artists when you can't just add a layer of white paint to hide an error. It's been a fun process and I'll use future posts to share hints, tips and tools.<br />
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Another teleconference, another doodle.</div>
holly stokeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12205148520277665624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4280975929956016930.post-19483627249772418162012-08-19T19:45:00.003+10:002014-06-14T15:43:49.004+10:00A work in progress<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the things that has really helped me to progress as an artist is seeing a painting's transformation over time. It's a great way to see how colours are layered and blended and which parts of the portrait are worked on first. I've included progress shots of one of my most recent portraits. It was a really tricky one given that the girl's skin comprises of two different tones; one pink (the face) and one yellow (the hands). It was also a challenge to really capture her anxiety and the movement in the picture. Loads of fun though. </span></div>
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holly stokeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12205148520277665624noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4280975929956016930.post-16673530148077496832012-06-27T00:01:00.001+10:002012-06-27T00:03:30.376+10:00Painting light<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've been doing a series of portraits using images by one of my favourite photographers Jill Greenberg. She has a certain way of using light that is a key signature of her work and is so inspiring to paint. The light is so intense that I use a perfect white in places; no softening with the usual blue or yellow hues. It adds a harshness to the finished piece which is why I think the images can be so confronting. They're very honest and very clean. She also exaggerates the features of her subjects in post-production which serves to emphasise the emotion; just perfect for painting! The human face is also recognised not by the shape of its features, but by the way our eye perceives the light and tone reflected off those features, This is why light is so important when painting a portrait and why it's been such a joy to work from Jill's photos.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">- oil on canvas</span>holly stokeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12205148520277665624noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4280975929956016930.post-68128605755051882902012-06-25T14:26:00.002+10:002012-06-27T00:02:32.483+10:00Structure through colour<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">This image is a little tighter than previous works I've done in this style. None of the colours were mixed, they were simply applied direct from the tube onto the canvas in a deliberate but complimentary way. It's a fast technique and the obvious, thick application of colour literally builds the portrait from the canvas and gives it life. It's been an enjoyable process and a major stress reliever! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">- oil on canvas</span>holly stokeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12205148520277665624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4280975929956016930.post-22350137818675018982012-05-23T21:03:00.000+10:002012-05-23T21:03:16.537+10:00Portrait of a young boy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">During the early 90s, Rwanda experienced a dreadful civil war that separated and orphaned hundreds of thousands of young children. A photojournalist who was covering the situation in the country, found himself compelled to take photos of all these separated children and pin them up on community notice boards in the hope of tracking down a relative. As many of the children were too young to know their own name or too traumatised to speak, the photographer had them hold a sign which displayed a number for prospective family members to identify them by. The scheme was so successful that up to 80% of children were reunited with a family member, and this process of reunification is still used today by some of the world's most influential humanitarian agencies. The photojournalist quit his job and now works in humanitarian aid where he photographed 21 000 children in his first year.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">- Oil on canvas - </span></div>holly stokeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12205148520277665624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4280975929956016930.post-37320213363494634032012-03-12T13:12:00.000+10:002012-03-12T13:12:27.786+10:00Trying a new style<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMGjEdu56V8UEVEpFvscjY6erZXkRacmkNNQ-PbpbIvv5FzNiXZpIcCN7tVp7YUYc-AK8Bi1cTSSNswRKUs1zH_dETMOCCw68TwmH5R5HZzebVomKJ7AQIjXp0ZPtVR6GUGN7eyvJZZ6s/s1600/hstokes2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMGjEdu56V8UEVEpFvscjY6erZXkRacmkNNQ-PbpbIvv5FzNiXZpIcCN7tVp7YUYc-AK8Bi1cTSSNswRKUs1zH_dETMOCCw68TwmH5R5HZzebVomKJ7AQIjXp0ZPtVR6GUGN7eyvJZZ6s/s320/hstokes2012.jpg" width="258" yda="true" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK642pFj60-ep-JxSsXrHScdPrAx_7dlrSo8pfYcAn_k7Mh0NbmjK2PvX0j8Bk9qi8UkH9wkTP8uNLCFtbFxxPm4hLcjyuG9RIYFiuRH4xfk-bUL2sk1fakdAGP_A2esnCxMkL2es6iu4/s1600/hstokes2012b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK642pFj60-ep-JxSsXrHScdPrAx_7dlrSo8pfYcAn_k7Mh0NbmjK2PvX0j8Bk9qi8UkH9wkTP8uNLCFtbFxxPm4hLcjyuG9RIYFiuRH4xfk-bUL2sk1fakdAGP_A2esnCxMkL2es6iu4/s320/hstokes2012b.jpg" width="270" yda="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've been trying out a new style lately in art classes which is more similar in style to one of my favourite artists, Robert Hannaford. He uses a really wide variety of colours in his palette which are not necessarily obvious for a portrait, such as bold reds and yellow. I also didn't mix any colours on the palette, just applying them in thick strokes straight to the canvas. Both of these paitings have been done in oil which is my preferred medium to paint with and makes it easier to layer colours so that your eye blends them instead of the paint brush. My plan now is to try doing a series of these to get used to the technique. Each painting seems to take about 3 hours which is actually quicker than my pencil portraits which can take 5-6 hours!!</span> </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"></div>holly stokeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12205148520277665624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4280975929956016930.post-13581492778701503362012-01-30T21:04:00.001+10:002012-01-30T21:07:10.412+10:00Three generations<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiHK01E0WoyZxpjx8Hi9DMvXfcL2bCEWyqNjGaEoyZzlyeg4WfHQ7SAXxLI3Ayva2xrs0nDNeJ5n9Adhl1CNlfs6rKOLM-HaQXbzQvBX_VZjuQfOzqkYV_1VtqjSj3woRW54v-dnQHF5Q/s1600/ann.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gda="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiHK01E0WoyZxpjx8Hi9DMvXfcL2bCEWyqNjGaEoyZzlyeg4WfHQ7SAXxLI3Ayva2xrs0nDNeJ5n9Adhl1CNlfs6rKOLM-HaQXbzQvBX_VZjuQfOzqkYV_1VtqjSj3woRW54v-dnQHF5Q/s320/ann.jpg" width="226" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mother</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">I recently completed this lovely series of three generations of women in the one family. When drawing portraits you become so intimately familiar with the physiology of each face down to the tiniest lines and smallest veins, so when drawing a family it becomes quickly evident the genetic similarities between each member. I really enjoyed this commission with the process of capturing enough likeness to symbolise familial connection but enough difference to make each individual unique. It's also interesting to see how the fashions and hairstyles change with each generation.</span> </div>holly stokeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12205148520277665624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4280975929956016930.post-14088788704761200262011-12-30T18:21:00.000+10:002011-12-30T18:21:51.848+10:00Celebrating a milestone<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KfoJ5f9ysGs/Tv1xNUi-2FI/AAAAAAAAAEo/u-ksCNC7TDU/s1600/twins+edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="226" rea="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KfoJ5f9ysGs/Tv1xNUi-2FI/AAAAAAAAAEo/u-ksCNC7TDU/s320/twins+edit.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Mother’s Day is one of my most favourite days of the year. I’m not a mother yet, but I am fortunate enough to have an amazing mother to celebrate this special day with. My mum is a true inspiration and one of my closest friends. She has an admirable “know no limits” attitude and once said that if she ever got a tattoo it would be on the day she received a black belt in karate (she has a brown belt) and it would be the Japanese word for persistence. That’s my mum. So, for Mother’s Day this year I decided to do some portraits for her. The series included myself at the age of 2, my mum at the age of 1 and my brother at the age of 1. It took about 12 hours to create the finished piece as each portrait is only the size of a standard photo and the smaller the portrait, the harder it is to draw. I actually pulled all my neck and back muscles from bending over for so long! Mum really like it and it brought back some wonderful memories of our childhoods. She deserves so much more, but hopefully this is a small token of my appreciation of everything she’s done for me. Thanks mum! </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL7bwb_bwRoo1NrZU5YRiXf0Ue1vyHam1YxqoBt5OBAGhaw4TNVyveTCjO_ChGpxBaDgn615744SprWps-sxWyE4mpaRJQW_WYoZpto44JWY6Gqh-whaKSatKf8_nj-PT5Rp8YqySobbE/s1600/7-05-2011+8%253B45%253B03+PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">I think it's fair to say that babies are pretty remarkable. Despite their tiny size, they are just full of personality and wonderment and seem so perfect in every way. Well, a few months ago, I stumbled across a blog which journals the life of young <a href="http://randycourtneytripproth.blogspot.com/">Tripp Roth</a>. Just like every baby he was blessed with beautiful features, a charming little personality, a cheeky smile and the cutest attitude!!! Tripp also came into this world with a rare genetic condition called <a href="http://www.debra.org/">Epidermolysis Bullosa</a> which causes his skin (both internally and externally) to blister and slide away with even the slightest bump or friction. It’s very painful and requires Tripp to stay well bandaged to protect his fragile skin. Despite this, Tripp has thrived and blossomed into a beautiful individual who laughs, smiles and dances. He’s an amazing fighter and a true reflection of the human spirit’s ability to endure adversity. Tripp also has another special talent; he seems to bring out the best in everyone who meets him or hears about him. Reading over his blog it quickly becomes evident how Tripp’s story inspires such generosity in people. In my line of work I’ve met many psychologists, social workers, motivational speakers, humanitarian aid workers and special education teachers with years of experience behind them, but none have been able to inspire the generosity in people that Tripp has – and he’s not even 2 yet!!! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thankyou Tripp for your special gift in bringing out our best!</div>holly stokeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12205148520277665624noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4280975929956016930.post-26258875794400812262011-04-21T10:10:00.000+10:002011-04-21T10:10:37.502+10:00Meet Bailey<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT63uq6Y06hTeE3khAmVepmF9fOtsDGpMSV-9rKSOIdmht-ZzCl9l5NDYorNwoQbBXHEV3fEczZ9CKvAGl_GO2Dgv1ZN6u7nXiB-0KA0BCodjIR9lSrlwPdnGO_-J98pPpcBNJhq7zIXI/s1600/bailey+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT63uq6Y06hTeE3khAmVepmF9fOtsDGpMSV-9rKSOIdmht-ZzCl9l5NDYorNwoQbBXHEV3fEczZ9CKvAGl_GO2Dgv1ZN6u7nXiB-0KA0BCodjIR9lSrlwPdnGO_-J98pPpcBNJhq7zIXI/s320/bailey+.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">A few years back, I worked for awhile in foster care and child protection. One of my jobs was to “placement match”. This meant assessing the needs of a new child coming into care and deciding which family they would best be suited with. It was a really tough job and one that I didn’t always get right, which only made it all the more unforgiving. One of the children I had the pleasure of meeting was young Bailey. He needed a new family just before his first birthday. Bailey would have been one of the most adaptable and resilient babies I’ve met and always had a toothy smile and giggle for every audience he came across. He looked like the typical surfer with his curly white hair, blue eyes and board shorts and had about the same streak of courage and determinism too. He’d just jump right in and ride every wave no matter how consuming. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">One of the most frustrating aspects about the child protection system is how helpless you feel in getting the needs of each kid met. It was always a perpetual battle to obtain clothing, medical aids, a paediatric appointment, counselling, play therapy, a health care card, a birth certificate, a hair cut, approval for a change in diet or even a playdate with the biological parents. Most days on the job were spent jumping through hoops to obtain the most simplest of human needs for each child. Bailey was the first child who taught me not to focus on what can’t be done, but alternatively to focus on what can be done. As his first birthday approached it appeared he would be unable to spend the actual day with his natural parents, and as he was new in care, the funds to support his living had not come through, leaving his current foster family chewing into their savings to provide for him and several other children they were caring for. While I’m aware that Nelson Mandela never literally advocated for the human right to have one’s birthday celebrated and acknowledged, I feel that birthdays are a very momentous occasion where people you love take a moment to appreciate that the world has been privileged to have your presence in it for another year. Everyone deserves this. Bailey was no exception and with the support of his foster family, their friends, my petrol money and my friends, we gathered enough to give Bailey a birthday with cake, presents, cards, and party food. Will he remember it? Probably not. However, it was a significant milestone on two levels. Bailey turned one. And we finally found a way around the hoops and bureaucracy to show a child that he’s appreciated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>holly stokeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12205148520277665624noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4280975929956016930.post-12666144170408762652011-03-11T09:57:00.000+10:002011-03-11T09:57:08.288+10:00Exploring texture<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">One of the best aspects about portrait art (or any art style for that matter) is the ability to use artistic mediums to help enhance the mood or personality of the subject being drawn. These two images steer away from my usual style and have been created using a mixture of graphite and charcoal instead of lead. I have also used a more textured and “heavier” paper to work on. Normally I use paper stumps to help develop a smooth and flawless look, however harder strokes and more deliberate shading techniques can still work and have the advantage of helping to add movement to a portrait. If you’re currently experimenting with technique, I can confidently recommend <i>Secrets to Drawing Realistic Children</i> by Carrie Stuart Parks and Rick Parks. It was my bible and inspiration in the early days. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>holly stokeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12205148520277665624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4280975929956016930.post-5095021899961264452011-02-10T20:34:00.000+10:002011-02-10T20:34:14.740+10:00Mother and Child<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5iTbexmj1_SmZAuYR5czihnqGmAIiTpTwN8iLd2CEiG1kgOvEDFfHGwz5x14BnQiqTB09Qq2s8Gw5GGE7MRFKuZQwA1GtGlWLXdtY1-QX9GvAXI9ICAfzZbIt-ge7buhCdku4cV4Scas/s1600/mother+and+baby.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5iTbexmj1_SmZAuYR5czihnqGmAIiTpTwN8iLd2CEiG1kgOvEDFfHGwz5x14BnQiqTB09Qq2s8Gw5GGE7MRFKuZQwA1GtGlWLXdtY1-QX9GvAXI9ICAfzZbIt-ge7buhCdku4cV4Scas/s320/mother+and+baby.jpg" width="312" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The mother and child image is one that is very pronounced across most forms of art and portraiture. From the famous <i><a href="http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/03/hm3_3_1b.html">Madonna Litta</a></i> painted by Leonardo de Vinci in 1450, to the 1880s interpretation of motherhood by Vincent van Gogh in <i><a href="http://www.vangoghgallery.com/catalog/Painting/326/Mother-Roulin-with-Her-Baby.html">Mother Roulin with her Baby</a></i>, to the Impressionist representations of Edmund Tarbell’s <i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXMXGPzeuf02r2lYBUHoK8lUB1vM8pQkw7Wpc0dGfv_pS5VtALSQmQwYrx3NybjQj0kHXMSvkXNUnlzwxMzSG5DSnrdFRn0pDXZVxNVpb4IwMzz3pXAoJdDWLNvU8lXTrpYVx9YNp3ZW6Y/s1600-h/small_Mother+And+Child+In+A+Boat+2.jpg">Mother and Child</a></i> and, to the highly contemporary reflection of mothering by Keith Haring’s 1986 <i><a href="http://www.artnation.uk.com/art/158223/Untitled_Mother_and_Child_Center_1986_holding_baby">Mother Holding Baby</a></i>, the concept of motherhood seems to resonate a competitive streak in the artist keen to portray the highly emotional, complex, devoted and intense relationship between a mother and her child. It was certainly a challenge to produce this image and I still think I have a while to go before I can translate that emotional bond onto canvas. Perhaps this is something that will come more naturally once I’ve had a child of my own - that’s if I still have the time to draw!</span> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span>holly stokeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12205148520277665624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4280975929956016930.post-19449225726457939952011-02-07T21:01:00.000+10:002011-02-07T21:01:29.108+10:00A clean sheet of paper<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2wckdN5kwpQ9XKMe6rHBlZ15wYxDT3yttm7e0MDgfXtzmFwhhd6n9EP73sn7eWTEd8dQdriDaAsoi688IicFHGoNAoHmsEOh5qe5HESfzwxBCFb20pGAWgCncEHBUCFFzRZLrs79umeE/s1600/portrait+boy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2wckdN5kwpQ9XKMe6rHBlZ15wYxDT3yttm7e0MDgfXtzmFwhhd6n9EP73sn7eWTEd8dQdriDaAsoi688IicFHGoNAoHmsEOh5qe5HESfzwxBCFb20pGAWgCncEHBUCFFzRZLrs79umeE/s320/portrait+boy.jpg" width="226" /></a></div><br />
For many years I had a passion to work in the advertising industry. It was a place which indulged creativity and lateral expression on so many levels that it often became overwhelming. A copywriter who was well known for his contributions to a string of successful pasta commercials, shared with me that all creativity starts with nothing more than a clean sheet of paper and a sharp pencil. I didn't pursue a career in advertising, instead I left to educate disadvantaged youth about drugs and mental health. Minor side-step. However, to this day all of my creative endeavours have started with a clean sheet of paper and a nicely sharpened Derwent 2B.holly stokeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12205148520277665624noreply@blogger.com4