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WV1685
2011
"There's no time for waiting
No future to see
Inside the next moment
Nothing might be
The answer's not certain
No time to decide
Is this the last curtain
There's no place to hide..."
(Leon Russell, Elton John, THE UNION)
Ink on $teinbach paper
Fun morning with the Brisbane Urban Sketchers at South Bank. I really love drawing the Moreton Bay Fig Tree trunks.. Can you find the water dragon?
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2010
"Oh you came to town in headlines
And eight hundred dollar shoes..."
An ink drawing of Sir Elton John after the Cover of the Rolling Stone in June 1971.
Elton signed it during one of his concerts in the USA.
#75 of 365 Daily Drawings
Inspiration: My recent birthday
Result: Infinity Dragon
Materials: Pentel 0.3 HB, Micron 005 & 02 pens, in a Moleskine plain journal
Location: At home
Note: I have always been associated with dragons. I don't mean that I think I am one or feel an affinity for them, rather that throughout my life people have gifted me with dragon totems and nicknames. Born in the Year of the Dragon helps explain how it started, but not why it has persisted for decades. After a while it just became such a strong part of my identity that I now sport a dragon tattoo.
As a birthday card to myself I decided to draw one, curled in the symbol of infinity, which also happens to be the shape that my family has traditionally baked for birthdays a sweet bread made with saffron, raisins, orange peel and almonds instead of a cake with candles. :)
#309 of 365 Daily Drawings
Inspiration: Barcelona
Result: Day 3
Materials: Pentel 0.3 HB, Sakura Micron 005 & Faber-Castell Albrecht Durer watercolour pencils in a Stillman & Birn Zeta series sketchbook
Location: apartment in Barcelona
Note: The following drawings are reflections of my trip to Spain, Dublin and Scotland. It's a combination sketchbook / journal. Not all of the pages contain writing ....those are yet to be filled in because while I did make a point of doing a drawing every day I really didn't have time to also fill in the blanks with words...those are to come. I just needed to get these posted so I could get my daily drawings back on track. :)
Inktober #10 of 31
Inspiration: ... Thinking of fairy tales...
Materials: Pentel 0.3 HB, Platinum Carbon Fountain Pen, Kuretake No. 13 Fountain Brush Pen & Faber-castell in a Stillman & Birn Epsilon series sketchbook
Location: Home
Note: just messing around...if I get my chores done today then I might get at those cats that are piling up.
....I don't even know what to make of this colour. Scanning it. Photographing it.....nope. Not going to get anywhere near the weirdness in real life. Red? Orange? Touch of neon peach? It breaks with water to paler but even more messed up version of what it scans. I have no idea....aside from the fact that it is not to my tastes.
WV1129
2008
Coloured pencil and ink on $teinbach paper
"...You can't shoot down the moon
Some things never change
We can build a bridge between us
But the empty space remains
Just as long as you're around
We live on borrowed time
I'll put my money where my mouth is
You're guilty at the scene of the crime
I never say more than I need
The mystery runs deep
The dangers buried below
The secrets that you keep"
SHOOT DOWN THE MOON - Elton John, 1985;
#69 of 365 Daily Drawings
Inspiration: What if 007, Q & M were canines...
Result: MI-K9
Materials: Pentel 0.3 HB, Micron 005 & 02 pens, in a Moleskine plain journal
Location: At home
Note: Yeah more Skyfall inspired doodling....*cough*....this time thinking what breeds would Bond, Q and M be if the were dogs.
The answer...at least using my pretzel logic are the following ~ Scottish Deerhound/007 (big, loyal gun dog and...er ...Scottish), Border Collie/Q (always the smartest pup in the class...THE genius of the dog world) and British Bulldog/M (no explanation necessary) ~ but most important....ALL are native to the U.K... in case you were wondering.
Two Arab lads saw me sketching and stopped to chat. One said I was self confident to be able to sketch on a Saturday night in this spot. I told them that lots of people passed me but they were the only ones to stop and ask me about my work. He said it’s natural to stop and chat to someone drawing. They asked if I could draw them and that I should be in no hurry. They said the shoes look better drawn than their faces!
I sent them this sketch.
2008
Ink on paper
3.5x4.5 inches
SOLD
As an exercise in discipline and productivity, I began doing little sketches in a Strathmore pocket sketchpad.
I've been drawing ink bottles in my sketchpad a lot as of late. I suppose the attraction derives from the values created by the varying reflective surfaces of glass and plastic along with the shapes and textures. Fun times drawing this little bugger!
©Ashley Anderson
#201 of 365 Daily Drawings
Inspiration: Freezing Rain
Result: Not impressed by Mother Nature
Materials: Pentel 0.3 HB, Sakura Micron in a Moleskine Plain notebook
Location: home (waiting to leave before my trip was cancelled)
Note: I was supposed to go out of town this weekend but Mother Nature had other ideas and sent freezing rain to glaze my world like a giant ice encrusted donut. Power (and heat) just came back on after 12 hours.....and I am grateful it was ONLY 12 hours. I spent most of the day on the couch with blankets, cats and a book.
The book in case you were wondering: Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us (a must read in my opinion)
#120 of 365 Daily Drawings
Inspiration: Dr. Who
Result: Bow Ties are Cool!
Materials: Pentel 0.3 HB, Copic MultiLiner SP 0.03 in a Stillman & Birn Epsilon series sketchbook ( 21.6 cm 27.9 cm / 8 1/2" x 11")
Location: Home
Note: My 12 year old son and I have been watching a lot of Dr. Who lately and it's become a running joke around the house to just randomly proclaim that 'bow ties are cool!' I'm sure the owl Doctor has been done a bazillion times before but I just had to get it out of my system :)
My lovely muse today is Merlin, based on a photograph by Martin Usborne. Drawn with Platinum Carbon black and Kalligraphie Scriptorium's Oak Gall inks.
...working the permanent inks and having little nervous breakdowns daily, but getting braver.
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2013
Elton John Songs Illustrated
VICTIM OF LOVE
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Born Bad
Music & lyrics by Elton John & Pete Bellotte 1979
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You've been crying
And there ain't no use denying
It was me
Who put you through this misery
And I'd like to say I'm sorry
But I can't, no I can't
Nothing's gonna change me
Baby, that's the way I am
I was born bad
Always been the same, yes I was born bad
Never gonna change 'cause I was born bad
Only me to blame 'cause I was born bad
Yes I was born bad
Always been my habit, I was born bad
Just can't seem to help it, I was born bad
Always gonna happen, I was born bad
'Cause I was born bad
I mistreat you
And you know I always cheat you
But that's me
And that's the it's always been
And I'd like to say I'm sorry
But I can't, no I can't
Nothing's gonna change me
Baby, that's the way I am
#195 of 365 Daily Drawings
Inspiration: Lots of squirrels in the yard today
Result: Bubblesqueak
Materials: Pentel 0.3 HB, Platinum Carbon Fountain Pen in a Stillman & Birn Epsilon series sketchbook ( 21.6 cm 27.9 cm / 8 1/2” x 11”)
Location: Home
Note:...the rodent militia has been busy dashing about garden & deck, stuffing their faces with seeds & entertaining my cats....so I was inspired to draw a squirrel. I hesitated when committing to filling in the figure with shapes instead of fur...those first few circles being the hardest...but once you start you just gotta go for broke now that you've laid some ink. Good self challenge.
#76 of 365 Daily Drawings
Inspiration: Joulupukki / Yule Goat
Result: naughty goat
Materials: Pentel 0.3 HB, Micron 005 & 02 pens, in a Moleskine plain journal
Location: At home
Note: The word for Santa Claus in Finnish is Joulupukki/Yule Goat and a straw goat is a traditional symbol of this festive season. This is a nod and a wink to family in Finland :)
....and I wanted to draw a cute goat. Maaaaaa.