7. Art
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Although not photography, it seems this is a good place to put some of my other artistic creations. If I had not chosen a career in electronics, I would probably have gone for the arts instead. Having spent so much of my time building engineering projects, I spent very little time following this alternative route, and this section is tiny in comparison.
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​Most of these are still life sketches with a 2H pencil, that I produced when I attended an evening art class over a few weeks. The class didn't teach me anything new; its purpose was to socialise.
Below, inset top right is a quick sketch of the actual layout of the still life presented to me; I thought it was a rather cluttered arrangement that could be improved, so re-arranged a few items:
Below left, my quick sketch reveals a fellow artist was also covering this section of the building, I thought it would look better without them in my final sketch to the right that also modifies the scene.
Right, this was a little brass man about 3" tall with a globe of the Earth on his back. The globe was a dark green colour tarnished by the grime of time and it was quite an effort to make out the body contours.
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Below, each person in the class was given a small paper square of a cartoon cut from a larger scene. This was my contribution.
Below is a drawing I made of the view out to sea from the small fishing village of Gourdon, Scotland, where I stayed for a while:
Left:
My first (and only) attempt at a watercolour portrait.
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Right:
Another watercolour; the Kaleidoscope of colours in the transparent perspex knobs and the stainless steel bath tap intrigued me. Despite being stainless
the green is verdigris from the copper plumbing inside.
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Too busy with the main subjects, I didn't notice the perspective is reversed
on the eyes and the knobs..
Finally, some imaginary scribblings...
