Drawing In Pencil

2006-03-22T14:33:00.000+11:00

Well, where does the time go?
It's been such a long time since my last post. I have been a busy little vegemite let me tell you.
I have just got back from another musical tour through Victoria nd South Australia. It was great fun, I will post some more over the next few days when I'm not so busy...
Thanks.

2005-11-15T07:38:00.000+11:00

Art Sales: 6 steps to make your artist's website sell: "6 steps to make your artist's website sell
By Josse Ford and Daniel Tardent
This article shows you how to use your website to build a solid foundation and system for art sales that will leave you more freedom to actually be an artist! Lets get started.."

Great read guys.. BradW

2005-11-15T07:34:00.000+11:00

The Business End of Creativity - Copywriting, Marketing, Advertising, Selling: "You're an expert artist, jewelry maker, graphic designer, or crafter who wants to start making money with your skills. What are some things you need to know about setting up a business and marketing yourself to the world? Or if you're a business owner, what do you need to understand about creativity-related issues in the workplace?"

This a great article guys, check it out. It might just help you make a start.. Brad W

2005-11-10T13:17:00.000+11:00

Beginner Drawing Exercise - Wire Drawing: "This is one of the first drawing exercises that I use with a new class, as it is non-threatening - because the wire shapes are abstract, you can't really be critical of them. It is also a great exercise in hand-eye co-ordination. Becuase the wire doesn't look like anything, you can't revert to 'drawing what you think you know' but have to consistently use your eyes to study the shapes. "

Brad says," This is a great tip for anyone who loves to draw".

2005-11-02T11:39:00.000+11:00

Hi again all..
I am writing just to keep you all updated on my new look site.
I have managed to change a few things around on my site and updated some of the downloads I have online. You must sign up for free entry into this area.
Some of the new downloads and information that I am trying to provide for you online, is taking a bit longer than anticipated. Hang tight though, its coming...
www.pencilartandprints.com
Kindest regards,
Brad.

2005-10-14T08:55:00.000+10:00

Sketchbook Ideas - Portrait Drawing: "Portrait and Figure Drawing
Drawing Portraits is a demanding task - the subtle differences that make each human face unique can be a real challenge! Figure drawing is the classic test of drawing ability. Here are some ideas to get you started with developing your skills or break out of a rut with drawing."

Brad says, "its a great article, check the rest out".

2005-10-08T15:45:00.000+10:00

Hello again all.
I'm proud to say, I have spent the last few days rebuilding my website.
I'm pretty happy with how it has come up, please give me your comments.
I hope you enjoy it.
Hope you have a woderful day.

Regards,
Brad. W.
www.pencilartandprints.com

2005-10-07T19:58:00.000+10:00

Have you ever wondered if art and music, as a therapy, help children?

Well let me share this little story with you, that happened to me in Queensland.

While I was in QLD playing on the tour(see below), I met a small boy, about 9yrs old, in a hotel in Thangool. He was there with his father, who obviously had a mental disability, as did the boy to some extent... Before the show started, he came up to us as we were setting up the stage lights and talked to us about his favourite colour, due to the colour of the lights.. He told me his favourite colour was blue.
During the show the boy was sitting right up front of stage and couldn't take his eyes off us the whole time, even though, through the whole show, his old man was getting off his head on caffine and dancing around the room yelling and swearing his box off. This was due to the fact he sat there and must have had about 15 cans of coke in two hours. The poor boy just sat there with a smile as big as WA on his face, totally trying to ignore his dad.
At the end of the show, the band and I went through to the bar and sat there for a few beers, to wind down. I coudn't believe what i saw in this SMOKE filled bar. This little boy was over in the corner all by himself trying not to cry as his dad played pool and drank more coke. Apart from the smoke, the bar was filled with a mob of drunks full of grog and bad manners, swearing and fighting over in the corner...
My jaw dropped.. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. This little boy was left alone in this bar to do what he wanted, if he wasn't so scared that is.
Every time we looked over at him and caught his eye, his face would light up and he would give us a huge wave.. This brought tears to my eyes, and I tried to hold it back as I thought of something to do with this boy... It really did affect me badly... (Crying is not something someone does in a bar full of XXXX and rum drinking cowboys)
Anyway, I thought of the band and I signing a guitar pick each and Tim, our drummer, signing an old drum stick and giving these to the boy. You should have seen his face when we took them to him.... He lit up like you wouldn't believe.... It nearly made me break into tears again..
During this time, he was left to go to the toilet by himself, passing by all the violent drunks on his way.... As he walked back to his table, he was practicing his stick spinning skills and holding the picks against his heart... You should have seen his grin. He was soon joined by one of the bar staffs sons, to look after him, and he sat there for the rest of the night (1.30am) with a monster grin on his face, looking over at us untill he left. Even then he didn't want to go without saying goodbye to us, laging behind his dad as they walked out... What a champ...
This would have had to be one of the most incredible experiences of my life, I would have to say. I will never forget him and his two big front teeth. We tour there again next year, I hope he comes back to see us..
I hope the art form of music changed his life to some degree... I'm not much of a writer, but I hope this gets my point across. I think it works without a doubt..

2005-10-06T12:57:00.000+10:00

Hi all,

I just thought I would let you all know that I will soon be getting a new website up and running.
It will be targeting Webpage Design.
I have added a temporary page to PencilArtandPrints, but that will soon be obsolete.
If you are an Artist or anyone for that matter, I can design you a simple website, starting from $200AU.
If you can't wait for the new website and you are interested, please post a comment on this post and leave your email address and name and I will email you back with all the details.
If you would rather email me, you can at: webd@pencilartandprints.com.

Thankyou
Brad. W.
www.pencilartandprints.com/webdesign.htm

2005-10-02T10:48:00.000+10:00

Purchasing Framed Art For Your Home or Office - a Novel Way to Decorate: "Framed art is an ideal compliment to any room of your home or office. Decorating an environment using framed artwork is quick, easy and is usually relatively inexpensive. People generally choose framed art because it matches their decor, or because they like the actual piece and conducting this selection can be great fun because the choice is simply huge."

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2005-09-29T17:14:00.000+10:00

About.com: http://www.stlukeseye.com/Anatomy.asp: "Eye Anatomy
A guide to the many parts of the human eye and how they function.
The ability to see is dependent on the actions of several structures in and around the eyeball. The graphic below lists many of the essential components of the eye's optical system."

Brad says: 'Check out the rest of the article..'

2005-09-22T12:11:00.000+10:00

Drawing Quotes - Quotations About Drawing: "Here is a collection of artist quotes related to drawing, with the exception of a couple of general quotes of interest, such as Cicero's comment on the value of practice. I've long since lost the origin of most of them, but I'll try to remedy this over time, and add more quotes as I find them. They are in no particular order. Try using these for calligraphy practice, or adding something inspirational to your sketchbook or scrapbook. Enjoy! "

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2005-09-20T15:18:00.000+10:00

Here are a few more pics guys....
I have posted a few earlier, these are just to add to the ones below.

This was taken during a bit of a drinking session in a backyard at Gympie.

Thats me with that silly grin and the blue cap on.

This shot was taken just outside of Townsville.

Oh, what a life... Thats me, again, having a kip south of Cairns.

Taking pictures of road trains, south of Charters Towers.

Thats Matt Manning on the right (the lead guitarist in our band), me on the left, winding down after a show in Chinchilla.

2005-09-16T13:46:00.000+10:00

Hello again.
Here are a couple of pictures from my trip away to QLD.
We started in a town called Dalby, toured all the way to Mossman, nth of Cairns and then returned to Gympie for the Country Muster.
I got home last Sunday, and its taken me a couple of days to get back into the rythmn of being here.
Anyway, here we go....

The first picture was taken at the Gympie Muster, toward the end of our tour. Thats me on the right, playing the Bass guitar.

This second photo was taken at a lookout near Charters Towers, nth QLD. Note the beautiful Blackboy in the foreground

This photo (below) was taken in a small place called, Thangool, sth of Rockhampton, QLD. We were setting up for the show that night. This small town is where one of the best experiences of my life happened, during that night, too much detail to explain, but it totally changed my life.

As you can see, this next photo was taken in a small locality called Moonie. We played in a small hall there, and it was one of the best sounding shows we did..... I love old halls.

This photo was taken with me sitting in a new rescue chopper in Rockhampton. Flying is another one of my life passions...

2005-08-25T18:23:00.000+10:00

Hello again guys,

Just thought I would put this photo up before I left again..

This is a photo of a little walkway up in Cairns. Its along the airport road and its a walk into the mangroves. I think its about an 800m walk.

There are small signs posted around the walk, telling you all about the different species of crabs that live in this particular area.

I thought it looked like an interesting photo op, so I took it.

I hope you like it. Cheers.

2005-08-25T15:24:00.000+10:00

Hi all,
I'm just in Brissy, having a weeks break from my tour of QLD.
I get back to Tamworth around the 8th of September.
Posting more articles and photos when I get back home...
See ya soon

2005-07-30T21:29:00.000+10:00

Hi guys,

Here's my most recent digital photograph, thats worth posting.

It was an accident actually, taken with a shutter setting of 1" and a setting of F4.8, and a flash, wich ruined the time exposure, but anyway. this is what turned out when the horse walked in front of the lense....

Hope you find it as interesting as I did.

2005-07-29T17:15:00.000+10:00

Workplace Innovation: Six Myths of Business Creativity Blasted: "Six Myths of Creativity Blasted
By Chris Dunmire
If I was still punching a time clock as a cubical dweller, I would print hundreds of copies of this article by Bill Breen and stuff it into every manager's mailbox I could find. Attached would be a big yellow Post-it note with the message:"

Bradley Says,... Read entire article from the link above.
If you own or run a website and would like to know more about how to optimise it. Click the link about Optimisation on previous posts.

2005-07-21T13:32:00.000+10:00

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If you're anything like me, you've probably created a brand new website, Submitted it to a few search engines and hoped that people would mysteriously show up at your site and buy whatever it is you were selling.
After a couple of weeks go by and only a few stray people show up at your website, you decide to try and "optimize" your website around your main keyword in hopes that you just might rank well in 1 of the millions of search engines.
Another couple of weeks go by and still no luck.
At this point you probably give up and decide to either build another website around a different target market or just lose all hope and quit.
Well, news flash, as you've probably figured out by now, this is not the way to go about doing things.
If you would like some free info about how to optimise your website, please feel free to download it from the following link.

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2005-07-20T13:18:00.000+10:00

Hi guys,
I thought I would just add some of the work that I have been doing over the last 6-7 months.
Please feel free to add any comments on what you think of these examples, as I'm fairly happy with most of the results.
Some of them are only preliminary works. But thats ok. :)

This set of 3 works are a series called, 'City life'.

Medium: Acrylic on board.

This next set of 4 works are a bit older than 12 months old, but i really do like them, so I thought why not. There is a 5th one in the series, but I have been told it is a little disturbing, (i tend to agree) so I opted against adding it to the Blog at this stage. Sorry.

The series is called, 'Sit down and hang your coat'.

Medium: Charcoal, chalk and acrylic on paper.

This is called, 'A pirates problem'.

This one was really just an experiment.

Medium: Pencil on paper.

This one is called, 'The love machine of life'.

Medium: Pencil on paper.

This one is called, 'Crossing State Powerlines for road signs'.

Medium: Pencil on paper.

This one was a bit of fun..

This is a work done on a huge blackboard at tafe by two other friends of mine and myself, just before they tore it down and threw it away.... I thought that was sad. We offered to buy the blackboard from them, unfortunately they would not allow it...

We didn't name the work, but I thought, 'Happy Happy Joy Joy', was something to think about.... :)

What do you guys think? Maybe you could suggest a name, just for fun...

Medium: Chalk on blackboard.

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed these works. I might put some more up tomorrow.

Thanks.

2005-07-19T13:35:00.000+10:00

20th WCP: Putting Value into Art: "The attempt to set up a standard for assessing the merit of works of art, based upon contingent connections between these works and the sentiments (feelings of pleasure or displeasure) of spectators, was famously made by David Hume. His attempt remains the locus classicus for those philosophers who attempt to found the aesthetic judgment upon empirical, rather than a priori, grounds. I have myself given it a limited defense (1). Recently, Hume's argument has been severely attacked by Malcolm Budd (2). His central contention is that Hume completely fails to introduce any normative element into the aesthetic judgment; he fails, that is, to give any content to the claim that some judgments on the value of a work are more warranted or appropriate than others. This is a remarkable charge since, in his most extended essay on the topic, 'Of the Standard of Taste' (3), Hume's explicit aim is to introduce a rule for 'confirming one sentiment and condemning another'. If the charge can be made out, it would undercut the most promising empiricist attempt to understand the nature of value judgments in the arts. I shall argue that the charge fails."

Bradley says....
Placing a value on art has always been a subjective topic. Read all of the article by clicking the link above.

2005-07-18T13:37:00.000+10:00

New Addition

Here is one of my latest drawings I have just completed for a friend of mine. Thought I would just post it.

I would also be interested in hearing your comments re: an earlier post about Realistic Art vs Photography.

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2005-07-18T13:03:00.000+10:00

Figure Drawing Info.

As an artist, I've spent a lot of time, and let me tell you, many hundreds of dollars on life/figure drawing classes and tuition. Maybe you have had a similar experience yourself. Well perhaps I can save you a lot of time, expense and frustration....

While physical classes are a great idea, and should be attended when ever possible, what if you were able to tap into some time-tested techniques that give you the edge over other students in your class?
What if you had ongoing access to some simple and easy techniques that unlocked the key to your having a whole new perspective when drawing people?
What if no matter what part of the anatomy, you were attempting to reproduce, you had at your finger tips, a resource to which you could refer to over and over again, that enabled you to develop the skills to actually draw what you see?

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2005-07-18T10:50:00.000+10:00

How to Keep A Sketchbook - Ideas for Getting Your Sketchbook Started: "Ideas for Getting Your Sketchbook Started
Keeping a sketchbook is a great way of keeping track of creative ideas and getting in the habit of regular drawing, as well as being a useful resource for large works when you are feeling short on ideas."

Bradley says.... Try to avoid a perforated sketchbooks, as the pages move around and tend to blur/smudge and it does make a mess of the whole book... Just a tip...
Visit Pencil Art and Prints for more tips and tricks.

2005-07-18T10:38:00.000+10:00

Figure Drawing - Proportions of the Human Figure: "A common problem in figure drawing is getting everything in proportion. While there are lots of sutbtle differences between individuals, human proportions fit within a fairly standard range, though artists have historically looked for idealised standards against which the rest of us don't always measure up! In figure drawing, the basic unit of measurement is the 'head', which is the distance from the top of the head to the chin. This handy unit of measurement is reasonably standard, and has long been used by artists to establish the proportions of the human figure."

Bradley says...Have you ever wondered why artists stick their thumb up as they paint or draw? This is for measuring the subject.
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