tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27571738878185885292024-02-19T02:43:54.360-08:00My SketchblogCaroline Parkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04447246655444647853noreply@blogger.comBlogger381125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2757173887818588529.post-61547070718361049392014-08-21T00:32:00.000-07:002014-08-04T00:33:56.386-07:00Carolineparkinson.blogspot.com moved to carolineparkinson.co.uk<br />
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Caroline Parkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04447246655444647853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2757173887818588529.post-59427771041665470752014-08-20T13:30:00.000-07:002014-08-20T13:30:00.413-07:00The wood in July<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is the same wood which I <a href="http://carolineparkinson.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/sketching-in-wood.html" target="_blank">sketched back in January.</a> It's a lot warmer now. I tried to think more about line direction in the top sketch, I went to a <a href="ttp://www.heritagemuseum.gov.hk/eng/exhibitions/exhibition_details.aspx?exid=214" target="_blank">Studio Ghibli layout art exhibition</a> in Hong Kong a few weeks ago and the expressiveness and economy of line in simple pencil drawings were inspiring. </div>
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Most of the chickens got eaten by a fox, unfortunately. The bees are still going strong.</div>
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Caroline Parkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04447246655444647853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2757173887818588529.post-1019215251895902182014-08-12T13:30:00.000-07:002014-08-12T13:30:00.483-07:00Coventry Town hall<br />
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Back in Coventry again. This is a picture of the Town Hall (you can see <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyworrall/4550596529/" target="_blank"><b>the clock</b></a> on the top left of the central tower) On the left you can see some of<b> </b><a href="http://carolineparkinson.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/coventry-roadworks.html" target="_blank"><b>the road works which I drew in December</b> </a>- yes, still there!<br />
The pub on the right is Drapers, the -under-new-ownership Brown's. It was briefly notorious in 2012 for being <b><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-18607764" target="_blank">that pub which didn't serve pallbearers in military uniform.</a></b><br />
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Caroline Parkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04447246655444647853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2757173887818588529.post-22216828172372122942014-07-31T13:29:00.001-07:002014-07-31T13:29:55.015-07:00Word Press WebsiteMy website over at carolineparkinson.co.uk (follow the neatly crafted link below) is moving over to Wordpress at the moment so there may be some disruption for the next few days while I get settled. At the moment most of the content is sorted- it just doesn't look as pretty as it could.<br />
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Caroline Parkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04447246655444647853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2757173887818588529.post-21343537343876470502014-07-30T13:00:00.000-07:002014-07-30T13:00:00.663-07:00Burma- end of the trip <br />
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The view from the plane, heading home</div>
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My two well travelled sketchbooks</div>
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Seven countries, two sketchbooks, one pair of flip flops and many temples, rivers, border crossings, caves, pagodas, beaches, buses, mountains, rivers, rainstorms, bars, palaces, cities and sunsets later, the trip is over.</div>
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I've been looking at <a href="http://thanuka.com/" target="_blank"><b>Tomer Hanuka</b></a> recently and was inspired to draw some POV artwork. The plan was to draw glasses as a final layer and blur everything outside them, but because of the angle, and as there is no real focus in the picture, it didn't work. </div>
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Caroline Parkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04447246655444647853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2757173887818588529.post-47063396825741374342014-07-23T13:00:00.000-07:002014-07-23T13:00:01.024-07:00Burma- the boat from Mawlamyine to Hpa-An<br />
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The boat from Mawlamyine to Hpa-An has been called one of the most beautiful boat journeys in the world, but that day the monsoon had started and you could see about fifty meters from the boat. When the most cleared once we'd arrived in Hpa-An, some beautiful views emerged. Sadly too late!</div>
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The wet season had started, these were drawn while waiting for the rain to stop.<br />
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My first sketches of Burma. Here are two monks waiting for the rain to stop in a rare moment of quiet at the Shwedagon Pagoda. Yangon is a big, busy city and the pagoda is one of the most popular tourist stops. After I finished drawing, the monk on the right enjoyed a cheeky cigarette. Burmese monks' robes are usually red, and the deeper the colour, the more senior the monk. Adult monks are usually dark burgundy, so either these were foreign, or they'd been demoted (for illicit smoking?)<br />
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This is the view from Mandalay Hill , made famous by <a href="http://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poems_mandalay.htm" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">the Kipling poem</a>, which hasn't aged well -and is really talking about Mawlamyine. Mandalay is an interesting, laid back city, and it's worth going to for this view alone. Don't listen to the Lonely Planet.</div>
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Siem Reap. Beautiful, crawling with tourists (it wasn't high season when we went either) and really, really hot (about 40 degrees and very humid). It was difficult to keep from sweating on the paper. You just ooze at that temperature.</div>
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See what I mean about Cambodia beaches?<br />
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I didn't expect to like Cambodia as much as I did, as we'd heard some pretty negative things about it. That isn't denying the troubled past, desperate inequality, swarms of flies, and massive amounts of rubbish but there are also friendly people, wonderful beaches and gorgeous food.<br />
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Sketches of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plain_of_Jars" target="_blank"><b>Plain of Jars, Phongsavan</b></a>- and some sketches en route. Phongsavan is beautiful but it's not the easiest place to get to.<br />
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A couple of sights around Vientiane. Happy with the way the coloured pens worked out in the top picture. I've forgotten where that was drawn but the bottom picture is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddha_Park" target="_blank"><b>Buddha Park</b></a> which is ...eccentric.<br />
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I tried to capture the street craziness in the top picture but you can's really do it justice.<br />
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These are caves in Phong Nha national park, currently home of the world's largest cave, <b><a href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/01/largest-cave/peter-photography#/01-vietnam-cave-714.jpg" target="_blank">Song Doong</a>. </b>Tours into Song Doong are booked up until next year- and cost a fortune- but the other caves are pretty impressive too.<br />
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I moved the mouth of Cathedral Cave to bring it nearer to one of the picturesque rock formations. This kind of this is why I find drawing better than taking photographs.<br />
Thos was an interesting beach- we saw a wedding and a streaker.<br />
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Not very good unfortunately- the movement was much less repetitive than normal dancing<br />
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We didn't see kiwi in the wild-these were in Napier aquarium. They are such cool little birds. They would be great to animate- lots of squash and stretch. They usually double over pecking at the ground but their full height is about a couple of feet- which is a bit surprising.<br />
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Hot springs at Roturua. These were behind our campsite, which offered heated tent pitches, thermal hot tubs, a hot water beach and a geothermal oven. The bright orange and green in the water are mineral salts and the algae that feed on them. This is one of my first tentative attempts at drawing with coloured pens- t's just not practical to paint everywhere on holiday.<br />
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Moleskin sketchbook paper doesn't take watercolour as well as I thought it would. Treated myself to one especially for this trip but paint bleeds through the paper a little and it's already yellowing- my cheapo sketchbooks were better. Winsor & Newton travel paintbox still fab though- would recommend buying from cass arts chain in London where it's heavily discounted.<br />
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