Robertson Studios

WIP #2 // The Uncles

Michelle George — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 03:00:47 +0000

This portrait is coming along slowly…the small faces and poor reference photo are continuing to give me a bit of a headache, but it’s getting there!

31-2010 // Sermon Sketchnotes

Michelle George — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 21:48:33 +0000

I love to draw and take notes during the talk at church. Drawing pictures that encapsulate the message helps me to recall the teaching points much better than if I just take text notes.

30-2010 // Strength

Michelle George — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 21:54:01 +0000

This doodle is an exercise I had to do for this week’s chapter of The Artist’s Way course that I’m working through.

Big week for baby cards

Michelle George — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:05:14 +0000

Two friends enlarged their families this week…both had boys The opportunity to make cards was too hard to resist. I LOVE drawing baby cards

29-2010 // ticket border

Michelle George — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:03:54 +0000

The extent of my creativity this week….a border around a gig ticket At least I got to feed my inner artist with some awesome live music!

By the way…I’ve been working through Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way book and loving it. Can’t wait to share what I’ve been learning!

27 & 28-2010 // doodles over lunch

Michelle George — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 07:48:47 +0000

I wanted to draw while I listened to an audiobook during my weekly artists date…these are what came out.

WIP 1 // The Uncles

Michelle George — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 11:43:16 +0000

I started working on my latest portrait commission this week. It’s a portrait of three crusty old outback station men who are brothers. Their family differentiated them by the shape of their hats. This one is going to be a bit of a challenge since this is the only photo available of these guys and it doesn’t have a whole lot of detail. Another challenge is that the faces are small in the drawing, which always makes it much more difficult to define their features.

This is me working away

Naomi Kate – Finished

Michelle George — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 04:55:18 +0000

The wonderful thing about school holidays is being able to finish off some projects! This one has been close for a couple of weeks now, but it’s finally finished. Here’s a low resolution shot of it.

And here’s the portrait of Naomi Kate with the portrait I did of her big sister, Bethany Grace, a couple of years ago.

I delivered the pics to the girls’ mum this afternoon, I LOVE that moment when they see the drawing (IRL) for the first time!

The thing I love about drawing siblings is seeing where the similarities l in their facial features. These two looked very similar when they were little babies, but at 8 months (as they both are in these pictures) you can see marked differences in their facial proportions and head shapes. They have the same nose though

My next challenge is at the opposite end of the spectrum of human life…three siblings who share a passion for different shaped hats to match their temperaments Stay tuned!

26-2010 // coast trip

Michelle George — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 06:24:26 +0000

I didn’t get as much art time as I had anticipated during our long weekend away at the coast, so a quick sketch with some water colour added will have to do!

24 & 25 -2010 // loops and steroids

Michelle George — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 22:47:25 +0000

I found this old photo of Aiden when he was five while I was cleaning out some drawers the other day and knew it had to go into my Moley. He has always had such a cheeky smile

Shel found out the other day that his asthma meds have steroids in them and had a bit of a panic attack about what they might do to his manhood.