Wooden Bird, Drowning Room

Past the sketch

I've got a bunch of uncolored drawings piling up at the minute. I tend to work in one specific medium at a time. My brain doesn't really multi task artisically. Occassionally I'll start a picture and just paint it right through. But usually I'll just work on drawings and keep starting new drawings, ignoring the painting side of things as long as I can. Not that this is a concious effort to organise my studio time or anything. It's purely because drawing, the ideas part, the inception of an image, comes a lot easier to me than the finishing. Or that middle period at least; setting down the principle colours of a picture. The details, I'm fine with, and even manipulating the paint on a page I enjoy, but it's just that point where you have to make a choice. You've got this nice sketch that you're happy with and then you have to figure out where its going to go, in the hope that whatever rendering you do adds to the image instead of ruining it. Especially so with watercolours. Generally you have one go. I'd usually have a practice area before applying paint, but i find watercolours will always behave differently every time you use them. Which is also why i like them. You end up with colours and textures you hadn't even planned.

Anyway, I've about a dozen drawings in varying levels of finishment piling up on the desk (not including the 10 or 20 canvas and wood paintings stacking up that I'm completely ignoring). Here's a few watercolours in progress.

how i think death works. Only slightly metaphorically

Shop updates

I've a few new pictures I'll be putting up on the shop and Red Cross page for sale. I put two up on the shop this evening. I'll put a few more up tomorrow. here's some recent things;

How to relate

some new pictures. this first one's on sale for the red cross appeal, you can get it here. Over €300 raised so far, so big thanks to everyone who donated.






in need of inspiration... and structured thought.

Everything you think is happening

Some new illustrations up for the Red Cross Sale. They're selling pretty quickly, which is great. Trying to keep up!



brain was getting a bit fried over the weekend so made a start on a painting, just for my own sake. the colours aren't quite as strong in real life, but its still one of those times were i like the sketch too much to want to add more paint. we'll see.

Drawings for Red Cross

Went for a bit of a drawing marathon last night, with Chris Moyles in the background. They're going for the longest radio show on Radio One, in aid of Comic Relief. They're apporaching 30 hours straight now. Tis good watching/listening.

But yes, I only lasted til 3am, but got a good few drawings done. I'll have them for sale on the site here later today (EDIT: Illustrations are now online available to buy). They're pencil drawings and watercolours on 19cm x 24.5cm bevel-edged card. The card is reclaimed waste from a local framers (Quality Framing, Glaslough st, Monaghan, if you wish to know) that I mentioned a few posts ago. Its really nice to draw on, definately be a regular source!

Will keep doing some more, and upload them as soon as I can. Need to take a bit of a computer break first! By the way, all the pictures in this sale have an optional price to pay, generally between 15 to 60euro. And all money goes to Red Cross. Please, pass on the link to anyone you think would be interested in helping. Consider it donating money to a great cause and getting free art in the bargain! And big thank to everyone who's already bought/donated something :)

perched

one time catcher

hey ernie

little land

bred of natives

Some Emily

I feel slow to move lately. the "to do" shelf seems to be populating much faster than the "done" shelf. here's a new watercolour and a painting in progress i started a few days back.





in some book of almost stories, i find emily resting for a long time in a clearing, her branches full of blossoms, watched and studied. she would be one to feel a strangers eyes on her, and i think she might welcome it for a time. but, with all things, she will move on.

i have a thought of her stirring as from some deep sleep, and as she rises, leaving a slow rain of petals behind her, a little keepsake for her timid observer.

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more pen drawings on flickr, under the title "laboured error".

to desire the overpowering of another's strength is recognition of my own weakness

revisiting some older drawings with watercolours.

sleight of hand

emily's letters

from those drawn to the sea...

started work on a few things things this weekend.

should have lots of new things for the December market. anyone want to buy anything beforehand, just mail (barryquinnart AT gmail.com), i am running low on supplies. and bus funds. and food!

Crafty Market, 6th December

I'll have a stall in The Crafty Market in New Market Square in Dublin on Sunday 6th of December. I'm going to be bringing pretty much everything i can carry and have most of it between 5 to 50 euro, lots and lots of cheap things and little prints and books and drawings. please come along, it's a lovely setup, lots of stalls and a cafe and musicians playing.

i'll have plenty of watercolours and maybe a few larger paintings with me. i probably won't have these ones (below) in their original form, cause i'm still working on them, but i might get some nice daintree paper and make a bunch of prints (i've some cheesily christmas themed ones in mind which may be too ridiculous not to do). if anyone has any suggestions or requests, let me know. here are a few emily moments thus far;