PORTRAITS FOR LIFE

Artistically Yours… by the French artist Miki

He gets Rumblies in His Tumblies

Today I want to say a big big thankyou to my partner Kev Moore playing a very special role in my painter career, forcing (of course!) himself to eat kilos of yoghurt every day -vanilla is his favourite, and straciatella is not bad either…
What has this to do with me as a painter, you may ask…
Very simple. In this way he provides me continually with the enormous yoghurt pots which I use to put the water in awhen I paint, especially with gouache or acrylics. I use a lot of them, because I am quite delicate with that, and hate to use a pot twice. Considering how much I paint everyday, one can imagine how many yoghurt pots I need …
Sometimes, he really looks like a big bear eating honey, my Kevin..

August 24, 2008 Posted by | art, caricatures, humour, life, men, portrait, Portraits Kev Moore | , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a Comment

The Art of Reading # 5 : Devouring The News

Another trip to a cafe by the beach yesterday… there are many people around here right now, too many to feel comfortable sketching on the cafe terraces. Not enough room between “my preys” and me, too much tension in the air then… but luckily some of them are so involved in reading the newspapers that they

1. don’t notice me

2. sit still long enough!

Well, considering his face, especially his nose, I guess this guy was devouring the sport news!

August 16, 2008 Posted by | art, caricatures, humour, life, men, portrait, The Art of Reading | , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

   

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