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Perspective drawing

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Reproduced from Phil Davies Blog 2013. Easily Master Basic Perspective - Part 1 The concept of perspective allows you as an artist to create depth in your drawings and paintings.  And nothing will ruin a painting faster than poor perspective and proportion. It doesn’t matter how realistically you’re able to render various textures and objects, if your perspective is out your painting will have that awkward, displeasing-to-the-eye appearance. In fact, you could argue that the more time and detail you put into a picture, the more offensive sloppy perspective becomes – a loose, impressionistic style can claim those wonky lines and disproportion are all part of the effect! I’ve repeated it hundreds of times over the years to art students… there is no better skill for you to work on than your basic drawing technique, if you want to produce more satisfying artwork.  And this applies whatever your medium of choice happens to be. You might think that drawing complex perspecti...

The Azoo

Safari Fotpgráphico The AZoo in Fuengirola. Began our tour of Bioparc Fuengirola at 10.30 am on 26.07.2014.. The reason for being there was as a result of an offer in conjunction with Oferplan in Sur in English to participate in a photographic competition. I call it the AZoo because that is what my mother used to call the Zoo in Dublin when we were kids. I was in Fuengirola Zoo many many years ago but now it is all tarted up. It really is an amazing place. It is easy to spend the whole day there from 10 AM - midnight. Place:            Bioparc Fuengirola Address:        Calle de Camilo José Cela, 6-8. Fuengirola  Telephone:     952 666 301  Web address: http://www.bioparcfuengirola.es/ Details of the contest: There are four sections, well three really in the competition and one section for extra photos. Four habitats and a destination There Be Dragons The...

Pomes Penyeach with Paintings

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Pomes Penyeach by James Joyce Paintings by Roger Cummiskey. Pomes Penyeach St. Patrick’s Festival 2021  ( https://www.stpatricksfestival.ie/events ) premieres an innovative musical event featuring the poetry of James Joyce, produced by Matthew Nolan and Adrian Crowley. Join some of Ireland’s finest contemporary musicians on a journey to comprehend love and life from the map left by Joyce’s pen.  How does one start a tribute to the greatest wordsmith this island has ever known? The answer is obvious; stay true to the words. St Patrick’s Festival 2021 premiers an innovative evening of music and song at the  Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLI)  featuring the poetry of  James Joyce , produced by Matthew Nolan and Adrian Crowley in collaboration with Lisa Hannigan, Sean Mac Erlaine, Kevin Murphy and Cora Venus Lunny.  James Joyce’s second and last book of poetry,  Pomes Penyeach , was published in 1927. A collection of 12 poems and a tilly – making it a b...