Owl on October 25th, 2009

The Old Balloon Man
To learn about iPhone (or iPod Touch) art, you can’t do better than join a group of like minded finger painters.
Even better if the group conspire to set a different subject every week for members to paint.
The Balloon Man was made for the Flickr group Fingerpaint THIS!
Not only does a set subject [...]

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Owl on April 3rd, 2009

Some while ago, hidden in a dusty corner of my parents’ loft, I found an old trunk. In it my adoring mother had hoarded bundles of letters and drawings I made as a child.
This is a very early example. I remember drawing it.

The house was not hard to draw. Door, windows, chimney and there you [...]

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Owl on November 6th, 2008

“It’s all wrong!” declared my art teacher, glaring accusingly at the offending artwork.
To be honest, I can’t now remember what dastardly offence the artist had committed.
I do know that my art class was on a visit to the National Gallery, England’s treasure house of million dollar paintings. At the time we were gazing thoughtfully at [...]

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