Mick Pospischil's Art

Sunday, 15 June 2014

For Ron, re the Biggles

Monday 16 June 2014, 9.30am

Just to reassure Ron that the Biggles are in fact real –

Wednesday, 11 June 2014

Mix Bak

Thursday 12 June 2014, 1pm

Another one for the Klang Association, putting myself in the frame this time –

“Mix Bak”

Monday, 2 June 2014

Stumpy

Monday, 2 June 2014, 5.30pm

This is a drawing I did today of my mate Stumpy sunning his neck ruff. Stumpy’s our friendly resident Tawny Frogmouth.

“Stumpy Sunning”

Finally got around to painting up a life drawing I did on my last day of tutoring at the end of March. It was of Mandy, who was nine months pregnant. Put the last coat of paint on on Mothers’ Day, hence the title. Lead white does the trick again.

“Mothers’ Day”

Henri and Vera Again

Monday, 2 June 2014, 5pm

Finished painting Henri and Vera’s portraits. Henri’s worked without any dramas –

“Henri O”

Love what Lead White does. Pity it’s illegal to sell it in Australia. Mind you, it’s a bit toxic. Used zinc white on the third coat (first opacity) and lead in the top layer.

It took a lot of work and five coats of paint to get Vera’s likeness right. The initial drawing was a bit off track. Made a big deal of the cupboard knobs.

“An Appointment with Dr. Vera”

Saturday, 3 May 2014

Henri and Vera

Sunday 4 May 2014, 11am

Had a pleasant day yesterday doing a couple of portraits. Henri Osiecki commissioned me to paint himself and his wife Vera. Here’s Henri in front of his computer in the sunroom –

“Henri O”

And Vera in her kitchen. The charcoal I used for this was a bit soft and consequently rather dark and hard. I’ll have to soften it in the painting. I took a few years off her.

“An Appointment with Dr. Vera”

Sunday, 27 April 2014

Pigmented Pilliga

Monday, 28 April 2014, 2.30pm

Finished off the paintings from our expedition to the Pilliga and Maules Creek fiascos. A couple of the paintings have been renamed to protect the innocent.