yellow hair

yellow hair, originally uploaded by Donna Nicholson-Arnott.

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Toying with a watermark for the shop. Don't really like it.

It's funny, I find myself aiming for something different from before when drawing. I need to think about what I'm doing.

Gertie Schiele's hands.

Gertie Schiele's hands., originally uploaded by Donna Nicholson-Arnott.

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Egon Schiele is my hero.
There was an exhibition of drawings from private collections in the Richard Nagy Gallery in London between the 19th May and 30th June, I took the opportunity to pop along and see them in the real - oh heavens, standing in a roomful of Schiele drawings, swoon*

I love the drawing of Gertie Schiele in the big hat with her top folded down. Yes she has a great look in her eye, yes her breasts are bared, yes it's a superb contorted pose; but I think it's really a drawing about her hands.

Wear the Mask

Someone pointed me in the direction of the RedBubble site, and it seems pretty attractive with all that affordable printing of my stuff without me having to organize it. I'll need to obtain some pennies soon though to do the old quality control check and perhaps some photography...

Wear the Mask was a drawing from an All the Young Nudes night. The model wore a welding mask; props are de rigueur some nights. It's never dull to draw at the Flying Duck!

football on her shoulder

football on her shoulder, originally uploaded by Donna Nicholson-Arnott.

Spent a lovely day setting up interestingly placed drawing shots. The etsy success emails advise getting the best photographs you can of your stuff, so I've really tried. Time will tell if this helps sales...

Working on balsa.

I've been working with balsa, it's bigger than paper somehow; can be inked up, sanded, made smooth, drawn on, inked again, collaged on. It stands on its own. These two balsa blocks hint at mini canvases for me. It seems to change the modality of the drawings.

My work sometimes occupies a frustrating no man's land between applied and pure. All the work I make that doesn't have anything to do with another text feels to me like it sits in some space between them, not really one thing or the other in the world. I don't think I should worry about this. I should probably just get on with it.

kneeling

kneeling, originally uploaded by Donna Nicholson-Arnott.

I'm thinking of making this blog about drawing, and things connected to drawing. It's very much under construction at the moment, and I'm newish to blogging. I'm on flickr.

I've been making some life drawing recently at the Flying Duck's club night All the Young Nudes. It's been great to pop along for two hours, drink some peppermint tea, and draw.

This drawing is one of two that were included in an All the Young Nudes group exhibition, as part of the Space Made Live event hosted by Small Media Large, The Arthouse, 752-6 Argyle Street, Glasgow, on the 12th and 13th June 2010.