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Philippines
Drawing, Ballpoint Pen on Cardboard
Size: 5.9 W x 3.9 H x 0.1 D in
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This is a small postcard size drawing of the S and R, Free Duty, US Mall, Manila, Philippines. This is a pen and pencil drawing with some blue colored pencils. As I draw real people in real situations in real life, I have to be sensitive when I am drawing. Yes, there can be an element of caricature, in particular with my 'manikin mates'. However, I just tweak the odd element now and again. This was not the case here. The picture is called 'The Three Ages Of Man' because there is a diagonal across this drawing. In the foreground, there is a little boy, in the middle, a middle-aged man, and behind him an older man. This gentleman was clearly very ill. He had a carer with him. This is a path we are all on in some form or another: youth, middle age, and old age. Again I aimed to be sensitive with this drawing. In the background, there is the S and R free-duty US Mall. This drawing was not based on a photograph. I always draw very discreetly. A spray fixative can be applied.
Drawing:Ballpoint Pen on Cardboard
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:5.9 W x 3.9 H x 0.1 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
Packaging:Ships in a Box
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Philippines
What is central to my work is observation. I was taught observational drawing at Brockenhurst 6th Form college. This was followed up at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne in the UK. I regularly attended formal life drawing classes. This is what David Hockney calls ‘eyeballing’. I was a teacher for 30 years in various High Schools in London. I did keep up my interest in art and produced a number of watercolors whilst on holiday in Europe. I might consider entering them here. Since retiring I moved to the Philippines. I started drawing in pencil on small postcards. I observed life in the large shopping Malls found in Metro Manila. One I concentrated on, in particular, was the 168 SM Mall in Tondo Manila, especially in the food hall there. I would always tend to sit down in the same seat. This way I could hold down a number of constants such as chairs, tables, and my two ‘manikin mates’. I also moved from using pencils to black Biro pens. I also play and improvise on the tenor saxophone. If you mess up in a solo you have to ‘make good’ in real-time, the same is true when using an ink pen. Texting is very common in the Philippines. This way I could concentrate on figures as they tended to stay still. I am always very respectful. I have witnessed a range of emotions in the food hall. Working on a small scale, I am also very discreet. In this example, I managed to get a good likeness of the young gentleman sitting in the front. Have studied Art History at 6th form and at University, there is a bit of a Baroque influence in the way the two manikins are looking out at you in the picture, there is also a play of different head positions. There is a distinct foreground, middle ground, and background as well. The ‘Golden Mean’ proportion seems to be hard-wired into my work as well. Remember this work in observed, ‘eyeballed and not based on a photograph. It was drawn in real-time.
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