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Dave Two Dogs
More photoshop stupidity…
See No Evil 2012
Pics from the See No Evil 2012 Block Party. Seemed more focussed on the sound systems rather than walls this year. Jukebox chimera beast was amazing:
Here’s a few other sights and sounds
Speaker Pimp
A bit of photography love from St. Paul’s Carnival 2011.
He was off his mash. Big speaker pimpin’
Stokes Croft Gerald Scarfe Graf
Was mooching about down Stokes Croft last weekend and chanced upon this cool piece of Graf just off the back of nine tree hill. I’m a big fan of Pink Floyd – The Wall and this looks just like one of Gerlad Scarfe’s crazy illustrations… Love it.
Bristol Nelson Street Art Gallery Block Party
I ♥ the Nelson Street Art project. Proper lovely vibes down there this afternoon. So much effort gone into transforming a drab 80’s concrete jungle into a full on garden party, Brizzle style. Blown away by the astroturf and big blocks of live plants adding to the mix. Big-ups to Bristol City Council (who’d ever thought I’d hear myself saying that!) for having the chops to spend a not insubstantial amount of public cash (word on the street is upwards of 80k) on something so downright cool.
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Still Life in the South of France
I’ve been having a monochrome moment for some years… but I do occasionally use colour. I drew this little still life in the Provence sunlight a few years ago using Karismacolor pencil crayons.
The light in this region is unlike any other and really does make a big difference, countless artists through the centuries have made the most of its qualities.
Here’s a group shot to finish
“Wot U Lookin At” Limited Edition Original Inking and Macro Photography
Just finished another very limited edition of 5 original inkings (and one Artists proof for me). Bought some 100cm x 70cm canvasses the other day and this is a good candidate to try out going big some time soon. This will probably be the last thing I post for the next few weeks, but I’m sure I’ll be champing at the bit to carry on as soon as I’m back from getting married and galavanting around tropical islands! Until then…
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Drypoint Etching Macro Photography
Now the sun is shining I decided to take advantage of the natural light and take some photos of some of my most successful prints. I’ve also started work on another edition of original inkings which I will post next week. Its getting very close to my wedding now so I won’t be posting much for the next month or so. I’ve very much caught the art bug again and it doesn’t look like its going to go away this time.
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Inking Jill the Peg…
Thats another limited edition of original inkings sorted. 10 copies, 1 wedding gift and 1 artists’ proof (A/P) for me. Very much enjoying inking these pics. Its quite a challenge as for some reason I’ve taken to using a broken dip-pen nib which makes it all the more satisfying completing a finished picture. I don’t think anyone other than me will notice any difference, but it just stops everything looking that little bit too slick. It forces mistakes and that makes it interesting! (masochist…)
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Dave Cropley 