Alexander Stanton

Found these old continuous-line animations collecting dust on my hard-drive.

I made them just after going freelance, roughly four years ago. They were a hassle to scan in, clean and arranged but see all my lines rotate was so addictive.

Should do more of these one day.

Pentel colour brush

Fisherman (NR):

Some past self-portraits:

Not really, I’m sorry to say. The Pentel Fude/Colour Brushes can be juicy if you push enough ink out the barrel, but I reckon it’d still be pretty streaky. I feel that tend to slow down when using brushes (pen or traditional) to keep things sharp - unless I’m after an effect.

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Totally, and I’m kinda zen about it not being perfectly close too. It’s more fun to have it be inspired by what I can see than what it actually see. Exaggerated even. Still, might be fun to get all scientific with it all one day (probably not with watercolour though).

Thank you! It’s so fun mixing colours and seeing those subtle hints of blue/green/etc in things. Have dabbled with it in Photoshop, but paint feels so much more tactical and enjoyable.

Thank you! I guess I’m always chasing where I could be and not where I am. I rarely (if ever) like what I do, but I’m happy when people like it. Appreciate it.

Refs from The Croquis Cafe.

Some of today’s watercolour studies. I finally feel like I’m getting somewhere with it all, even if every page still feels like a fluke.

I think that I prefer creating more abstract/colourful pages, but these naturalistic studies have been useful in getting my head around colour and what not.

(NR) grey brush:

NR:

Thank you!

Thank you very much!

Thank you! I’m happy you think so.

Thank you! I’m always my worst critic, haha. Appreciate it!

Thank you very much! Very kind of you to say.

MENTORING - I’m opening things up for some 1-to-1 drawing sessions starting early March.

Feel free to get in touch if you’re interested. Thanks!

This week’s blog post: www.wouwouandthewormling.com/blog/sunday-...

Thank you!

Thank you!

NR:

Thanks! Bit wonky in places, but it’s all good fun. Definitely looks better from far away (but isn’t that always the case).

I’m doing some Mucha studies in this week’s YouTube video: youtu.be/2hOlDoKnmTM?...

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(NR) character doodle:

NR portrait:

Crowd scene: