Tina Poulson - Art Journal

New Blog! Poulson Originals

2012-05-01T10:15:00.001+01:00

Dear all,

In January of this year my 'art' drought was finally quenched. It's taken a rather different turn, as I now create bespoke artisan TEDDY BEARS. I know, WTF? I was surprised too. I'm really enjoying it though.

The new blog can be found at: www.poulsonoriginals.co.uk where you can see all the bears I'm creating. I've currently just finished bear number 35! There are also links to the bears in Pinterest and for sale on Folksy and in a local shop in Melton Mowbray.

Here's one I made earlier...

I hope you see you after the jump!

Tina x

It's been a while....again!

2010-05-25T20:01:00.000+01:00

After settting up for the exhibition, which went really well, I've been having a little break. I have tried to re-boot my acrylic painting by attempting one of a lily, but it really was awful. It's easy to forget that most 'talents' need to practised to keep them in good condition. I'm back working on a portrait again now in soft pastels, and although I'm taking my time, it's going a lot better than the lily. I'm looking forward to finishing it and putting it up here for display sometime in the next week.

Tx

My Submissions to the Art Exhibition ready to be hung.

2010-05-13T15:31:00.000+01:00

Jason Isaacs

2010-05-12T20:50:00.004+01:00

I should be sleeping...

2010-05-06T22:00:00.007+01:00

New Contact Card for Exhibition

2010-05-05T12:04:00.003+01:00

Blog Update

2010-05-02T19:27:00.006+01:00

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Flaming Hair

2010-04-30T17:02:00.012+01:00

Three Quarter Glow

2010-04-28T18:48:00.001+01:00

Soft pastels again. This time I used a paintbrush to blend the Sennelier, Unison and Derwent colours. I love the strength of colour in the Sennelier soft pastels. Lush.

Lady In Water - Finished

2010-04-26T13:09:00.002+01:00

Did a couple more hours and this is now looking more like I wanted it to.

Alana - Portrait from Life Class

2010-04-26T13:08:00.006+01:00

To be fair to Alana, she is a very attractive woman but had been up all night working as a midwife, so we she came into the class to pose, she was exhausted. This is a fairly good likeness of her looking knackered and trying to stay awake - which is never flattering... Sorry Alana!

Portrait in Challenging Colours

2010-04-25T15:33:00.002+01:00

I think the title says it all, really. Perhaps some more work to be done on this? I don't know. It's yet another new style...

Bold Yellow Girl

2010-04-23T18:03:00.001+01:00

This has been a few hours work today and I've used just about every colour you wouldn't think of to attain the effect!

Loads of teeth - final image with original source photo

2010-04-22T20:57:00.003+01:00

This piece is now finished... I think. Knowing me, I'll look at it again tomorrow morning and want to make more adjustments. I've really enjoyed this painting - I had no idea that I would be able to achieve such a nice effect from soft pastels!

Materials used are Derwent soft pastels pencils and blocks and Fabriano Tiziano pastel paper in blue.

Ear Study

2010-04-21T19:17:00.001+01:00

Ears may be a bio-miracle, but they're fecking ugly. I honestly didn't realise how much I don't like them before! They are supposed to be the hardest thing to draw on a face, and 'they' aren't kidding. Flipping difficult, flipping ugly. I may only ever do portraits of people with long hair from now on!

Brunette in Pastels

2010-04-19T20:48:00.003+01:00

Second pastel portrait of the day! This one is with a white paper background, so you can see the difference the background paper makes to the tone with the previous work.

My first portrait using pastels

2010-04-19T17:11:00.001+01:00

I think this technique is called painting with pastels, as opposed to just doing an outline. I used Derwent pastels pens and sticks on black card. It's A3 sized, so I've had to drag out the camera again, and the colours aren't as bright as in reality. I quite enjoyed doing this. Easier than I thought it would be!

5 Minutes Studies of Alana's Eyes

2010-04-19T13:11:00.003+01:00

Three studies of individual eyes - model, Alana.

Atchoo!

2010-04-16T20:53:00.001+01:00

Just a quick one today. Bit of a sneeze due to incoming volcanic ash....

Olivia's Moustache!

2010-04-15T20:19:00.002+01:00

This was a request for a portrait from a photograph, sent through this website. I've spent longer on this than any other picture and I've just sent her a copy. I hope she likes it!

Flower Girl

2010-04-14T13:12:00.001+01:00

Finally decided to do some flowers and colour again. I've quite missed drawing things other than faces! This is pencil and the flowers are drawn with Derwent Inktense pinks, which are then blended and diluted with water on a fine detail sable brush.

All in perspective...

2010-04-12T19:11:00.003+01:00

This one is a full A3 size, so I can't scan it. I photographed this in the garden just before I 'fixed' it. It's a combination of various H grade pencils, darkest B pencils and the coat and hat are in charcoal for deepest tone. I loved doing this one! Started it in my art class this morning and just continued until it was finished, somewhere near bed-time.

Girl with tongue out

2010-04-11T13:56:00.001+01:00

This one has a really odd perspective in the original 2D image. Difficult.

Steve's friend, Pete.

2010-04-10T18:50:00.001+01:00

Steve thought the hair would be a challenge - he was right!

Henna Tattoo

2010-04-09T19:49:00.002+01:00

I loved the original 2D images of this picture and I fancied the challenge of doing more than just the head and shoulders. Wood has always appealed to me and I love the interplay of the lines in the wood and the pattern on her face.