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Showing posts with label Victorian dress. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Victorian dress. Show all posts

Sunday, 11 October 2015

The Couple - Steampunk piece

This is my second piece for the ArtSHINE 'Draw Me A Calendar' competition, and the final version based on the sketches of the Victorian couple I posted last week.

I just want to say, I drew this before the new series of Doctor Who premiered, so any resemblance between the chair in the picture and certain pepper-pot shaped aliens is... well, it's not coicidental, is it? I've been a massive Whovian since I was a kid, so, yes I quite happily admit to being inspired by Terry Nation's designs.

Also, as well as winners chosen to go into ArtSHINE’s 2016 calendar, there are 2 People’s Choice awards. 

You can vote for me online by going to ArtSHINE’s facebook page and sending them a message saying your People’s Choice is either:

James Mathurin - Entry 03 -  The Couple (this one)
or

If you’re in Sydney, you can actually visit the gallery (always a good idea, plus you can get coffee and lunch) and vote for me in person.

The gallery is at:
3 Blackfriars Street
Chippendale
Sydney
2008

The Draw Me A Calendar opening night is next Saturday, the 17th October, between 6 and 8pm.

©2015 James Mathurin

Sunday, 4 October 2015

The Couple - Victorian sketches

I like the sheer stiffness and awkwardness of Victorian photos. It actually sums up the inhumanity that seemed to characterise that period. They're actually quite a contrast to the expressive, flowing Art Nouveau images, but I've enjoyed using them to make my Steampunk / robot / Art Nouveau pieces.

This is the preparatory sketch for my other Draw Me A Calendar submission, to go with the Nina Simone one I already shared. Down the bottom is the original photograph. Such a  happy couple.




©2015 James Mathurin

Wednesday, 27 May 2015

The Lady - a new Cyberpunk Art Nouveau Piece

Since the ArtSHINE show, I've been wanting to do another of these pieces, so I've been working on another one the same way I did the Gentleman piece. I found a cool picture of a Victorian lady, and took it from there.
These are the first few stages, but she's coming along nicely.



©2015 James Mathurin

Wednesday, 18 September 2013