Monday, April 20, 2020

Four new boat portraits.



Water colour on paper. A4 size

Water colour on paper. A4 size

Water colour on paper. A4 size
Water colour on paper. A4 size

Sunday, August 11, 2019

Two new boat portraits.

Beneteau 58 "Lassez Faire"
Water colour on Paper, A4 size.

Halberg Rassy "Pesto"
Water colour on paper, A4 size.

Saturday, December 22, 2018

Friday, May 18, 2018

Zoe's new balance bike / trike



I just took a weathered one of these and uttered a magic spell and this is what happened.

Zoe's Mum bought to handle grips and a seat cover in purple silicone and also a matching bell.


As she grows her father can raise the seat, remove one rear wheel and convert it to one of these.




When she grows a little more her father can rotate the frame to make an arch which will accommodate her longer legs. I like the concept of this bike.
Sanded plywood components ready for primer.

Primed components ready for top coat.

Top coat applied, graphics and clear coat next, then final assembly.

Thursday, April 26, 2018

An old family tree. (Mid 20th C Dutch Stamboom) Partial restoration and additional portraits.

This image has come to me badly faded with smudges, abrasions and water damage.
This is an original water colour with hand drawn miniature cameo portraits in 4B pencil. This is exceptionally detailed, quality work by an unknown Dutch artist made around the late 1940's or early 1950's.
At some point in it's life this image has been mounted on oil tempered hardboard with wall paper paste. As a result the colour of the board has bled through the paper. Northland's high humidity has ensured that the acidification of the paper with its associated foxing and oxidation has discoloured the paper to a serious degree. This process is reversible with appropriate conservation techniques and resources however there is not the budget to do this.
I have been asked to do a limited visual restoration and to create four new additional portraits to compliment the family tree, three of which I have completed.

I have obscured the water damage on the right side of the tree and made some efforts at cleaning the overall image surface.
I have also recoloured the lower background giving a little more definition to the landscape with windmill and the building to the right of the tree.

I added 4 new portraits, drawn by me in pencil, the 2 girls on the top left and the 2 young boys at top right. The client asked me to add extra limbs to the tree at the top to help with the linking of the additional portraits to the composition.

Friday, October 27, 2017

Recently commissioned. Artists impression. By Harmen Hielkema.

Artists impression of the old Harp of Erin Building Rawene. Water colour and coloured pencil on paper.
Concept design for Rawene 4 Square. J.R. Clendon's Schooner "Fortitude"

Four new boat portraits.

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