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5-Day art challenge : the sketchbooks
So over on the Book of Faces there’s this thing going around called the “5-day art challenge”. You have to post 3 of your own artworks every day for 5 days, and each day you also have to nominate another…
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New Artwork – Ian Rogers – My Sketchbook
Here’s few recent pages from my sketchbook, trying out some different ideas. I’ve been thinking about graphic representations of shading and form a lot. I like the opacity and implied depth of metallic markers of course and am still…
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New Artwork – Ian Rogers – Collage
Today, a collage. I’ve been reading a lot of J.G. Ballard lately, what can I say? My source materials for this digital collage were images of the 15-year-old Elizabeth Taylor, the arm of a Hitachi hydraulic excavator, a vintage Plymouth…
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Jiří Kolář – Master of Collage
Checking out one of my favourite blogs, but does it float, I came across the work of a collage artist with whom I was entirely unfamiliar – the Czech artist, Jiří Kolář(1914-2002). This is really incredibly exciting for me, not only…
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Artwork – Ian Rogers – My Sketchbook
So, when the end of the year comes around I like to take time to recollect things – I was perusing some of my older sketchbooks and this is one of my favourite double spreads from the last couple of…