Sketch Book 14 – Dougie Chowns
ABOVE: Marine Reflections - by Dougie Chowns A CELTIC PHILOSOPHY Once the first flush of making artwork passes, like other creative…
Sketch Club 13 – Dougie Chowns
ABOVE:Dougie’s sketchbook - Isle sur la Sorgue, Avignon 1989. Left: Life-size bronze by Cor Zitman. Right: Diana Vierny - from a…
Sketch Club 12 – Dougie Chowns
ABOVE: LEFT: Sir Stanley Spencer. RIGHT: Dougie Chowns. Do you notice in the photo, the signs of a dedicated artist? I…
Sketch Club 11 – Dougie Chowns
ABOVE: Lucien Freud appears to have denied an early portrait from his art school teens. A DELIGHTFUL SIDE TO DRAWING AND…
Sketch Club 10 – Dougie Chowns
ABOVE: ‘For Christ’s Sake’ - charcoal. By Harvey Cox, January 1970. Thousands of clergymen have asked for reprints. AN ARTIST’S PASSION…
Sketch Club 9 – Dougie Chowns
ABOVE: Gottfried Bohumir Lindauer self portrait. Painted in oil in 1916 DOUGIE’S 80th BIRTHDAY RAVE! The Lindauer Art Heist after a…
Sketch Club 8 – Dougie Chowns
Cereal grain and juniper berries versus pine sap VODKA AND GIN VERSUS REFINED TURPS I was more than a little shocked…
Sketch Club 7 – Dougie Chowns
PRINTING PROCESSES - Is it Silk Screen or Serigraphy? Limited edition art prints on paper are potboiler income for artists. They…
Sketch Club 6 – Dougie Chowns
ABOVE: A 12 minute conté drawing of Sue at Kauri Mountain, Northland. NOTHING TO DO WITH SEX - EVERYTHING TO DO…
Sketch Club 5 – Dougie Chowns
LEARNING IS EASIER WITH A VISUAL DEMONSTRATION By Dougie Chowns Pictures speak louder than words and a demonstration teaches students much…