Most, if not all of the great drawing, painting and sculpting masters of the past centuries learned by first copying other artists work as well as studying from life itself.
Today we have so much more equipment available to help us learn and develop as artists. I say use it!
Especially make use your camera - don’t be scared, don’t feel like you’re cheating!
Another in a series of large (between one and two metres) abstract charcoal drawings, essentially exercises and experiments which I’m working on at the moment. I make marks on the paper and slowly develop these into a composition of light and dark shapes which evolve into strange beasts and twisted environments.
These drawings are more abstract and much larger than my usual work. This is because I find that branching out into different styles and working at different sizes and in a variety of media helps keep my ideas fresh.
Also here is a thumbnail image of a previous charcoal drawing which I adjusted and mirrored in Photoshop (click to see a much larger version) 
I am also making some small platform games that incorporate ideas and style taken from these drawings.
You can see more of my art in the Art Portfolio Gallery »
Peter McClory - Treople Holding Smokey Towns
These screenshots are from some interactive 3D art animations I programmed using Lingo in Director MX. Each time the user clicks on the image a new 3D object is added to the animation, making each one unique.
Some of the pieces I created enable the user to type in a message which is converted to morse code. The morse code is then used to create a Read more »
A great way of freeing up the mind, flexing your creative muscles and extinguishing writers’ block /artists’ block is to Read more »
The Hollywood sirens were whirring, as they had obviously become comfortably close whilst playing the Boleyn sisters on screen, and not afraid to show it on the red carpet at the Film’s Premiere in Berlin.
In fact, while posing for pictures, they went as far as to take a moment out to exchange a steamy kiss! Read more »
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