Battersea doodle #22

Another 'in the style of Artist x'. Can you guess who inspired this one?

And the answer is... M. C. Escher !

Battersea doodle #21

Remember Battersea.

As well as all the forget-me-nots (myosotis), there's a knot in one chimney because people used to tie a knot in their handkerchief to remember.

Battersea doodle #20

Battersea Kaleidoscope.
Lately I've been having more fun with the repeated motif idea. I started on a kaleidoscopic image a couple of days ago, making a small section of it (probably just under a quarter of this image). I came back to it today and added some colour and then it kept on growing! I particularly like the centre, which came about a little by accident after I copied the central group and happened to rotate it on top of what was already there. I like how detailed it became once I'd accidentally doubled it up, so I left it like that, and for some reason that little section reminds me of the sort of ornate patterns of the Victorian age. Or maybe even a little of Art Nouveau, despite the individual elements being composed almost entirely of straight lines. :)

Battersea doodle #19

I've been playing around with using the power station as a repeated motif for a while now, and this is the first 'wallpaper' style image I've created that I'm quite happy with. I'd love to test this sort of thing as a fabric print to make accessories with, so maybe I'll look into that. Anyway, for now here's an example of my Battersea Wallpaper...

Battersea doodle #18

As it's monday, I'll be nice and give you an easy one to guess:

And the answer is... Andy Warhol !

Battersea doodle #17

Another 'Battersea in the style of Artist x' doodle. Solve for x. [for answer see below - no cheating!]

 

And the answer is... Rene Magritte !

Battersea doodle #16

I started doing a little series of jokey 'Battersea in the style of Artist X' doodles which were quite fun, so I'll post a few up. Here's the first one I did. I'm sure you can guess the artist, but if not, it says beneath the doodle.

 

 And the answer is... Piet Mondrian !

Battersea doodle #15

"Save Battersea!"

This is a bit of a doodled pun. It just started as the power station as a piggy bank, but then I thought about how I desperately hope something happens with the power station before it becomes too dilapidated to save... and as for the little Battersea power station balloon flying between the legs of the piggy bank - that's a sort of back-to-front reference to the pig balloon flying over the power station on Pink Floyd's famous album cover for Animals.

Battersea stop-motion #1

Hello everyone! (I know you're out there because I just checked my stats... followers welcome!)

So now that little shameless plug for someone to join the blog and make me feel a little less like a lemon (or is it gooseberry?!) is out of the way, I mentioned in a previous post that I'd attempted a bit of stop motion animation a little while ago, featuring (you've guessed it) my favourite power station and thought I'd try posting it up on here so that I don't just forget about it buried in the depths of my computing machine. Being reminded of it more often may indeed encourage me to try again and get a little better.

Disclaimer: In my defense, it is my first ever attempt at a stop motion animation, and with lack of good lighting, a decent digital camera or even a tripod (I do have a teensy 10cm one somewhere but it is hiding from me) the result isn't exactly going to get me fast-tracked to a career at Aardman Animations. However, I was quite excited about it, and it gave me lots of overly-ambitious ideas of what I could do next, perhaps after I've sorted the tripod, lights and camera issues, and spent a little longer on it! 

So here goes ...[ please don't judge too harshly ;-) ]

Battersea doodle #14

Saint Battersea

Battersea doodle #13

BatterzZzzzzea...

Dragon Post [3]

Battersea doodle #12

Battersea bingo hall...

Battersea doodle #11