More Freddie Inkyness

                                                            More Freddie Inkyness

                                                                      At the piano...

Queen - A large canvas

                         Used the Badger (Thayer and Chandler) Omni 4000 to start with...

                                    Then began adding detail with the Badger Renegade krome

                                                             Queen - A large canvas

80's Freddie Mercury

                                                             80's Freddie Mercury

Freddie on canvas -wip

                                                       Freddie on canvas - WIP 40"x 50"

Now to add varnish

                                                                 Added varnish

                                                                     Nearly...there

80's Freddie Mercury

80's Freddie Mercury - This one's turned out a bit bland. It's a bit too close to the original photograph, I like to add something but I didn't do here...

70's freddie again..

70's freddie again.. If you want to add my images to your blog at least have the decency to ask, DON'T crop my name off, and respond to email. Now I have to do this...

70's Freddie Mercury -water colour- purple

                                                   70's Freddie Mercury- water colour

This has a nice loose feel but I'm pleased I've kept his animated expression. The secret is to stop before it become 'wooden'. The colours are translucent and not muddy, I'm actually pleased with this for a change..

Freddie - I'm going slightly mad

                                                       Freddie - I'm going slightly mad
This video was always bitter sweet, another Queen video but it was obvious something was wrong. I have added more colour, more vibrancy as if Freddie was channeling some mystical creative force into being. I tried to summon my inner Sir William Russell Flint...

"I can't face this life alone..." 80's Freddie Mercury

                                                      "I can't face this life alone..."

My melancholy blues - water colour

 My melancholy blues - water colour

A bit sloppy this one, I like them when they are looser than this, but the likeness is ok..I should have done more with the background, I made it too dark too early on and couldn't throw down any colour to rescue the flatness. Still it might have detracted from the face so maybe it was for the best? 

Airbrushed canvas of Freddie

                                             An airbrush on canvas painting of Freddie

Happy Birthday Freddie!

Over worked this one a bit..and lost the likeness somewhat, but hey! Happy Birthday Freddie!

Freddie Mr Bad Guy - water colour

                            Freddie Mr Bad Guy - water colour

 

I have a reticence about doing the images that are 'too familiar', this photo session for the 'Mr Bad guy' album is sort of over used. The image although shot in bright daylight has his face partially in shade, which is always a difficult lighting scenario to pull off in water colour.

 

 

80's Freddie Mercury

80's Freddie Mercury -  Hair was a tad bouffant-y during this period.

Brian's Knees Op'!

In Honour of Brian's Knee joint replacement Operation. Here's wishing him a swift recuperation!!
Knees-op Doctor May
Knees-op Doctor May
Under the knife you must go
Ee-aye, Ee-aye, Ee-aye-oh
If they catch you bending notes
it's time to recover, not emote
Knees op, knees op
Never get the breeze up
Knees-op Doctor May

70's Gauntlet Freddie Mercury in colour

                                             70's Gauntlet Freddie Mercury in colour
 This is from that black and white photo that most people are familiar with...

This isn't quite finished..the bottom 1/3 still needs work...

Freddie and Mary - Fancy dress party Berlin..water colour

                                  Freddie and Mary - Fancy dress party Berlin..water colour

70's Freddie Mercury, the weird bullet hairstyle,,,

70's Freddie Mercury, The weird bullet hairstyle...like he was awaiting being fired from a canon..water colour

The Arch deacon of Bass Guitar- John Deacon

                      The Arch deacon of Bass Guitar- John Deacon

John Deacon Queen -water colour

And now a man used to supporting a big bottom end, No, not Kim Khardasian's Spanx manufacturer..
John Deacon - or Deaky to his friends -water colour