Drawing Tuesday - Wallace Collection

"Grandguard for the tilt"

 It balanced on a point and the shoulders leaned back against the wall. What an interesting shape.

 I did some blind drawing but as happens so often, drew it too narrow. Trying to get metallic tones; next time I'll try to go a bit darker. It's hard to be so definite!

With some time remaining I wandered through a few rooms and found some Sevres porcelain, actually there are cases full of it, the strong colours of the glazes and all that skill of making, including the painting. The jug and its reflection caught my eye -

oops, a bit tilted...

and there was room for a cup from the set (which included this plate). The painting on this set was done by a couple - he painted the flowers, she did the background, tiny stars among the blue.

Carol closely observed the folds of the curtain and the twists and turns of the tassel-rope -

Janet K depicted some armour for horses - the neck piece is called a crinet and the head covering is a shaffron - armour has wonderful names ...

Sue got the metallic effect with water-soluble graphite -

Tool of the week - pencil sharpeners. Being tidy with the shavings, and finding a sharpener that's the right size for the pencil - there's a deal of variation ...

 Who knew they made pencil sharpeners for vegetables! -

 A visit to an art supply shop gave an indication of the wide variety of pencil sharpeners that are available. The round ones on the bottom shelf are made of brass and feel lovely and heavy when you use them.