The return from holiday today. The hassle of travel ought to provide a feast of sketchbook opportunities but actually the constant feel of being under time pressure is a huge disincentive to pulling out a pen. This is therefore prime challenge time: no desire to try anything which I won’t have time to complete and no time anyway. So I decide to just draw whatever is in front of me for seconds at a time. Line only. A misdelivery of half the family to the wrong terminal by the

#adailyselfreflection on seeking new shoots #adailyselfreflection #digitalart #postaday2011 #Selfportrait

on dreamscapes #adailyselfreflection #adailyselfreflection #digitalart #digitaldrawings #postaday2011

on seeing the light, obscured it’s been a while since i played around with the graphics tablet and good old Photoshop. A year ago, I was desperate for apps to appear with the functionality of photoshop. Now I find myself wishing that Photoshop had some of the auto-functions of the better apps! Still,nothing quite beats the drawing process with the tablet. #adailyselfreflection #digitaldrawings #Photoshop #ImageEditing #postaday2011 #digitalart #digitalpainting #Selfportrait

There is increasing convergence between ideas formulated through this series and those of my blog Life and Art. Increasingly the one is a reflection of the other even if this is not apparent on the surface. #adailyselfreflection #Portraiture #postaday2011 #digitalart #Selfportrait

The Social Media Stretch How far is it possible to reach? #adailyselfreflection #digitalart #postaday2011 #Selfportrait

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This image was created with the Paintbook app for iPhone/iPad. It is always interesting and stimulating to play around with vector based apps. Actually, I did have to use the Art Studio app for some of the image layering techniques, but it was mostly Paintbook. #adailyselfreflection #digitaldrawings #postaday2011 #digitalart #Selfportrait

Some days are so full of doing that there is only an instant of space to make #adailyselfreflection. Gillian Holding http://www.gillianholding.com Follow me on Twitter @gillianholding #iPhonephotos #photography #adailyselfreflection #postaday2011 #iPhoneography #Selfportrait

Ellipsis(III) Playing around with layers and digital collage… #adailyselfreflection #Ipad #postaday2011 #digitalart #Selfportrait

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noone is listening #adailyselfreflection #digitalpainting #postaday2011 #Selfportrait

I play around a lot with the iPhone camera. I like its severe limitations. #art #iPhonephotos #photography #postaday2011 #digitalart #iPhoneography #Selfportrait

Some days I stop at a point which surprises me. I was playing with the Artrage app tools and using random variants and reached the stage I like most where I am no longer aware of the subject and the marks become an end in themselves. Finishing a figuratively based subject in an entirely abstract frame of mind is interesting. The unexpected blue and gritty marks on the face stayed because I became intrigued by the way my face looked almost bandaged. I had meant to work them in

I have been making use of some amusing artist’s models apps which have unbelievably outlandish poses to create an fantasy world of athleticism… #adailyselfreflection #Ipad #postaday2011 #digitalpainting #Selfportrait

#adailyselfreflection on sleeping whilst awake #art #adailyselfreflection #Ipad #postaday2011 #digitalpainting #Selfportrait

Just once or twice over the months have I incorporated other images from this series, but today I used three or four apps in composing and creating this work because I was playing around with layers and framing and colour manipulation as well as the main drawing. #art #postaday2011 #digitalart #digitalpainting #Selfportrait

#adailyselfreflection on the nature of contemporary What distinguishes contemporary figurative work from a modernist aesthetic? #adailyselfreflection #postaday2011 #digitalart #digitalpainting #Selfportrait

All I can think of at the moment is time pressure and the need for ever greater efficient use of time. When I began this commitment I reassured myself I could do a 2 second line if I needed to in order to fulfil the task, but it seems to have become very much more than that some days. Maybe I am set now for a spell of very fast work. #adailyselfreflection #digitaldrawings #postaday2011 #digitalart #digitalpainting #Selfportrait

I thought this would be more of a figure drawing and more ‘finished’ but I stopped because I liked the left eye. #art #adailyselfreflection #digitaldrawings #Portraiture #Ipad #postaday2011 #digitalart #digitalpainting #Selfportrait