New drawing..
Goddess by Lily Mar Matin, ink on paper 105 x 75cm, 2026
Goddess
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Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing 2026
I am really pleased to be selected as a finalist for the Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing 2026 in Sydney.
The exhibition is from the 27th of February until the 28th of March.
Congratulation and good luck to all the other finalists and yay to drawing!
Sanctum
A (very beautiful) woman said to me that I can finish this drawing in time for an exhibition in September, I had been doubting myself. The drawing is currently being framed by my fabulous framer and friend. Really pleased to be making larger works again.
5AM period pain and drawing
That title just about sums up my week so far. A lot of the unexpected keeps on happening and my body clock is all out of whack – daylight savings! Title of this post courtesy of waking up at 5AM in a lot of pain, with the cat jumping on my face and me finding off the drawing above.
I’m working on bigger drawings but needed a little break from them so decided to do a little series like some of Dürer’s hand studies. He is a favourite artist of mine, I thought of two things while researching him recently.
1.) In the past it was perfectly acceptable for an artist to draw, etch, paint, sculpt, woodwork etc while these days I feel the pressure to do ONE or the OTHER.
2.) MASTER artist is definitely a word reserved for male artists.
Yesterday I had a very big day in Melbourne looking at a lot of art. I really want to write about that but my thoughts are still formulating also I am running out of time as today is also a big day and then Friday I will DO NOTHING.
Little drawings for sale!
Hello – I am putting together a post of all the little drawings that are available for purchase from Scott Livesey Galleries
Delicate, Ink on cotton paper by Lily Mae Martin 18x25cm 2018
Envisage, Ink on cotton paper by Lily Mae Martin 18x25cm 2018
Claw, Ink on cotton paper by Lily Mae Martin 18x25cm 2017
Tweak, Ink on cotton paper by Lily Mae Martin 19x14cm 2018
These hands, Ink on cotton paper by Lily Mae Martin 14x19cm 2017
This corner, Ink on cotton paper by Lily Mae Martin 15x19cm 2017
Stretch, Ink on cotton paper by Lily Mae Martin 18x25cm 2017
Remission, Ink on cotton paper by Lily Mae Martin 18x25cm 2017
Hands, Ink on cotton paper by Lily Mae Martin 15x19cm 2018
Feet, Ink on cotton paper by Lily Mae Martin 15x19cm 2018
Softer Softest, Ink on cotton paper by Lily Mae Martin 15x19cm 2018
Hand study, Ink on cotton paper by Lily Mae Martin 18x25cm 2018
Foot Study, Ink on cotton paper by Lily Mae Martin 18x25cm 2018
Bend, Ink on cotton paper by Lily Mae Martin 15x19cm 2017
Nipple, Ink on cotton paper by Lily Mae Martin 15x19cm 2018
Somewhere Near Linda Valley, Ink on cotton paper by Lily Mae Martin 14x19cm 2018
Werribee Gorge, Ink on cotton paper by Lily Mae Martin 14x19cm 2018
Dinorwic Slate Quarry – Wales, Ink on cotton paper by Lily Mae Martin 18x25cm 2018
Black Hill, Ink on cotton paper by Lily Mae Martin 18x25cm 2017
For interest contact the gallery on T: +61 3 9824 7770 or email at info@scottliveseygalleries.com
Thank you!
Hand, study drawing
Hand study
By Lily Mae Martin
18x25cm
Ink on cotton paper
2018
I’ve identified an issue in my approach to drawing so I’ve been working on some little drawings to try and train myself out of it.
It’s super important to me to tweak my technical approach – I want to be better, keep getting better.
I feel I have a tendency to over render, which works with some things but not everything. It’s also taking up time that I could be doing much moer useful things in the works. So this little drawing is a success to me. It’s technically a study as it is a plan for a larger work, but I think it’s still an accomplished drawing in its own right. My plan is to send it down to Melbourne with the other small drawings I have made in a couple of weeks.
Just going to have a look at it again. Proud. Now onto the other work 🙂
New little drawings
Hello – I have been working hard on making more little drawings to take down to Melbourne to sell. I have a folio there with smaller, unframed works. They have been going at a steady rate so it is time to make some more. Here’s a sample of some that I have completed so far..
Hands
Ink on cotton paper
19x14cm
Lily Mae Martin
Softer, softest
Ink on cotton paper
19x14cm
Lily Mae Martin
Feet
Ink on cotton paper
19x14cm
Lily Mae Martin
I may frame this one –
Delicate
18x25cm
Ink on cotton paper
Lily Mae Martin
I’m trying to make my work not so dark.. Which doesn’t always go to plan. I seem to have ways I do things even though I want to change them up a bit, it’s hard to break habits.
Any interest in any of my work please contact Scott Livesey Galleries – they are awesome – at info@scottliveseygalleries.com
I also have a number of works hanging on their walls at the moment as part of the WINTER SALON 2018 and some in the stock room there.
Also –
It’s school holidays so I’m off to try and be a fun mum / person for this fortnight.
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June drawing times
Well I’ve gotten past my little hissy fit and now back into the making of things. Being too much in my head and not just going with the hands isn’t good for The Practice.
So planning my days and things that need to get done and drawing for many. many hours is my life again. It’s good to be driven, have purpose and enjoy what the process.
Kidlet has been joining me for some drawing sessions too, there is nothing sweeter. So I did get a bit distracted from my Big Drawing to do a Small Drawing of her drawing. 😛
There’s a bunny in my studio, drawing a cookie-moon
And I’ll finish up with a self portrait – have a good weekend
Self portrait and house plant sketches
New work, Reawaken
Reawaken
By Lily Mae Martin
56 x 76cm
Ink on paper
2018
I’m pretty pleased with this one, a merging of my two loves – the nude figure and the ( Tasmanian ) landscape.
I had these ideas a few months back, spoke to my model who ( bless her ) came over by my rather last minute request. I had frantically sketched out some poses and I am still learning how to direct people. I had been thinking about Poussin’s drawings and have always enjoyed how the figures seemed to drape.
My lecturer at VCA, Berhnard Sachs – had asked me what art I looked at during one of my tutes when I was an undergrad, I think I replied comic books. He then marched me down to the library and got me looking at the drawings of Poussin and others, he talked to me about chiaroscuro. I now look at everything; performance, the written word, the spoken word, photography, abstract, figurative, printmaking and yes, comics and zines. I think it’s importrant to observe as much as possible, outside of what you make, like to make, wish to make.
So here we are years later. I drape my model in a Poussin-type pose and have her balance on a plastic stool I had purchaed from a bargin shop some years back. I think it worked.