Three Sketchbooks: One Ink: Iridescent Rich Copper No. 2

When I’m preparing my sketchbooks with background colours, I use different ways of applying the Liquitex inks. The top book, a lightweight handmade Khadi paper, I squirted the ink across the pages from the dropper and then pulled it around with a palette knife. On the hand-made book in the middle, primed with a clear textured gesso, I used a brush and followed it up with a palette knife. The heavyweight Khadi book at the bottom was brushed directly with the ink.

I have an exhibition, “Carved Heads And Other Creatures”, part of MANIFEST at The Workers Gallery in Ynyshir. The show runs until October 31st. Open Saturdays 10.00 – 17.00, other times by appointment. Come and have a look if you’re in the area.

Three Sketchbooks: One Ink: Iridescent Rich Copper No. 1

When I’m preparing my sketchbooks with background colours, I use different ways of applying the Liquitex inks. On the heavyweight Khadi book at the bottom, I brushed the rather thick ink onto the paper neat. It really picked up the texture of the paper’s surface.

I have an exhibition, “Carved Heads And Other Creatures”, part of MANIFEST at The Workers Gallery in Ynyshir. The show runs until October 31st. Open Saturdays 10.00 – 17.00, other times by appointment. Come and have a look if you’re in the area.

Three Sketchbooks: One Ink: Transparent Raw Umber

It was the turn of Transparent Raw Umber to be poured haphazardly onto my sketchbooks today. I’m colouring them with Liquitex ink because so I can work directly onto coloured backgrounds. The sketchbook in the centre is hand-made (beautifully made by a friend), sealed with clear textured gesso. The small very heavyweight Khadi one is sized with smooth white gesso. And the large, lighter-weight, square-format Khadi isn’t sealed at all. A lot of making art is the preparation of materials.

I have an exhibition, “Carved Heads And Other Creatures”, part of MANIFEST at The Workers Gallery in Ynyshir. The show runs until October 31st. Open Saturdays 10.00 – 17.00, other times by appointment. Come and have a look if you’re in the area.

Three Sketchbooks: One Ink: Phthalocyanine Blue

I’m colouring some of my sketchbooks with Liquitex ink because I want to work directly onto coloured backgrounds for a bite. This time I used Phthalocyanine Blue, which is a powerful colour. I have three very different sketchbooks. The one in the centre is hand-made (beautifully made by a friend) and the pages are sealed with clear textured gesso. The small very heavyweight Khadi one is sealed with smooth white gesso. And the large, square-format Khadi, which is a lighter weight than the small one, isn’t sealed at all. I apply the ink from a dropper and then manipulate it a bit with a large square brush.

I have an exhibition, “Carved Heads And Other Creatures”, part of MANIFEST at The Workers Gallery in Ynyshir. The show runs until October 31st. Open Saturdays 10.00 – 17.00, other times by appointment. Come and have a look if you’re in the area.

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#Caturday Archives: 61

It’s back to January 2018 for this week’s #Caturday sketchbook archive, a scribble in graphite of our Little Ming, the one-eyed fluffy tortoiseshell, doing her favourite thing, sleeping. We rescued her from a cruel and neglectful home when she was about a year old and she’s quite elderly in this drawing, about 17 years.

I have an exhibition, “Carved Heads And Other Creatures”, part of MANIFEST at The Workers Gallery in Ynyshir. The show runs until October 31st. Open Saturdays 10.00 – 17.00, other times by appointment. Come and have a look if you’re in the are in the area.

Three Sketchbooks: One Ink: Vivid Lime Green

I’m preparing some of my sketchbooks with Liquitex ink because I fancy doing some sketching onto coloured backgrounds for a while. I have three very different sketchbooks. The hand-made one (beautifully made by a friend) prepared with clear textured gesso. The small very heavyweight Khadi one, prepared with smooth white gesso. And the large, square-format Khadi, which is a lighter weight than the small one. This time I used Vivid Lime Green. The effects are so different across the three books and I love the way the translucent ink allows the text and images to show through in the handmade book.

I have an exhibition, “Carved Heads And Other Creatures”, part of MANIFEST at The Workers Gallery in Ynyshir. The show runs until October 31st. Open Saturdays 10.00 – 17.00, other times by appointment. Come and have a look if you’re in the area.

Scribbling And Eccles Cakes

Husb and I love an Eccles Cake and there is no finer Eccles Cake, in my opinion, than those made by Gerrards Bakery, which has branches across North Wales and the Wirral – controversial I know! Husb and I went on a wild coach trip to Llandudno back in August and dropped into the local Gerrards for coffee and Eccles Cakes. Delicious. I had a bit of a scribble of some of the other people enjoying their baked goods.

I have an exhibition, “Carved Heads And Other Creatures”, part of MANIFEST at The Workers Gallery in Ynyshir. The show runs until October 31st. Open Saturdays 10.00 – 17.00, other times by appointment. Come and have a look if you’re in the area.

En Plein Air With A Sketchbook: 4

Here’s another en plein air sketch I did during a half-hour walk-and-draw exercise on Kilvey Hill. It’s a strange sight; until very recently the area was completely covered in trees but a controversial development project, The Skyline, has ripped out an enormous channel through the forest. This sketch doesn’t give a sense of the scale of the destruction, it’s huge.

I used graphite (6B), a conté crayon (black) and a white soft oil pastel (Daler Rowney) and drew quickly into a unique sketchbook made by a friend. Each page is collaged with something different and then sealed with transparent gesso. I prepared some of the pages with a coating of Liquitex acrylic ink; Deep Turquoise on this one. The graphite gives a silvery sheen, while the conté crayon shows up as a very dense black.

I have an exhibition, “Carved Heads And Other Creatures”, part of MANIFEST at The Workers Gallery in Ynyshir. The show runs until October 31st. Open Saturdays 10.00 – 17.00, other times by appointment. Come and have a look if you’re in the area.

Two Heads In Ballpoint Pen

I sat and listened and sketched at Urban HQ at the regular Saturday live-music session, catching two people near each other. I used a ballpoint pen into my small A6 Indigo sketchbook.

I have an exhibition, “Carved Heads And Other Creatures”, part of MANIFEST at The Workers Gallery in Ynyshir. The show runs until October 31st. Open Saturdays 10.00 – 17.00, other times by appointment. Come and have a look if you’re in the area.

Sitting, Listening, Scribbling

I sat and listened and sketched at Urban HQ at the regular Saturday live-music session. People tend to be still while they’re listening (unless it’s a Metal gig!) so there’s some time to catch a bit of portrait drawing, with a ballpoint pen into my small A6 Indigo sketchbook.

I have an exhibition, “Carved Heads And Other Creatures”, part of MANIFEST at The Workers Gallery in Ynyshir. The show runs until October 31st. Open Saturdays 10.00 – 17.00, other times by appointment. Come and have a look if you’re in the area.