#Caturday Archives: 58

December 2017 and here’s a sketch of Little Ming, our furry tortie rescue cat. Husb and I had taken her from a very neglectful home after we found her emaciated, seriously ill from a lung infection and barely alive. We took her straight to a vet and paid for emergency treatment – her eye was so badly infected it had an abscess and had to be removed. After several nights when things were touch and go, she started to recover. She was less than a year old when we “liberated” her and she lived until she was 17. She was the sweetest little floof and having just one eye didn’t seem to affect her at all.

I have a new 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.

Life Drawing: Slightly Out

This was not an easy pose for me to draw. I’m not sure why, but I kept getting the measurements wrong and the whole body is slightly out. But that’s the way it goes sometimes. It’s a 15 minute pose drawn with Caran D’Ache NeoPastels onto repurposed paper prepared with acrylic screenprinting ink.

I have a new exhibition coming up, “Carved Heads And Other Creatures”, part of MANIFEST at The Workers Gallery in Ynyshir. There’s a celebration event with me and other artists on Saturday September 5th and the show runs until October 31st. Open Saturdays 10.00 – 17.00, other times by appointment.

Sketchbook Archives: 68

I was working into a large (A2) brown paper sketchbook back in November 2016, using conté crayons in white, black and sanguine. I really like that combination of paper and drawing materials for doing portraits. These are professional life models at Swansea Print Workshop’s weekly life drawing group.

Life Drawing: Foreshortening

Here’s a lying-down pose from the side with some wicked foreshortening. I had fun with this, playing with my Caran D’Ache NeoPastels, not worrying too much about being realistic, although I was intently focused on accurately capturing the extreme perspective of the 25-minute pose.

I have a new exhibition coming up, “Carved Heads And Other Creatures”, part of MANIFEST at The Workers Gallery in Ynyshir. There’s a celebration event with me and other artists on Saturday September 5th and the show runs until October 31st. Open Saturdays 10.00 – 17.00, other times by appointment.

Life Drawing: An In-Betweener

Here’s a15-minute pose from the recent life drawing session at Swansea Print Workshop. It’s beyond a short pose but falls short of a long pose – an in-betweener pose. I used Caran D’Ache NeoPastels onto repurposed paper prepared with left-over acrylic screenprint ink.

I have a new exhibition coming up, “Carved Heads And Other Creatures”, part of MANIFEST at The Workers Gallery in Ynyshir. There’s a celebration event with me and other artists on Saturday September 5th and the show runs until October 31st. Open Saturdays 10.00 – 17.00, other times by appointment.

Life Drawing: A Quick One

Here’s a quick 5-minute pose from the recent life drawing session at Swansea Print Workshop. I used Caran D’Ache NeoPastels onto repurposed paper prepared with left-over acrylic screenprint ink.

I have a new exhibition coming up, “Carved Heads And Other Creatures”, part of MANIFEST at The Workers Gallery in Ynyshir. There’s a celebration event with me and other artists on Saturday September 5th and the show runs until October 31st. Open Saturdays 10.00 – 17.00, other times by appointment.

#Caturday Archives: 57

Here’s a throwback to November 2017 for this week’s #Caturday Saturday. Sparta Puss looking very lively, she was about 8 years old here and she’s still going strong.

Life Drawing: In The Mirror

Here’s a longer, 45 minute, pose from last night’s life drawing session at Swansea Print Workshop. I had a good angle that let me draw a mirror image as well. I used Caran D’Ache NeoPastels onto repurposed paper prepared with left-over acrylic screenprint ink.

I have a new exhibition coming up, “Carved Heads And Other Creatures”, part of MANIFEST at The Workers Gallery in Ynyshir. There’s a celebration event with me and other artists on Saturday September 5th and the show runs until October 31st. Open Saturdays 10.00 – 17.00, other times by appointment.

Three Sketchbooks: One Ink: Turquoise Deep

I’m carrying on spreading Liquitex ink onto my three very different sketchbooks. The hand-made one prepared with clear textured gesso. The Khadi one, prepared with smooth white gesso. And the unprepared one made by Indigo. This time I used Turquoise Deep. The effects are so different across the three books.

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I have a new exhibition coming up, “Carved Heads And Other Creatures”, part of MANIFEST at The Workers Gallery in Ynyshir. There’s a celebration event with me and other artists on Saturday September 5th and the show runs until October 31st. Open Saturdays 10.00 – 17.00, other times by appointment.

Three Sketchbooks: One Ink: Deep Violet

I have these three very different sketchbooks. The top one, made by a friend with all sorts of paper treasures, has been prepared with clear, textured gesso. The middle one, a thick hand-made Khadi paper, has been prepared with a smooth white gesso. And the one at the bottom, a smooth paper made by Indigo, hasn’t had any preparation.

I’m playing around with Liquitex acrylic inks, pouring and spreading onto the sketchbooks to see what happens; what sort of ground each will provide for further work. For this first one I used Deep Violet applied with a dropper and spread with a palette knife (top) or a wet square brush (bottom).

I have a new exhibition coming up, “Carved Heads And Other Creatures”, part of MANIFEST at The Workers Gallery in Ynyshir. There’s a celebration event with me and other artists on Saturday September 5th and the show runs until October 31st. Open Saturdays 10.00 – 17.00, other times by appointment.