Angels Are…Byzantine: 3

Still on the subject of “Angels”, I’m really getting into angels in Byzantine art traditions, especially mosaics and icons. I started this one with some light pencil then worked into it with my home-made walnut ink and a fine Escodar brush. Then I added some white Liquitex acrylic ink. Next stage is to do some fine pen work, I think. The paper is re-used printmaking paper coated with acrylic screenprint ink.

Just one more week of my 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. Please come and have a look if you’re in the are in the area.

Angels Are…Byzantine: 2

A few days ago I started to explore “Angels” as a subject, writing down words and phrases about what they are. There are lots of angels in Byzantine art traditions, especially mosaics and icons, and I’m trying to analyse the style. I have used my home-made walnut ink onto recycled printmaking paper coated with acrylic screenprint ink.

Just one more week of my 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. Please come and have a look if you’re in the are in the area.

#Caturday Archives: 62

Back to January 2018 again for this week’s #Caturday sketchbook archive, a couple of pen sketches of Little Ming, our one-eyed fluffy tortoiseshell rescue cat relaxing. You can see her in the background of the photograph. We rescued her when she was about 9 months old – she was starving and had already had kittens which died. She’s about 17 years old here. After she was rescued she had a life of love and luxury.

Just one more week of my 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. Please come and have a look if you’re in the are in the area.

Angels Are…Byzantine: 1

I started playing with the idea of “Angels” a few days ago, and one of the things I did was write down lots of things that angels are, or could be, and then I started researching them. Some angels are Byzantine, there’s a strong tradition of representing angels in Byzantine art, often mosaics and icons. I’m trying not to slavishly copy existing angels, but rather be influenced by the Byzantine style. I worked with my home-made walnut ink onto recycled printmaking paper coated with acrylic screenprint 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 are in the area.

Angels: Trying Things Out

I started playing with the idea of “Angels” a few days ago, just scribbling away with a pen, brush and walnut ink to get some rough ideas onto paper and now I’m building onto these little sketches with white Liquitex ink and a fine brush, to see what happens. I’m also writing down thoughts about angels and what they are.

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.

Angels: After The Beginning…

I started playing with the idea of “Angels” a few days ago, just scribbling away with a pen, brush and walnut ink to get some rough ideas onto paper. So today I started to work over them with white Liquitex ink and a fine brush, to see where it takes me. I don’t normally work like this, I prefer to draw from life, so dredging through my imagination is a bit odd for me.

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.

What Are Angels?

Yesterday I started sketching some very rough ideas on the subject of angels, using brushes and walnut ink. But I also used a dip pen to write around the edges of the paper – thoughts about what angels are. I was surprised by how many there were and they’re still coming. Sometimes I get visual ideas from words, sometimes I don’t.

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.

Got To Begin Somewhere…

I’ve been asked to submit a piece to an upcoming exhibition on the theme of “Angels”. It’s not a subject I’ve ever given any thought to in the past so I have to develop something from scratch. So I grabbed some paper and started playing around with ink, a dip pen and a couple of brushes. Just seeing what happens with no plans, no design concept. The paper is recycled from leftover prints at Swansea Print Workshop. The background colour is re-used acrylic screen printing ink, and the figures are sketched in my home made walnut ink. I also scribbled down my thought on what angels are…Who knows where this will lead?

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.

It’s All Practice

I don’t often sketch indoors unless there are people involved but I was visiting Anglesey / Ynys Môn last week and visited Melin Llynon which has the last working windmill in Wales. I did a quick sketch of some of the very old wooden apparatus on the first floor – my terror of heights stopped me from going up to the second and third floors! It’s not an interesting sketch and I can’t say I much enjoyed making it, but it’s all practice.

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.

#Caturday: Three Simple Scribbles

Three very quick and simple little sketches of Eric House Tiger on a cushion. I was concentrating on getting the outline rather than details, using a HB pencil into my 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 are in the area.