Back to Autumn 2016 and some random sketches that I did out and about. I really should do more. I’m still out and about but I find I’m participating more and more in what’s going on around me and don’t want to interrupt it with scribbling. Maybe I was more curmudgeonly back in the day 😀
Husb and I went to a barbecue a few evenings ago, at a neighbours house, where many musicians played and the company was lovely and cheerful. A good opportunity to sit and sketch, I drew this group in pencil.
Another little scribble in my sketchbook snatched quickly in a café as someone was waiting for their cuppa.
Over 20 of my linocuts are going to be featured in a new exhibition at The Workers Gallery in Ynyshir. It’s a group show, “Manifest” and my collection is called “Carving Heads And Other Creatures”. It’s mostly a new body of work which begins with drawing portraits, working with professional models at Swansea Print Workshop’s life drawing group. These drawings are then carved into traditional lino and finally inked and printed by hand. Each one is a unique work of art, produced by the hand of the artist, not by a machine.
There are also recurring subjects: the Mari Lwyd; Heavy Metal Legs – disembodied limbs glimpsed and quickly sketched at gigs; and the occasional cat! If you haven’t visited The Workers, please do, it’s a lovely gallery, artist-led, and in a lovely but overlooked part of South Wales.
22nd August to 31st October 2026. Saturdays 10.00 to 17.00 (or weekdays by appointment).
Celebration event Saturday September 5th 2026 14.00 – 16.00
Husb and I went to a barbecue at a lovely neighbour’s house yesterday evening: the weather was warm and gentle; the company lovely and cheerful; and there were many musicians making music. I sat quietly in a corner and sketched a bit while people listened to the music.
It’s #Caturday Saturday and this little painting of our young rescue cat, Eric House-Tiger, is finished, ready to go off to be raffled in a community event locally. I used Unbleached Titanium, Raw Umber, Titanium White, Burnt Umber, Indian Yellow and Emerald Green Liquitex Heavy Body acrylic paint onto a 10 x 10 cms primed stretched canvas.
Stage 3 of my tiny (10 x 10 cms) canvas painting of our young Tabby rescue, Eric House-Tiger, working in some finer details with Unbleached Titanium, Raw Umber, Titanium White and Emerald Green Liquitex Heavy Body acrylic paint. It’s a bit of whimsy that’s going to be donated for a raffle prize in a local community event. He’s so cute!
This is stage 2 of a tiny (10 x 10 cms) canvas painting I’m doing of our young Tabby rescue, Eric House-Tiger. I’m getting in some dark and mid-tones, and highlights using Raw Umber and Titanium White Liquitex heavy body acrylic paint. I’ve also blocked in the background with Indian Yellow, a colour I particularly like.
I’m doing a tiny (10 x 10 cms) canvas painting of Eric House-Tiger which I’m going to donate for a raffle prize in a local community event. This is the first stage, transfer the drawing and work over the lines with a thin later of transparent Raw Umber so I don’t smudge the pencil lines while I’m painting.
Back to October 2016 for this sketch archive. Technically not a sketchbook; I attended an event and took my drawing board and sheets of paper prepared with white gesso and my own home-made walnut husk ink. I really enjoy making art in public.
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