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.

Stages In A Drawing

I took some photos while I was drawing this; having a camera on my phone is brilliant, so easy to record and upload work. I kept having to adjust his chin, I made it way too long in the early stages. The drawing took a little under an hour, using Caran d’Ache NeoPastels onto prepared repurposed paper.

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.