Another vista from the old church, a spooky corridor beyond a heavy door. It was a dark and rainy day when I took the photos, no artificial light and precious little natural light which added to the atmospherics of the place. I decided not to use a flash because I wanted the deep shadows and high contrast, the effect of chiaroscuro. I used the simplest materials – a small white conte crayon into a Daler Rowney spiral bound A4 Ebony sketchbook. Nothing fancy.
Here Be Dragons – March 26th at 9pm on Sky Arts TV channel. Finally, the end of all the months of work! The programmes showing over 50 commissioned artists across the UK are being aired during the week beginning March 25th and the film featuring me and my work is on Tuesday, March 26th at […]
Cinema & Co, Swansea, throughout March. Exhibition – The Revolting Women Present: The Personal Is Political. A bit of technical stuff today, here’s a monotype I did recently with chine collé from an original sketchbook drawing. I was in London a few years back and wandered over to “Tent City”, the Occupy London protest outside […]
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very easy on the eyes/ quite a curiosity/ thanx
These are a wonderful group of drawings, so much suggested with just a touch of conte on paper.
Thank you Kate, I’m trying to get away from my comfort zone of tight pen drawings 🙂
It’s fantastic Rosie 😉
Thank you, Russell 😊