On The Spot

 

Last Saturday I did some ‘live’ drawing at an art event at Volcano in Swansea’s High Street. My young nephew posed for the best part of 2 hours but he was happy as Larry playing games on my phone. I worked inside the building and drew onto translucent drafting film with carbon, Bideford Black and white conte crayon. Meanwhile, passers by could see the drawing developing from the outside. When I went to take a look, the white conte was far more obvious than on the inside and looked much better in my opinion. The video shows the drawing in progress.

 

Nathan Volcano and Rose 2

I like the challenge of being put on the spot and drawing live, I’ve always been a bit of an adrenaline junkie and I guess that live drawing is my middle aged version of tearing around on motorbikes in my youth. What a buzz!

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Published by Rosie Scribblah

I'm an artist / printmaker / scribbler. I love drawing and all the geeky stuff associated with printmaking, working in a figurative style. I live in Wales with husband and demented cats. And my real name is Rose Davies :D

10 thoughts on “On The Spot

  1. We are currently in a month long “Windows on Art” project in Corvallis. Each week a different artist, or team of artists, takes up residency inside a narrow display area at a shoe store. So far, I’ve not seen anyone take drawing in this direction. Super great idea Rosie! Thanks to Melvyn for the video. It’s good to see the work from both sides of the glass.

  2. Thanks Melvyn and Rosie. You are right about the conte, I didn’t notice it in your original photo (maybe thst’s just my dodgy eyes!). I love how the video shows you making those lovely lines in your drawing. Fantastic image!

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