Drawing at gigs in the near dark is good practice as I have to squint to see the basic details of what’s in front of me and get them down quickly before people move too much. It sharpens my instincts and improves my drawing in the light. I did a load of drawings at the launch of Rufus Mufasa’s new album, “Fur Coats From The Lion’s Den” in Cardiff earlier this week with a 6B graphite stick into my little lined notebook by Peter Pauper Press.
Deadline: September 30th 2018 – The Evening Standard Art Prize. No entry fee. UK residents. Digital entry. Competitions for creatives can be controversial. Some have extortionate entry fees, some have the odds stacked against those who are not members of a particular arts organisation. But I’m happy to give the heads up to competitions that […]
Swansea, September 21st to 30th 2018. I’ve been involved in the expansive art project Nawr Yr Arwr / Now The Hero for some time and it’s all coming to a head in Swansea at the end of September. It’s part of a whole load of specially commissioned art projects from “14-18 NOW WW1 Centenary Art Commissions“, a […]
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I share your sentiment. I love drawing in the dark. Even when you can’t make out what you’re doing, I think there’s a gain in creating the gesture, the strokes and shapes — it’s like drawing on the inside your brain!
That’s it exactly, Aletha. Drawing in your brain!