Through 2016 to 2019, I did a large series of drawings of standing stones out in the field, en plein air as we artists call it, across South Wales, which has been described to me as a Neolithic Landscape of the Dead, there are so many ancient tombs. I was accompanied by archaeologist Dewi Bowen who was researching his new book on Neolithic / Bronze Age monuments (Hunting The Wild Megalith) and filmmaker Melvyn Williams.
This is the magnificent tomb overlooking the beach at Manorbier in West Wales. I visited and drew it in March 2016, it was chilly but nice and sunny, with not a lot of people around, which is good when you want to concentrate on drawing. I drew with my own home-made walnut ink and conte crayons, concentrating on the mark-making as well as the forms.
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