Artist In Residence: Day 6 – Skin Tone

It’s Day 6 of my residency at Urban HQ in Swansea, and I carried on carving lino blocks. I’ve been practicing portrait drawing at the life drawings sessions at Swansea Print Workshop and now I’m practicing making the sketches into lino blocks. Most of the models I’m working with are pale-skinned so I’m getting lots of practice with that particular skin-type. But one model is of African heritage and I have to create a different set of marks to represent darker skin. This is a challenge, especially as I’m working on a small scale – the lino blocks are 10 x 15 cms. I won’t know how these marks turn out until I take a print, which I’m hoping to do towards the end of my residency.

If you’re visiting the city centre, please pop in and have a look and pick up a free postcard of my work. The dates and times of my residency are below. It would be lovely to see you.  

Tuesday             (9.30 – 3.30)                     14^th / 21^st / 28^th       

Wednesday       (9.30 – 3.30)                     15^th / 22^nd / 29^th

Thursday            (9.30 – 3.30)                     16^th

Friday                 (9.30 – 3.30)                     17^th / 24^th

Saturday             (10.30 – 3.30)                   25^th