Here’s another en plein air sketch I did during a half-hour walk-and-draw exercise on Kilvey Hill. I used graphite (6B), a conté crayon (black) and a white soft oil pastel (Daler Rowney) and drew quickly into a unique sketchbook made by a friend. Each page is collaged with something different and then sealed with transparentContinue reading “En Plein Air With A Sketchbook: 3”
Author Archives: Rosie Scribblah
Prepping Paper
I’m off to Life Drawing later and I prepared some recycled paper for drawing. I’m using the backs of discarded prints – the paper is good quality so it’s a pity to waste it. On the left I’ve put a line of acrylic screenprinting ink (also recycled – leftovers from a course) and I’ll useContinue reading “Prepping Paper”
En Plein Air With A Sketchbook: 2
Here’s another en plein air sketch I did during a half-hour walk-and-draw exercise on Kilvey Hill. I used graphite (6B), a conté crayon (black) and a white soft oil pastel (Daler Rowney) and drew quickly into a unique sketchbook made by a friend. Each page is collaged with something different and then sealed with transparentContinue reading “En Plein Air With A Sketchbook: 2”
En Plein Air With A Sketchbook: 1
Husb and I went for a walk up Kilvey Hill this afternoon and I took a new sketchbook, hand-made by a lovely friend. Each page has something collaged onto it and then sealed with transparent gesso. I took a block of graphite (6B), a conté crayon (black) and a white soft oil pastel (Daler Rowney).Continue reading “En Plein Air With A Sketchbook: 1”
Three Sketchbooks: One Ink: Naphthol Crimson
I’m preparing some of my sketchbooks with Liquitex ink because I fancy doing some sketching onto coloured backgrounds for a while. I have three very different sketchbooks. The hand-made one (beautifully made by a friend) prepared with clear textured gesso. The small very heavyweight Khadi one, prepared with smooth white gesso. And the large, square-formatContinue reading “Three Sketchbooks: One Ink: Naphthol Crimson”
A Deep Clean
Swansea Print Workshop is shutting down for a couple of months for some badly-needed renovations and we’re all pulling together to get things packed and stored before the building work starts. I did a deep clean on some of the rollers (brayers) the other day. I enjoyed it. Does that make me sound like IContinue reading “A Deep Clean”
#Caturday Archives: 60
It’s back to January 2018 for this week’s #Caturday sketchbook archive, an ink drawing of our Little Ming, the one-eyed fluffy tortoiseshell. She’s in her favourite place, on top of the boiler in the window next to the kettle. Plenty of sources of warmth for her. I have an exhibition, “Carved Heads And Other Creatures”,Continue reading “#Caturday Archives: 60”
Sketchbook Archives: 69
February 2017 and I’m still in the drawing-portraits-on-brown-paper phase. I used black, brown and sanguine conté crayons and graphite. I’m not sure why I stopped – I really like the effect. Maybe that’s why, maybe it was becoming too easy and I’m a glutton for punishment 🙂 I have an exhibition, “Carved Heads And OtherContinue reading “Sketchbook Archives: 69”
The Guitarist
Here’s a quick scribble at our local venue “Down By Here” (previously Elysium Bar). I can’t remember the band; I get so absorbed in sketching that I often forget to write down details like band names. I find it difficult to draw people with musical instruments as you have to deal with perspective and proportion notContinue reading “The Guitarist”
More Crazy Hair…
I went to a concert in the summer at Llangiwg Church and Y Pregethwr did an amazing performance in the Welsh language. He sings passages from the Book of Ecclesiastes in Cymraeg accompanied by a harmonium. He has wild hair so I sketched him. I have a new exhibition, “Carved Heads And Other Creatures”, partContinue reading “More Crazy Hair…”
