I did a lot of “live” sketching at this year’s Swansea Fringe, it’s the fourth year I’ve done it and I love it. I get to go to any venue I want, see any act I want and scribble them with official approval. It’s great. Here’s Tokomololo at Tŷ Tawe. I drew him in graphite ontoContinue reading “At The Swansea Fringe: 1”
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In The Market
I took a break from Swansea Fringe scribbling on Saturday and joined Husb and some friends for lunch at Swansea Market. There are some really good food places there and you can take it to a central food court to eat it. We had some gorgeous Greek food from Iokasti’s Kitchen. Of course, I hadContinue reading “In The Market”
#Caturday Archives: 33
I was doing a lot of digital drawings of the 5-year old SpartaPuss back in December 2014. I was using a free Markers app on my Samsung Galaxy Note 8 tablet. I really enjoyed it for some time, it was very convenient, it slipped into a small bag, no faff.
One For Carving
My final 2 sketches at the life drawing session, numbers 7 and 8, both 30-minute drawings of the same pose. The last one if the best likeness and I drew these two in a 10 x 15 cm rectangle, so I can transfer straight to a lino block. And then get carving.
The End Of A Sketchbook
I came to the end of my lovely cloth-bound sketchbook last night, at a gig in Elysium by Matthew Frederick. He had an interesting technique for playing his guitar across his lap, I haven’t seen that before. I really enjoyed the gig, not my usual thing, a very lovely singer songwriter, not heavy metal! IContinue reading “The End Of A Sketchbook”
Tea And Cake, Of Course!
It was good to be back working with a model I’m used to, as I already knew the “shorthand” of her face, even though it’s been maybe a couple of years since I was last at life drawing. These are the “middle” poses in the session, two x 15 minutes and then a 30 minuteContinue reading “Tea And Cake, Of Course!”
Portrait Drawing: Week 4
I’m settling back into life drawing at Swansea Print Workshop after a long, long gap (see here) and I’m practicing portrait drawing. I’ve set myself some goals and I’ll be doing this every Thursday evening for the next year. Here are my sketches from week 4, of a model I worked with a lot inContinue reading “Portrait Drawing: Week 4”
Sketchbook Archives: 51
Looking through my sketchbook archives for November and December 2014, there are a few animals that are not domestic cats. There’s a lion and some lionesses drawn at Folly Farm, a friend’s dog, and some cyanotypes of pigeons that I had sketched years before.
#Caturday: Two Cats And A Horse
There’s an Open Weekend at Swansea Print Workshop coming up (see below) and I’m sorting out some of my work to put on sale. I’ve been doing some little linocut prints onto postcards so I’ll pop these into small frames and sell them at relatively low prices. They are all embellished with chine collé, usingContinue reading “#Caturday: Two Cats And A Horse”
Marvel! Exclaim! Enjoy!
It’s Swansea Print Workshop’s annual open weekend next week, Saturday and Sunday 29th and 30th November, from 10.00 – 4.00. Come and marvel at our antique printing presses, exclaim at the Tardis-like ambience of the unusual Victorian building, and enjoy the fabulous array of original prints on exhibition and for sale from our studio artistsContinue reading “Marvel! Exclaim! Enjoy!”
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