Yesterday, Husb and I joined family members and assorted Whovians on the Doctor Who Locations walk’n’talk, organised by the Swansea Library Service. It was a part of an excellent programme of free events coming up this month. I sketched one of the Who companions outside the Kardomah Cafe in Portland Street, that has a numberContinue reading “Use It Or Lose It!”
Author Archives: Rosie Scribblah
Digital Male Nude
I took my Samsung Galaxy 8 Tablet to life drawing a couple of weeks ago, partly to keep practicing with it and partly because I was too lazy to get my paper and drawing materials together; it’s so easy to slip a tablet into your bag and away you go. I’m not enjoying itContinue reading “Digital Male Nude”
In The Zone
I’m working flat out to make 20 new small drawings for a group exhibition at The Brunswick in December. I’m making transfer prints from digital photos I’ve taken and then drawing on top of them in Indian ink. I print out a digital photo in standard inkjet inks (good quality ones don’t work) on cheapContinue reading “In The Zone”
Freeing Up
Just back from life drawing at Swansea Print Workshop. I try to get there every week for practice. I don’t go to produce a perfect drawing; it’s a chance to loosen up and try out different things. I’ve been working on some small, very detailed ink drawings lately and I felt like freeing myself upContinue reading “Freeing Up”
Ghosts
I’ve been making full-colour monotypes the past couple of weeks and the technique gives one intensely coloured print and one lighter, ghost, print. This is because after you’ve taken a full-colour print, you put the plate back through the press with another sheet of paper to mop up the ink remaining on the plate. HereContinue reading “Ghosts”
OOH! AAH! Fireworks!
Bonfire night! Husb and I went to the municipal firework display this evening. It was fantastic! Best one I’ve seen. Kudos to Swansea Council – a grand job. When it finished we crossed the road to the beach for the feral fireworks; thousands of teens and twenty-somethings packed onto the beach lighting bonfires and settingContinue reading “OOH! AAH! Fireworks!”
Reality And Virtuality.
I’ve been at the Print Workshop grafting on some full-colour monotypes for the new exhibition. Here’s the second one finished. I posted stages one and two yesterday; this is what it looks like after the final, Process Blue, layer. I’ve used Intaglio Printmakers relief/litho oil-based pigment onto BFK Rives 250gsm paper. Back in the summer,Continue reading “Reality And Virtuality.”
Two Down, One To Go…
Back at Swansea Print Workshop for a long shift to do another 3-colour reduction monotype in time for the new exhibition in a couple of weeks. Above is the first layer in Process Yellow and below, the monotype after the second, Process Red, layer has been printed. Tomorrow I’ll post the final print, after theContinue reading “Two Down, One To Go…”
Squished Man
Went to life drawing at Swansea Print Workshop last night and our model did a great recliner pose. I love drawing foreshortening because I really like weird stuff. Our model, Ben, looks squished in my drawing but I kept checking and measuring so it’s reasonably accurate. Just weird. I used my Samsung Galaxy tablet withContinue reading “Squished Man”
PHEW!
I was back at Swansea Print Workshop this evening to put the final layer of ink onto my monotype – the Process Blue. It’s this final stage that either pulls the whole thing together or results in me sobbing inwardly and resolving to get a job filling shelves in a supermarket instead of ever doingContinue reading “PHEW!”
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