I spent some hours today with my delightful 12-year old great niece, Miss Buns, who hung out in my studio after school. I thought it might be a good idea to draw her so she settled into a big armchair and I started scribbling. Unfortunately, a 12-year old’s idea of ‘keeping still’ is very differentContinue reading “Drawing Miss Buns.”
Author Archives: Rosie Scribblah
Getting a new viewpoint
I try to draw every day but it can get boring drawing the same things over and over so Husb is now being reinvented from different angles. I’ve done a few drawings where I’ve been seated and he’s been standing but he hasn’t been too keen of me drawing up his nose so this timeContinue reading “Getting a new viewpoint”
Filthy Weather And A Civilised Pot Of Tea.
Filthy weather today. We were promised snow but as usual, the bit of the Guf Stream that swirls around in the bay made the temperature just slightly too high for the rain to freeze out into snow. So we had freezing rain and driving winds instead. Horrible. Spent the morning at Swansea Print WorkshopContinue reading “Filthy Weather And A Civilised Pot Of Tea.”
Another Pal Scribbled!
I’ve signed up to the 28 day drawing challenge on Facebook and I’m trying to draw a person each day instead of an inanimate object. I don’t want to repeat myself so I’m going to try not to do husb and myself more than once. However, in this age of social networking and given theContinue reading “Another Pal Scribbled!”
The Illustrated Man
Not an original blog title – I remember the film with Rod Steiger – but it seemed apt. This is a friend of ours who has fabulous tribal tattoos covering half of his body and I’ve been wanting to draw them for ages so we fixed a time for him to drop down toContinue reading “The Illustrated Man”
The Final Proof [female nude]
Today I went back to Swansea Print Workshop for the final session of drypoint training. Yesterday I managed to pull a first proof [on the left] and this morning I used it to guide me while I did a lot more mark-making into the paper drypoint plates. I added a lot more cross hatchingContinue reading “The Final Proof [female nude]”
Come Up And See My Etching [female nude]
I spent today at Swansea Print Workshop learning how to do three-colour separation drypoint, which is similar to etching. You transfer a drawing to three separate, identically-sized paper drypoint plates. You use a drypoint needle to scratch your drawings into the plates, using your original drawing as a guide. Each plate is inked up withContinue reading “Come Up And See My Etching [female nude]”
A Man Ablaze With Energy [male nude]
One of my favourite methods of printmaking is the three-colour separation monotype, which is quite involved. I explain the process on my website if you want to read more about it. This image [printed onto A1 BFK Rives paper] started as a life drawing of a male nude model; he is of Asian heritageContinue reading “A Man Ablaze With Energy [male nude]”
Mauled By Ming The Merciless
Ming The Merciless is a small fluffy tortoiseshell [calico] cat who tolerates us and shares her home with us. Because she is so fluffy, she needs to be combed, especially at this time of year when the kitties are moulting off their winter coat. Honestly, you’d think we were murdering her. It took husbContinue reading “Mauled By Ming The Merciless”
I’ll Scribble Anywhere, Me.
I know I bang on about artists getting out in public and be seen doing art, but that’s because I feel really strongly about it. The visual arts have been getting a bad press in recent years. They’re seen, often justifiably, as elitist and obscure and this is because a small number of artists whoContinue reading “I’ll Scribble Anywhere, Me.”
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