I’ve been doing life drawing since I first started art college when I was eighteen and it’s been part of the curriculum of European art colleges for many years. The nude figure is a part of the European tradition and earliest examples are tens of thousands of years old, going back to the Paleolithic. It’s easyContinue reading “A New Model – Female Nude (Parental Guidance)”
Category Archives: Arty Stuff
A New Exhibition
In it’s final week! Appearing in the Womens Arts Association exhibition at Cardiff’s Llanover Hall until December 12th 2016. A few days ago I finished a short residency at the lovely Galerie Simpson where I had the space and time to develop a new piece of art. I’m a 2 dimensional artist, I have aContinue reading “A New Exhibition”
Just Seven To Go….
And here’s the 93rd my series of 30-minute sketches of Baby Boomers. I am aiming to complete 100 before the end of the year. Just seven to go, so I will find a new venue for drawing this month and I reckon a couple more days should do it. Then I will have to decideContinue reading “Just Seven To Go….”
Grist To The Mill
And here’s Baby Boomer number 92 out of the 100 I plan to sketch by the end of this year. I drew my first back in April 2015, thinking it would just take me a few months, but life (work) got in the way and I didn’t realise the amount of organising that wouldContinue reading “Grist To The Mill”
The Home Run
And now into the Home Run, here’s my 91st Baby Boomer sitter out of the 100 I want to draw by the end of the year. We’re a big demographic, the Baby Boom began in 1946, a year after the end of World War 2 and ended in 1964, a couple of years after theContinue reading “The Home Run”
Behind The Scenes
And here is number 90 of the 100 Baby Boomers I aim to sketch by the end of the year. I’m so excited to have reached this stage, I felt like giving up a couple of times along the way because there has been a lot of work behind the scenes to find people willingContinue reading “Behind The Scenes”
The More You Look…..
This is the 89th Baby Boomer out of my target of one hundred people sketches of people of my generation. At the risk of stating the obvious, there is such a huge range of features and faces. Normally we don’t really scrutinise people’s features because we’re brought up to think it’s rude to stare butContinue reading “The More You Look…..”
The Scariest Combo
When I started this epic task, to draw one hundred people of my generation, the Baby Boomers, there were two things that I found very hard to draw – spectacles and facial hair and the two together were the scariest combo of all. But now, with so much practice ….. not bothered at all ……..Continue reading “The Scariest Combo”
Cake Porn And Art
I’ve been making cakes for my Open Studio event at Galerie Simpson tomorrow – just finished this gluten-free chocolate and poached pear upside down cake to go with the bara brith (courtesy of Jane Simpson), pineapple upside-down cake and lemon and elderflower drizzle cake. I’ve been doing some little mashups of my Käthe Kollwitz printContinue reading “Cake Porn And Art”
A Relaxed Squiggliness
I’m getting through these Baby Boomers at quite a rate now, here’s number 87 out of my target of a hundred. My style changes according to the person I’m drawing. Some people require a certain formality and precision of line, others invite a relaxed squiggliness. I’m sure that my phraseology wouldn’t pass muster in aContinue reading “A Relaxed Squiggliness”
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