Arty Stuff – Page 348

Keep At It

The only way to get good at anything is to keep at it and practice. I know that’s stating the bleedin’ obvious but so many people don’t seem to get it. Here are some of the life drawings I did last week. I did these four, which are a bit naff and one IContinue reading “Keep At It”

I Got More Wood…

I’ve been hacking away at my lump of old plywood today. I darkened the outline drawing I did yesterday with a greasy charcoaly thing from Daler Rowney – I should be more technical I know, but I lost the box it came in – and then I hacked the white bits out of it.Continue reading “I Got More Wood…”

Taking Liberties

Went to life drawing tonight and had a hard time for the first couple of hours but turned up trumps on the last pose. I really like the drawing I did – I was so fed up I stopped caring and it seemed to work. Because of where I was sitting there was aContinue reading “Taking Liberties”

I’ve Got Wood…

…..and I know how to use it :). I’ve got a stack of plywood offcuts hanging around the studio so I thought I’d do some woodcuts from my sketches. I’ve decided to work on male nudes for the foreseeable future and I’ve just completed a series of three very large manier noir drawings, including oneContinue reading “I’ve Got Wood…”

An Oldie

Feeling bleeuurrgghhh. Got a bit of a lurgi. I did a long teaching stint down at Print Workshop today then went to work at my studio, then grabbed some chips with Husb before going to an event at the Print Workshop then walked home feeling dog rough. So I’ve been wrapped in a blankie inContinue reading “An Oldie”

Another Man. Another Day.

I’ve been working on some very large manier noir drawings, based on life drawings from my sketchbooks, The drawings are on paper about 120cms high, Fabriano Accademica, coated with acrylic gesso and rubbed all over with compressed charcoal. I thought I’d do a series of male nudes – there are loads in my sketchbooksContinue reading “Another Man. Another Day.”

Aaarrgghhh! Hands!

Life drawing tonight – really lovely pose except for the hands! I tried to draw them twice and they ended up looking like one good hand with a couple of sausages attached. Floppy sausages. With nails. aaaaarrrggghhhh! So frustrating. The other pose was nice too – some severe foreshortening – love it. I usedContinue reading “Aaarrgghhh! Hands!”

I Want A Steamroller!

Tonight I went to Swansea Print Workshop for an artist talk by the new printmaker-in-residence, Fiona Kelly from Cork in the Republic of Ireland. She works mostly in block (relief) printmaking technique, basing her practice on drawing. Fantastic stuff. But best of all for me was a collaboration she showed us with some otherContinue reading “I Want A Steamroller!”

That! Pesky! Kitteh!

My cat Sparta sometimes hijacks my computer and writes her own blog. This really annoys me because apart from the mucky paw prints on the keyboard, her blogs get about three times as many readers as mine! The CHEEK of it! And she manages to creep into my artwork too. I was working withContinue reading “That! Pesky! Kitteh!”

Something completely different…

I do some teaching with people who are clients of our local drug and alcohol treatment service, running a short course in creativity. Today we looked at native Australian art and did some dot paintings. I joined in and this is what I ended up with. Completely different and a very interesting process. WeContinue reading “Something completely different…”