I’m off to Life Drawing later and I prepared some recycled paper for drawing. I’m using the backs of discarded prints – the paper is good quality so it’s a pity to waste it. On the left I’ve put a line of acrylic screenprinting ink (also recycled – leftovers from a course) and I’ll useContinue reading “Prepping Paper”
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Three Sketchbooks: One Ink: Naphthol Crimson
I’m preparing some of my sketchbooks with Liquitex ink because I fancy doing some sketching onto coloured backgrounds for a while. I have three very different sketchbooks. The hand-made one (beautifully made by a friend) prepared with clear textured gesso. The small very heavyweight Khadi one, prepared with smooth white gesso. And the large, square-formatContinue reading “Three Sketchbooks: One Ink: Naphthol Crimson”
#Caturday Archives: 60
It’s back to January 2018 for this week’s #Caturday sketchbook archive, an ink drawing of our Little Ming, the one-eyed fluffy tortoiseshell. She’s in her favourite place, on top of the boiler in the window next to the kettle. Plenty of sources of warmth for her. I have an exhibition, “Carved Heads And Other Creatures”,Continue reading “#Caturday Archives: 60”
#Caturday Archives: 59
One from January 2018 for this week’s #Caturday Saturday, a sketch of Sparta Puss in a free Markers app on my (now old) Samsung Galaxy Note 8. I have a new exhibition, “Carved Heads And Other Creatures”, part of MANIFEST at The Workers Gallery in Ynyshir. The show runs until October 31st. Open Saturdays 10.00 – 17.00,Continue reading “#Caturday Archives: 59”
#Caturday Archives: 58
December 2017 and here’s a sketch of Little Ming, our furry tortie rescue cat. Husb and I had taken her from a very neglectful home after we found her emaciated, seriously ill from a lung infection and barely alive. We took her straight to a vet and paid for emergency treatment – her eye wasContinue reading “#Caturday Archives: 58”
#Caturday Archives: 57
Here’s a throwback to November 2017 for this week’s #Caturday Saturday. Sparta Puss looking very lively, she was about 8 years old here and she’s still going strong.
Three Sketchbooks: One Ink: Turquoise Deep
I’m carrying on spreading Liquitex ink onto my three very different sketchbooks. The hand-made one prepared with clear textured gesso. The Khadi one, prepared with smooth white gesso. And the unprepared one made by Indigo. This time I used Turquoise Deep. The effects are so different across the three books. . I have a newContinue reading “Three Sketchbooks: One Ink: Turquoise Deep”
Three Sketchbooks: One Ink: Deep Violet
I have these three very different sketchbooks. The top one, made by a friend with all sorts of paper treasures, has been prepared with clear, textured gesso. The middle one, a thick hand-made Khadi paper, has been prepared with a smooth white gesso. And the one at the bottom, a smooth paper made by Indigo,Continue reading “Three Sketchbooks: One Ink: Deep Violet”
#Caturday – A Tiny Canvas: 4
It’s #Caturday Saturday and this little painting of our young rescue cat, Eric House-Tiger, is finished, ready to go off to be raffled in a community event locally. I used Unbleached Titanium, Raw Umber, Titanium White, Burnt Umber, Indian Yellow and Emerald Green Liquitex Heavy Body acrylic paint onto a 10 x 10 cms primedContinue reading “#Caturday – A Tiny Canvas: 4”
A Tiny Canvas: 3
Stage 3 of my tiny (10 x 10 cms) canvas painting of our young Tabby rescue, Eric House-Tiger, working in some finer details with Unbleached Titanium, Raw Umber, Titanium White and Emerald Green Liquitex Heavy Body acrylic paint. It’s a bit of whimsy that’s going to be donated for a raffle prize in a localContinue reading “A Tiny Canvas: 3”
