This is the fourth Byzantine angel I’ve studied from art history and apart from doing some more inking with white Liquitex acrylic ink, I’ll leave the Byzantine angels and research other types of angels. I like doing research like this, by studying and copying I can start to understand more than a cursory glance inContinue reading “Angels Are…Byzantine: 5”
Category Archives: At Home
Angels Are…Aliens: 1
As I’m researching the subject of angels, I realise that angels are different things to different people. I wonder if they’re aliens? Just one more week of my 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, otherContinue reading “Angels Are…Aliens: 1”
Angels Are…Byzantine: 4
I did a bit more work on one of my Byzantine angel sketches, using a very fine Escodar brush and white Liquitex acrylic ink. Byzantine art tends to be very decorative so I had a good time playing with patterns. I’m wondering if this might lend itself to a lino cut? Just one more weekContinue reading “Angels Are…Byzantine: 4”
Angels Are…Byzantine: 3
Still on the subject of “Angels”, I’m really getting into angels in Byzantine art traditions, especially mosaics and icons. I started this one with some light pencil then worked into it with my home-made walnut ink and a fine Escodar brush. Then I added some white Liquitex acrylic ink. Next stage is to do someContinue reading “Angels Are…Byzantine: 3”
Angels Are…Byzantine: 2
A few days ago I started to explore “Angels” as a subject, writing down words and phrases about what they are. There are lots of angels in Byzantine art traditions, especially mosaics and icons, and I’m trying to analyse the style. I have used my home-made walnut ink onto recycled printmaking paper coated with acrylicContinue reading “Angels Are…Byzantine: 2”
#Caturday Archives: 62
Back to January 2018 again for this week’s #Caturday sketchbook archive, a couple of pen sketches of Little Ming, our one-eyed fluffy tortoiseshell rescue cat relaxing. You can see her in the background of the photograph. We rescued her when she was about 9 months old – she was starving and had already had kittensContinue reading “#Caturday Archives: 62”
Angels Are…Byzantine: 1
I started playing with the idea of “Angels” a few days ago, and one of the things I did was write down lots of things that angels are, or could be, and then I started researching them. Some angels are Byzantine, there’s a strong tradition of representing angels in Byzantine art, often mosaics and icons.Continue reading “Angels Are…Byzantine: 1”
Angels: Trying Things Out
I started playing with the idea of “Angels” a few days ago, just scribbling away with a pen, brush and walnut ink to get some rough ideas onto paper and now I’m building onto these little sketches with white Liquitex ink and a fine brush, to see what happens. I’m also writing down thoughts aboutContinue reading “Angels: Trying Things Out”
Angels: After The Beginning…
I started playing with the idea of “Angels” a few days ago, just scribbling away with a pen, brush and walnut ink to get some rough ideas onto paper. So today I started to work over them with white Liquitex ink and a fine brush, to see where it takes me. I don’t normally workContinue reading “Angels: After The Beginning…”
What Are Angels?
Yesterday I started sketching some very rough ideas on the subject of angels, using brushes and walnut ink. But I also used a dip pen to write around the edges of the paper – thoughts about what angels are. I was surprised by how many there were and they’re still coming. Sometimes I get visualContinue reading “What Are Angels?”
