I did another Adobe Photoshop transformation of one of my little drawings from my recent residency. My original was first put into “Sponge Painting” in the Filter Gallery, then pushed through “Gradient Map”. I went to the artist residency with four other Welsh women artists, Chris Bird-Jones, Sarah Hopkins , Rhiannon Rees and Rhian Haf. We have been supported by Wales ArtsContinue reading “Sponging…”
Category Archives: At Home
Like the 1960s.
I guess a lot of people use Adobe Photoshop and are used to it, but I don’t get much chance to play with it and I’m having a great time pushing these little figures through different functions. This is one of the single figures I drew with a twig and some ink onto Khadi paper.Continue reading “Like the 1960s.”
Breaking Textures.
I’m still pushing my small twig and ink figures through Adobe Photoshop to see what happens. I’m mainly using Gradient Map. I like the way it enhances the breaking textures on the figures, which are hard to see on the black ink originals. I went to the artist residency with four other Welsh women artists, Chris Bird-Jones, SarahContinue reading “Breaking Textures.”
Getting Up Close.
I don’t know how many little figures I drew on the big piece of paper during my recent residency in Germany, I haven’t counted them yet. They’re tucked away in a tube and I haven’t unwrapped them since I got home. Getting them home, now there’s a story! There’s probably more than a hundred andContinue reading “Getting Up Close.”
Fluorescent Twig Figures.
I did experimental drawings during my recent art residency in Germany, firstly with bamboo pens and then with random twigs dipped in ink. These twig figures are the ones I like best, the textures are more complex. Now that I’m back in my home city (away from the forests and wolves) I’m having a goodContinue reading “Fluorescent Twig Figures.”
Home To Colour.
The artwork I did during my recent German residency was in black ink onto white paper, very stark, expressionist. Now that I’m back home, away from the Gothic forests and wolves, I’m playing around with colour (Adobe Photoshop Gradient Map). The images are so different. Yeah I know that’s stating the obvious, but adding colourContinue reading “Home To Colour.”
Multi-Coloured Angels.
I think I’ve posted all the work I did at my recent residency in Germany, where I worked mostly in black and white. Now I’m going to spend a bit of time having fun with the images and see what I can do with them in Adobe Photoshop. This is a section of the firstContinue reading “Multi-Coloured Angels.”
#Caturday Saturday Archives: 2
It’s #Caturday Saturday and here are some archive images that I posted in January and March 2012, just a few months after I started this blog. They’re mostly Sparta Puss but there’s one of the late, great and much loved ‘Bobbit‘, another short-haired naughty tortie who died in 2011 at the age of 18.
Inspired By…
I am inspired by the Miners Wives from the 1984-1985 strike. And also by the radical printmaker Paul Peter Piech, whose lino and woodcut prints advocated for social justice. As well as larger complex, often coloured, linocuts for exhibitions, he also produced many small, simpler black and white prints that could be sold more cheaply,Continue reading “Inspired By…”
Inking Up…
I’ve been wallowing in the delicious smell of oily ink today, printing up small editions of my little lino blocks inspired by the brave Miners’ Wives from the strike of 1984-1985. I’ve got a printing station set up on top of one of my plans chests and I’m using Cranfield Safewash Relief Ink with aContinue reading “Inking Up…”
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