I’ve been asked to submit a piece to an upcoming exhibition on the theme of “Angels”. It’s not a subject I’ve ever given any thought to in the past so I have to develop something from scratch. So I grabbed some paper and started playing around with ink, a dip pen and a couple ofContinue reading “Got To Begin Somewhere…”
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#Caturday: Three Simple Scribbles
Three very quick and simple little sketches of Eric House Tiger on a cushion. I was concentrating on getting the outline rather than details, using a HB pencil into my A6 Indigo sketchbook. I have an exhibition, “Carved Heads And Other Creatures”, part of MANIFEST at The Workers Gallery in Ynyshir. The show runs untilContinue reading “#Caturday: Three Simple Scribbles”
Salty Flowers
Yesterday I posted my three sketchbooks that I’m preparing with a variety of Liquitex acrylic inks. I thought I’d show a close-up of one of the pages; it’s in the handmade sketchbook that a friend created for me. She used all sorts of vintage illustrations and sealed it with clear textured gesso. I painted theContinue reading “Salty Flowers”
Three Sketchbooks: One Ink: Deep Violet with Salt
I carried on preparing my three sketchbooks with Liquitex inks but with a bit of a variation. I’ve used Deep Violet before but this time I wetted the paper with a large brush and water before dropping the ink onto the surface and the pigment spread itself across the pages by itself. Then I groundContinue reading “Three Sketchbooks: One Ink: Deep Violet with Salt”
Three Sketchbooks: One Ink: Iridescent Rich Copper No. 2
When I’m preparing my sketchbooks with background colours, I use different ways of applying the Liquitex inks. The top book, a lightweight handmade Khadi paper, I squirted the ink across the pages from the dropper and then pulled it around with a palette knife. On the hand-made book in the middle, primed with a clearContinue reading “Three Sketchbooks: One Ink: Iridescent Rich Copper No. 2”
Three Sketchbooks: One Ink: Iridescent Rich Copper No. 1
When I’m preparing my sketchbooks with background colours, I use different ways of applying the Liquitex inks. On the heavyweight Khadi book at the bottom, I brushed the rather thick ink onto the paper neat. It really picked up the texture of the paper’s surface. I have an exhibition, “Carved Heads And Other Creatures”, partContinue reading “Three Sketchbooks: One Ink: Iridescent Rich Copper No. 1”
Three Sketchbooks: One Ink: Transparent Raw Umber
It was the turn of Transparent Raw Umber to be poured haphazardly onto my sketchbooks today. I’m colouring them with Liquitex ink because so I can work directly onto coloured backgrounds. The sketchbook in the centre is hand-made (beautifully made by a friend), sealed with clear textured gesso. The small very heavyweight Khadi one isContinue reading “Three Sketchbooks: One Ink: Transparent Raw Umber”
Three Sketchbooks: One Ink: Phthalocyanine Blue
I’m colouring some of my sketchbooks with Liquitex ink because I want to work directly onto coloured backgrounds for a bite. This time I used Phthalocyanine Blue, which is a powerful colour. I have three very different sketchbooks. The one in the centre is hand-made (beautifully made by a friend) and the pages are sealedContinue reading “Three Sketchbooks: One Ink: Phthalocyanine Blue”
#Caturday Archives: 61
It’s back to January 2018 for this week’s #Caturday sketchbook archive, a scribble in graphite of our Little Ming, the one-eyed fluffy tortoiseshell, doing her favourite thing, sleeping. We rescued her from a cruel and neglectful home when she was about a year old and she’s quite elderly in this drawing, about 17 years. IContinue reading “#Caturday Archives: 61”
Three Sketchbooks: One Ink: Vivid Lime Green
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: Vivid Lime Green”
