I spent almost a week at the Atelierhof Werenzhaim in the town of Doberlug-Kirchhain in the former German Democratic Republic, between Berlin and Dresden and not far from the Polish border. The Atelierhof was out in the countryside, near forest and lakes in quite a Gothic setting. My accommodation was in an ancient stable block,Continue reading “Sheep And Wolves In The Dark Silent Night…”
Category Archives: Other animals
Trees Or Stags Or…
I took a set of 20 pieces of hand-made Khadi paper, size A5, to my artist residency in Germany earlier this month and after making over a hundred drawings on a very large piece of paper (see here) I switched from a big studio in a barn to a tiny ancient stable to work small.Continue reading “Trees Or Stags Or…”
Sketchbook Archives: 4
Looking back through my old blog posts month by month, I’ve reached December 2011, about 6 months after I began this blog. Older relatives were increasingly in hospital, I spent a lot of time there, visiting, a good place for sketching, quiet and peaceful.
This Seagull Got Stuffed.
Now, a lot of people in Swansea, and other places too, don’t like seagulls. I don’t particularly care for them myself to be honest, except when they zoom down and pinch someone’s burger in the street …. or poop on Husb’s head, which has happened many times 😀 But I like drawing them. This isContinue reading “This Seagull Got Stuffed.”
A Walk Up The Hill ….
Nephew and I went for a walk up Swansea’s Kilvey Hill / Bryn Cilfai Abertawe this afternoon to lend our support to the campaign to save this lovely nature reserve from insensitive commercial development (more information here). Around 300 people and quite a few dogs and horses made the trek to the summit where thereContinue reading “A Walk Up The Hill ….”
Archive: Stuffed Birds at the Museum.
Here’s another one from the archives, a sketch in my homemade walnut ink. I was at Swansea Museum, studying from the permanent collection with other members of Swansea Print Workshop and these two stuffed bitterns captured my attention.
Playing With Concepts: Getting Used to It.
I took some digital photos at the Wassail and Mari Lwyd parade in Chepstow yesterday and I’m using them to try out the CONCEPTS free graphics package. Husb downloaded it for me a few months back but I haven’t done much with it yet. It’s weird using a stylus and the angle of drawing onto the screen is aContinue reading “Playing With Concepts: Getting Used to It.”
Playing With Concepts: Mari Chepstow.
Husb and I went to Cas-Gwent, Chepstow, today for their local Wassail and Mari Lwyd parade. It was freezing and crowded, with nowhere to sit, so I decided to take some digital photos and when I got home, I fired up my laptop and tried out CONCEPTS, a free graphics package that Husb downloaded forContinue reading “Playing With Concepts: Mari Chepstow.”
Playing With The Mari Lwyd.
I took some photos at yesterday’s Wassail and Mari Lwyd parade at the Gower Heritage Centre and had a bit of a play in Adobe Photoshop. There were 5 fine Mari Lwyds at the Wassail and it gave me a chance to compose some groups, I normally see them singly or in twos.
Wassail!
I went to the annual Wassail and Mari Lwyd parade at the Gower Heritage Centre today. Last night was Hen Galan, the “old” (Julian) New Year, celebrated in Wales with the Mari Lwyd, but as well as the riotous Wassail yesterday evening (with much local Shed Head Cider by all accounts), there was also aContinue reading “Wassail!”
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