Category Archives: out and about

Sketchbook Archives: 65

Ten years ago, the July weather was mixed and I was on the beach for some of it. But it was still cool enough to enjoy some indoor events. There was quite a fashion for public storytelling back then, so I had a bit of a scribble as I listened. The sessions took place inContinue reading “Sketchbook Archives: 65”

Life Drawing: The Heatwave

It was very hot last Thursday at the life drawing session at Swansea Print Workshop, the hottest day of the year so far and a bit of a record breaker. We were careful not to overload our model, having some sitting poses so he could rest. I have cropped this quite a lot because itContinue reading “Life Drawing: The Heatwave”

More Stopover Sketching…

Here’s another scribble I did during my hour and a half stopover in Manchester Piccadilly train station on the way back from visiting in the Lake District the other week. This chap was totally engrossed in his phone. I was drawing from a mezzanine about the main station concourse.

Stopover Sketching

I was visiting in the Lake District the other week and travelled by train. I had an hour and a half stopover in Manchester on the way back so I had a picnic and a scribble in my sketchbook. The lad on the right had an interesting hairdo; like a pudding basin cut with flick-upsContinue reading “Stopover Sketching”

Stayed In Sniffling…

Here’s another sketch I did en plein air last Spring in the Lake District. I was hoping to have done more last week when I visited, but it seems I might have developed geriatric hay fever and I ended up mostly staying indoors, sniffling. Ah well, I’ll stay by the sea in summer in future.

Been Away…

I visited the Lake district last week but unfortunately went down with something not long after I got there. I’m not sure if it was a lurgi, or whether I had hay fever for the first time. I didn’t have a temperature which makes me think it wasn’t a virus, and the farmers had beenContinue reading “Been Away…”

Life Drawing: The First Sketches

These are the first quick sketches from last night’s life drawing session at Swansea Print Workshop. I haven’t worked with this model before and it takes a while to get used to someone’s features, it takes a lot of concentration. These are 5-minute sketches and I used conté crayons in white, sanguine and black. IContinue reading “Life Drawing: The First Sketches”

Prepping…

I prepped some recycled paper today. These are prints that have been discarded at Swansea Print Workshop, the paper is really good quality and it’s sold off cheap, so I re-use it for drawing. I put a thin layer of Daler Rowney System 3 acrylic paint onto it with a squeegee because I like toContinue reading “Prepping…”