Another dive into my archives of scribbles and these were done at a public arts event in May 2015, the Fringe Arts Bath. A group of like-minded scribblers from the Swansea area descended on the Bath city centre and did some timed live sketching. It was really exhausting; the weather was very hot and weContinue reading “Sketchbook Archives: 59”
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#Caturday Archives: 49
Can you believe it’s come round again! It’s #Caturday Saturday and here’s Sparta Puss back in September 2016, “helping” me when I was sketching Husb. She likes to “help” a lot, particularly in the garden. I plant things, she pulls them back up. And clean laundry too, needs helping by being lolled upon while I’mContinue reading “#Caturday Archives: 49”
Back To Life Drawing
I’ve finished my artist residency at Swansea’s Urban HQ and slipped back to normal routine with Life Drawing at Swansea Print Workshop last night, working with this lovely model. I pre-coloured some vintage paper with an olive-y green acrylic screen-printing medium and drew onto it with 4B Graphite. I like the look of it in realContinue reading “Back To Life Drawing”
Artist In Residence Day 15 – More First Proofs
Here are a couple of the first proof prints close up, with their lino blocks inked-up. It’s been really interesting to play around with textures to create the features on the faces. I used several of my carving tools, including ones I had hardly used before, especially on this small scale. I only have 2Continue reading “Artist In Residence Day 15 – More First Proofs”
Artist In Residence: Day 15 – Nearly Finished Proofing
I’ve done first proofs of 11 newly carved lino blocks. I have a bit more carving to do on number 12 but I think I should be able to proof that one as well soon. I’ve done all these during my artist residency at Swansea’s Urban HQ . I only have 2 more days left before theContinue reading “Artist In Residence: Day 15 – Nearly Finished Proofing”
Artist In Residence: Day 13 – Printing At Last!
Day 13 of my artist residency at Swansea’s Urban HQ and I started to take proof prints from my little portrait lino blocks using Cranfield Caligo Safe-Wash ink. This is the first one. I recently visited Cranfield’s pigment factory near Newport, Gwent. It was fascinating and smelled gorgeous. It was busy again today at Urban HQ, with 11Continue reading “Artist In Residence: Day 13 – Printing At Last!”
#Caturday Archives: 47
It’s #Caturday Saturday again and here’s another cat sketch from my sketchbook archives, February 2016. Sparta Puss looks quite relaxed here and she stayed fairly still for me to draw her. I have three linocut prints in the Miniprint Cymru Wales exhibition in Mostyn in Llandudno, North Wales, open until May 2nd. It includes one ofContinue reading “#Caturday Archives: 47”
Artist In Residency: Day 8 – Bigger Tools
I’m carving again at my artist residency in Swansea’s Urban HQ . I’ve cut 11 small blocks (10 x 15cms) and now I’m working slightly larger (15 x 15cms), still continuing with the portrait theme, they’ve all been developed from original sketches done at life-drawing group. Having a bigger block means that I can use larger cutting tools thatContinue reading “Artist In Residency: Day 8 – Bigger Tools”
Artist In Residence: Day 7 – Moving On…
I’m cracking on with some work at my artist residency in Swansea’s Urban HQ . So far I’ve cut 11 small lino blocks and did some research drawing. I brought the 11 little lino blocks with me at the start, ready prepared for carving. I’m now moving on; I’m getting another block prepared for carving, a large oneContinue reading “Artist In Residence: Day 7 – Moving On…”
Artist In Residence: Day 5 – Hacking Lumps
Day 5 of my residency at Urban HQ in Swansea, and I carried on carving lino blocks. This one from an original drawing done with a life model is quite graphic-y. I decided to try out some different tools; I normally use very fine gouges but I went for this broad, slightly concave one which hacks quite bigContinue reading “Artist In Residence: Day 5 – Hacking Lumps”
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