I was hanging out at one of my favourite places today, avoiding the Xmas mayhem in the city centre at the Waterstones Bookshop café, that I missed so much during the Covid lockdowns. I really appreciate being able to drop by now, to chill out and scribble a quiet slice of life. This young womanContinue reading “Headphones In The Wild…”
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A Talk At The Gallery …
I went to a talk at the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery at the weekend, given by the glass artist Chris Bird-Jones, who gave us an illustrated history of her fascinating practice. Of course, I had to have a scribble!
Hands And Specs.
Here’s a quick sketch I made in a gallery a few weeks ago, I really like drawing hands, even if I don’t get them right, they’re so interesting. And I’m starting to like drawing spectacles as well, used to hate them.
Continuous Line In The Bookshop
The Covid Lockdown made me appreciate the important things in life – family, friends, home, community – and also the simple little things I took for granted. I used to pop into the café in Waterstones bookshop in Swansea for a coffee and a scribble in my sketchbook, perhaps every fortnight or so. Just sitContinue reading “Continuous Line In The Bookshop”
Rhys Four Ways.
I was teaching this afternoon, demonstrating different types of black drawing materials. I killed two birds with one stone as I also wanted to enter the Rhys Ifans Portrait exhibition coming up at GS Artists in Swansea. I did this fairly quick sketch, about 30 minutes, with four media – pencil (4B), willow charcoal (thin),Continue reading “Rhys Four Ways.”
The Strummer.
My family are used to me by now. When they visit they’re fair game. They get scribbled! Here’s my young nephew strumming his guitar. I want to get better at drawing musicians so I’m taking every opportunity to sketch them in action. I used a Faber Castell Pitt drawing pen into my A5 leather-bound sketchbook.
Rapping In Cardiff 7: Striding
This is the last of the rappers I saw in Cardiff a few weeks ago. He was striding around the floor a lot which meant that he had a bit more light on him than performers who stayed on the small stage, but he also moved quickly which made him harder to sketch. But it’sContinue reading “Rapping In Cardiff 7: Striding”
Rapping In Cardiff 6: The Darkness
I did quite a few sketches in my sketchbooks when I was at a rap gig in Cardiff a couple of weeks ago, but it was quite dark. The stage lighting was set up to light the DJ, not the rappers so I couldn’t see much of almost everyone I scribbled. This performer just hadContinue reading “Rapping In Cardiff 6: The Darkness”
Scribbling The Original Punk Poet
Husb and I went to a gig at Swansea Arena a few weeks ago to see the band Squeeze and the awesome Doctor John Cooper Clarke, the original poet of punk. I’ve seen JCC perform a few times over the decades and I’m always up for one more evening of scurrilous hard-hitting poetic hilarity. IContinue reading “Scribbling The Original Punk Poet”
Rapping In Cardiff 5: The Red Dancer
I did quite a few sketches at the rap gig in Cardiff I went to a few weeks ago. It’s challenging working in the dark, I managed to catch a few people in the occasional pool of semi-light. I sketched this dancer with the extraordinary red hair in ballpoint pen and washes of Inktense colourContinue reading “Rapping In Cardiff 5: The Red Dancer”
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