Not the easiest thing to do, draw in the dark, but t’s very good discipline, makes you focus on what’s there in front of you, which isn’t much. This was at an illustrated talk by Andrew Renton at the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery yesterday, part of the excellent Tigers and Dragons exhibition. It was dark as the projectorContinue reading “More Drawing In Darkness.”
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Drawing In Darkness
I went to an illustrated talk by Andrew Renton at the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery yesterday, part of the excellent Tigers and Dragons exhibition. It was dark as the projector was on, but I had a scribble anyway. It’s good practice to draw in varying degrees of light and dark, I think. This guy wasContinue reading “Drawing In Darkness”
#Caturday Archives: 30
Here’s a #Caturday Saturday sketch from November 2014 of SpartaPuss having a snooze. I started it when she was awake but had to abandon it and restart when she dozed off.
With Minimal Strokes.
I went out walking in the dark one evening, down to the beach (I’m so lucky to live so close to the sea) and I took a pad of Khadi paper that I had brushed with a thin layer of black ink, to give a grey wash. I took some black and white conté crayonsContinue reading “With Minimal Strokes.”
Sketchbook Archives: 45
Here are some people drawings from way back in June 2014, mostly in pen into a sketchbook but the last one is a digital scribble on my old Samsung Note 8 tablet, using a free Markers app. I did a bit of travelling that month, to London and Vienna. I used to travel a lotContinue reading “Sketchbook Archives: 45”
Heavy Metal Legs: Elysium
Two blokes in short trousers at the night of heavy metal gig at Elysium last Saturday. Couldn’t resist scribbling them. The line up was fab…SUMP, Wall, Pyriah and Suns of Thunder. Very heavy, loved it.
Studying: In The Bookshop Café
Before Covid (remember those days?) I used to go regularly to Waterstones Bookshop café to sit and sketch as it was so peaceful. It’s taken me a long time to go back to some of my pre-Covid habits, but I hope to reinstate this one. I popped in there today for a coffee and aContinue reading “Studying: In The Bookshop Café”
Free Talks With The Friends.
At the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery again on Friday, for a really good talk about the origins of the Welsh Red Dragon, by Professor Helen Fulton. Of course, I had a scribble. The talks are supported by The Friends of the Glynn Vivian and are free. The next one is on Saturday October 4th byContinue reading “Free Talks With The Friends.”
#Caturday Archives: 29
Here’s another digital drawing from October 2014, with our darling Little Ming, a tiny but feisty and fluffy Naughty Tortie. This drawing also features my outrageously coloured slippers, socks and dressing gown. I still have the dressing gown, it’s lasted well, just the ticket for wrapping up warm on cold, dark nights. I used aContinue reading “#Caturday Archives: 29”
A Walk In The Woods
It’s been a gorgeous day, sunny and warm but not too warm, Autumnal. Husb and I hopped in the car around 4.30 and headed off out of the busy centre to Penllegare Woods, a truly magical place on the outskirts of the city. We spent an hour or so walking through the beautiful woodland, pastContinue reading “A Walk In The Woods”
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