What Am I Up To Now? [6]

Spent all day at the lovely Galerie Simpson on Swansea’s High Street, printing with my new rubber stamp. It’s been developed from a silkscreen print that was based on a drawing I did of the German artist Käthe Kollwitz, one of my heroes. There’s more of my art to be seen in my online GalleryContinue reading “What Am I Up To Now? [6]”

Creative Learning

I had a great day, working with a group of fellow artists to deliver demonstrations to primary school teachers in a lovely school on the Gower Peninsula. I showed a selection of printmaking techniques suitable for younger children including two kinds of monotype – direct line and reductive, blind embossing and colour printing with collagraphContinue reading “Creative Learning”

On A Roll!!!!

And here’s my 78th Baby Boomer – I’m on a roll now. Only 22 more portrait sketches to go. A while back I set myself the task of drawing 100 people, relatively quick sketches, 30 minutes maximum into my sketchbook. I wasn’t sure at first how I would choose 100 people. Would they have anything inContinue reading “On A Roll!!!!”

The Eyes Have It

When I draw someone, I concentrate so much, it’s very hard work and sometimes it’s only later when I look at the drawing that I get a clear idea of what I’ve done. When you’ve drawn people as much as I have, you realise just how different everyone is and that everyone is remarkable. ButContinue reading “The Eyes Have It”

Continuous Line (Female Nude)

Here’s the last of the 3 drawings I did during the life drawing session at Swansea Print Workshop this week. I blocked in some rough highlights in chalk and then did a continuous line drawing with a stick of carbon into my A2 size brown paper sketchbook. It’s a technique I really like, it’s goodContinue reading “Continuous Line (Female Nude)”