Visiting Iceland with Husb and yesterday spent a fascinating afternoon at the Elf School, eating delicious pancakes and listening to fascinating stories about Icelandic elves. I have reposted a blog from 3 years ago when I first visited Iceland and encountered some very strange beings. I wondered if they might be elves or the HuldufolkContinue reading “The Hidden People”
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One From The Archives 24: A Pug In A Pink Sweater
Bruce the pug cuts a rare sartorial dash in this fetching pink sweater from the house of Calvin Canine. He is often the subject of my niece’s off the cuff dressing up adventures and has an extensive wardrobe. He seems to enjoy it and will happily lounge around the house in whatever is fresh offContinue reading “One From The Archives 24: A Pug In A Pink Sweater”
A Christmas Card Tradition
A master printmaker and thoroughly nice guy. Please come and visit Alan during his short residency at Swansea Print Workshop and check out his fabulous lino cuts in this blog. Source: A Christmas Card Tradition
PINK CHAI AND WELSH CAKES
The next printmaking event at Swansea Print Workshop – please pop by if you’re in the area 😀 Source: PINK CHAI AND WELSH CAKES
Win a Glenys Cour painting …
A beautiful original painting by Glenys Cour, a fundraiser for Swansea Print Workshop Source: Win a Glenys Cour painting …
One From The Archives 23: The Mirror
Reflection, musing on masculinity. Having a large mirror in the life drawing room can add a lot to any drawings. From a purely technical point of view it means you can draw a figure from the front and back at the same time without it looking like two separate drawings. I also like to experimentContinue reading “One From The Archives 23: The Mirror”
One From The Archives 22: The Gaze
This model gazes at the viewer, completely at ease and totally confident in her own skin. Most life models are by nature, confident about their bodies and have no problem with being looked at. It is their job after all. Usually though, they tend to look away from the artists. On a purely practical level his isContinue reading “One From The Archives 22: The Gaze”
One From The Archives 21: Nude Reflected
I love this printmaking technique. It has all the flexibility of painting with a healthy dose of unpredictability thrown in. . A full-colour monotype can be as simple or as complex as you like. This one started out as a very simple life drawing and just developed into something wild and wonderful. This is aContinue reading “One From The Archives 21: Nude Reflected”
One From The Archives 20: Spiky Purple Hair
The first time I blogged this image was a turning point for me, as can be seen here. This painting featured in the last ever exhibition I curated at The Brunswick in Swansea. It is based on a drawing of one of our more colour coordinated life models. He had a habit of matching hisContinue reading “One From The Archives 20: Spiky Purple Hair”
One From The Archives 19: Eve Sleeps
I love the versatility of this method. It has a fantastic range of darks and lights, as well as a dazzling palette. A full-colour monotype is also a unique artwork because of the way the ink is applied to the paper. In this print I have used the warm, vibrant reds and yellows of theContinue reading “One From The Archives 19: Eve Sleeps”
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