I spent a very absorbing couple of hours this evening developing an embroidery of the actor Michael Sheen at the Sew Swansea workshop. It’s part of the 9to90 Creative Workshops this year. I haven’t done embroidery for decades, not since I was a child, watching my mother embroider and trying out little bits ofContinue reading “Massed Michael Sheens”
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Eco-Strike Swansea
A terrific drawing en plein air by Patti McKenna Jones via Eco-Strike Swansea
Squirting Blobs
I recently made myself a tiny watercolour paintbox, using an old tin that originally had a dried up stamping ink pad in it. I filled one side with DAS airdry clay and pushed 6 semi-circular depressions into it with the round end of a menthol inhaler. And let it dry – it took aboutContinue reading “Squirting Blobs”
Beginnings
A lovely drawing blog post by Patricia McKenna-Jones, looking at how she started sketching so many years ago…. via Beginnings
At The Folk Club
Husb sings in a small community choir and they did a few songs at Loughor Folk Club, so I went along. Of course, I had to have a scribble. It’s held at the local yacht club which is why there are boaty things on the wall.
Fire in the hole! Watch out for art and science along the Tawe River
Please follow the link to find out more about the SciArt project I’ve been involved in. via Fire in the hole! Watch out for art and science along the Tawe River
Judith hits back one more time
A fascinating blog by Swansea-based artist Patti McKenna-Jones following her creative process for her latest woodcut via Judith hits back one more time
A welcoming gift
Originally posted on Lois Elsden:
I was lucky enough recently to go away with a group of friends to a lovely place where we just wrote, and talked, and thought and imagined, and write, and wandered, and mulled and wrote, and drifted, and bought books, and wrote… We stayed in a beautiful very old farm…
Bitterns And Stripes
I think I’m falling for those crazy bitterns. I couldn’t take my eyes of them at a recent drawing day at Swansea Museum, they’re awesome….. I used my Issabey brushes and my home-made walnut ink into a Khadi sketchbook, using the double spread. I focussed on the shape of the group, doing a sort ofContinue reading “Bitterns And Stripes”
Printopia: an Exhibition
More about Swansea Print Workshop’s forthcoming exhibition ….. via Printopia: an Exhibition
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