Another evening walk, another sketch in Cwmdonkin Park. There are plenty of trees so I’m in no danger of running out of subjects any time soon. There are lots more people in the park now that lockdown is easing. Earlier, I made bread. And pizza, but that got eaten before I could take aContinue reading “Baking And Sketching”
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Henry Ossawa Tanner. Part 1
This is a very interesting read about an artist I had never heard of – you never stop learning … via Henry Ossawa Tanner. Part 1
Dogs: our faithful companions since the paleolithic
A gorgeous blog about dogs with drawings from Patti McKenna Jones via Dogs: our faithful companions since the paleolithic
Another queue another sketch….
Another quick little sketch in a queue…..
Woodcut in the bog
Originally posted on PATRICRAFT:
One of the ‘bloody women’ I’m paying tribute to in the upcoming exhibition at Cinema & Co Swansea is Andrea Levy. I was impressed and depressed by her novel ‘Small Island’ (about the unbelievable levels of discrimination meted out to the Windrush despite them being invited to live in the UK…
Workshops Galore!
Some amazing printmaking workshops by Kara Seaman coming up at Swansea Print Workshop soon. Please click on the link to find out more 🙂 via Workshops Galore!
Massed Michael Sheens
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”
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
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