Colour Theory Coasters

My Colour Theory Coasters.

I’m using colour theory in different materials to make some teaching aids. As well as the painted mandala, I’ve been doing some examples on clay. The coasters on the top row show how colours change slightly on different coloured backgrounds and also the difference between glazed and unglazed. The ones on the bottom row show examples of complementary colours, which will probably be stronger when they’ve been fired and glazed. It’s been good for me to make these. To be honest, colour theory is something I did at Art College and haven’t paid too much attention to since. But I really should consider it more in my own work.

Raising Funds.

My family is raising money for Phil, a younger relative of mine, to have life-changing surgery in Spain. Phil is disabled by Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) and the operation he needs isn’t currently available in the UK. I know times are hard, but if you’re able to spare a bob or two, please click here find out more or to donate a small amount to Phil’s crowdfunding campaign. Thank you xxx

Raising funds for Phil, bottom left, to have life-changing surgery xxx

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The Colour Theory Mandala

Complementary Colours In The Centre.

Had a chance today to continue working on the colour theory mandala I’m constructing as a teaching aid. I’ve done Primary, Secondary and Tertiary colours, tints, tones and shades and today I completed the central section with two pairs of complementary colours, referencing Johannes Itten. I’m laying down the paint quite roughly at the moment – I’ll tidy it all up later. I’m using Daler-Rowney System 3 acrylic paint onto a prepared, stretched canvas.

Raising Funds.

My family is raising money for Phil, a younger relative of mine, to have life-changing surgery in Spain. Phil is disabled by Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) and the operation he needs isn’t currently available in the UK. I know times are hard, but if you’re able to spare a bob or two, please click here find out more or to donate a small amount to Phil’s crowdfunding campaign. Thank you xxx

Raising funds for Phil, bottom left, to have life-changing surgery xxx

Trying Out A Change

I’m having a go at new templates for my website so I’ll be changing them a few times over the next couple of weeks to see how I get on with them. If there’s one you really like, or dislike, please let me know . Thanks x

Pouring Down

Four Square Pours.

Someone showed me how to do paint pours last week, using PVA glue, water and acrylic paints. She made it look very easy but I had a bit more difficulty moving the canvas around. We used up some old tubes of acrylic paint that had been hanging around since before Covid19 lockdown and that’s why there are some speckles and blobs in them, but I really like that effect.

Raising Funds.

My family is raising money for Phil, a younger relative of mine, to have life-changing surgery in Spain. Phil is disabled by Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) and the operation he needs isn’t currently available in the UK. I know times are hard, but if you’re able to spare a bob or two, please click here find out more or to donate a small amount to Phil’s crowdfunding campaign. Thank you xxx

Raising funds for Phil, bottom left, to have life-changing surgery xxx

Trying Out A Change

I’m having a go at new templates for my website so I’ll be changing them a few times over the next couple of weeks to see how I get on with them. If there’s one you really like, or dislike, please let me know . Thanks x

Wrestling Paper With A Wild Pony

The Wild Ones.

They don’t know much about art, but they know what they like. My lunchbox! When I was drawing my way through South Wales with pre-historian Dewi Bowen and filmmaker Melvyn Williams, we often had animals hanging out with us, Welsh ponies and sheep mainly, looking for a chance to raid our lunchboxes!

Here’s a very short film (less than 2 minutes) of me wrestling with my paper up a mountain – the practical problems of working en plein air – and a very curious pony watching me closely.

Raising Funds.

My family is raising money for Phil, a younger relative of mine, to have life-changing surgery in Spain. Phil is disabled by Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) and the operation he needs isn’t currently available in the UK. I know times are hard, but if you’re able to spare a bob or two, please click here find out more or to donate a small amount to Phil’s crowdfunding campaign. Thank you xxx

Raising funds for Phil, bottom left, to have life-changing surgery xxx

Trying Out A Change

I’m having a go at new templates for my website so I’ll be changing them a few times over the next couple of weeks to see how I get on with them. If there’s one you really like, or dislike, please let me know . Thanks x

Going For It!

The Crowd Going For It.

Husb and I went to The Elysium last night to watch a live band. They got the crowd going! A covers band, Soulskunks, mainly ska and a bit of reggae. I had to have a scribble of course. People were dancing fast so it was a bit of a challenge.

Raising Funds.

My family is raising money for Phil, a younger relative of mine, to have life-changing surgery in Spain. Phil is disabled by Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) and the operation he needs isn’t currently available in the UK. I know times are hard, but if you’re able to spare a bob or two, please click here find out more or to donate a small amount to Phil’s crowdfunding campaign. Thank you xxx

Raising funds for Phil, bottom left, to have life-changing surgery xxx

Trying Out A Change

I’m having a go at new templates for my website so I’ll be changing them a few times over the next couple of weeks to see how I get on with them. If there’s one you really like, or dislike, please let me know . Thanks x

#Caturday Archives

Scooter, my friend’s cat.

It’s Saturday so it’s #Caturday on many social media platforms. I’ve got cat sketches going back years and years so I thought I’d dig them out and do a regular Saturday / Caturday archive. The scribbles above are of my friend’s late kitty, Scooter, and below is mine and Husb’s late legend Ming The Merciless.

Raising Funds.

My family is raising money for Phil, a younger relative of mine, to have life-changing surgery in Spain. Phil is disabled by Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) and the operation he needs isn’t currently available in the UK. I know times are hard, but if you’re able to spare a bob or two, please click here find out more or to donate a small amount to Phil’s crowdfunding campaign. Thank you xxx

Raising funds for Phil, bottom left, to have life-changing surgery xxx

Trying Out A Change

I’m having a go at new templates for my website so I’ll be changing them a few times over the next couple of weeks to see how I get on with them. If there’s one you really like, or dislike, please let me know . Thanks x

Sunning In The Park.

Three Sun Lovers On A Bench.

Husb and I went to Mumbles this evening, for the opening of a new exhibition at Tides Gallery. It was lovely, it spilt out into the Ponderosa Bar next door and Elwyn’s Bar just along the street. Then it spilt out across the road to the little park where Ian Thomas played an acoustic set. I spotted these three women sunning themselves in the gentle evening heat and had a quick scribble. Has to be done.

Raising Funds.

My family is raising money for Phil, a younger relative of mine, to have life-changing surgery in Spain. Phil is disabled by Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) and the operation he needs isn’t currently available in the UK. I know times are hard, but if you’re able to spare a bob or two, please click here find out more or to donate a small amount to Phil’s crowdfunding campaign. Thank you xxx

Raising funds for Phil, bottom left, to have life-changing surgery xxx

Trying Out A Change

I’m having a go at new templates for my website so I’ll be changing them a few times over the next couple of weeks to see how I get on with them. If there’s one you really like, or dislike, please let me know . Thanks x

More Mandala

Working Through Colour Theory.

Carried on today painting a mandala incorporating classic colour theory. I remember we had to study Johannes Itten’s colour theory book when I did an Art Foundation course way back when. Coincidentally, Itten was one of the founders of Art Foundation courses, when he was a lecturer at The Bauhaus. I’m developing this from a colour wheel, incorporating Primary, Secondary and Tertiary colours, tints and shades, and complementary colours. Today, I also started to add translucent glazes to some of the colour blocks, to vary the tone and texture. Quite a way to go, though, before it’s finished.

Raising Funds.

My family is raising money for Phil, a younger relative of mine, to have life-changing surgery in Spain. Phil is disabled by Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) and the operation he needs isn’t currently available in the UK. I know times are hard, but if you’re able to spare a bob or two, please click here find out more or to donate a small amount to Phil’s crowdfunding campaign. Thank you xxx

Raising funds for Phil, bottom left, to have life-changing surgery xxx

Trying Out A Change

I’m having a go at new templates for my website so I’ll be changing them a few times over the next couple of weeks to see how I get on with them. If there’s one you really like, or dislike, please let me know . Thanks x

Playing Around.

Charcoal Drawing Through Gradient Map.

I take my art very seriously and I rarely relax and play around with it. I’m trying to be a bit freer, so this evening I had a play with a charcoal drawing I did way back in early lockdown – seems like so long ago now. I uploaded the drawing into Adobe Photoshop and messed around a bit. First I put it into Gradient Map and flicked through the options until I decided on this one (above).

Gradient Map Through Cutout.

Then I put the Gradient Map image through the filter gallery and settled on this one in Cutout. It’s pretty far removed from the original but it’s FUN. I almost certainly would not have drawn – or painted – something like this and Photoshop did it in a few minutes. Mind you, it took me a lot of effort to learn Photoshop in the first place. Here’s the original (below) of the sunflower fields in Rhossili.

The Original Sketch.

Raising Funds.

My family is raising money for Phil, a younger relative of mine, to have life-changing surgery in Spain. Phil is disabled by Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) and the operation he needs isn’t currently available in the UK. I know times are hard, but if you’re able to spare a bob or two, please click here find out more or to donate a small amount to Phil’s crowdfunding campaign. Thank you xxx

Raising funds for Phil, bottom left, to have life-changing surgery xxx

Trying Out A Change

I’m having a go at new templates for my website so I’ll be changing them a few times over the next couple of weeks to see how I get on with them. If there’s one you really like, or dislike, please let me know . Thanks x

Prepping And Perspiration!

Setting Up My Workstation.

Crikey! This heatwave is getting a bit much. It’s cooler in the house than outside so I’ve been a bit like a cave-dwelling troll today, avoiding the intense sunshine outside. Still sweated cobs though.

I did a load of prep for screenprinting. I put some designs onto screens with Speedball drawing fluid and got them ready for printing by masking the edge of the design with Scotch brown parcel tape. I cut my paper down from A3 to A4 and got everything else ready to go. I think I’ll wait a few days though, for the weather to cool off a bit.

Raising Funds.

My family is raising money for Phil, a younger relative of mine, to have life-changing surgery in Spain. Phil is disabled by Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) and the operation he needs isn’t currently available in the UK. I know times are hard, but if you’re able to spare a bob or two, please click here find out more or to donate a small amount to Phil’s crowdfunding campaign. Thank you xxx

Raising funds for Phil, bottom left, to have life-changing surgery xxx

Trying Out A Change

I’m having a go at new templates for my website so I’ll be changing them a few times over the next couple of weeks to see how I get on with them. If there’s one you really like, or dislike, please let me know . Thanks x