Got The Covids So Here’s A Video

Feeling tired and miserable as I’ve finally been hit with Covid19. The symptoms haven’t been too bad except that I’m exhausted and my brain doesn’t work, so I thought I’d trawl through my YouTube channel (Yes I have one) and post some of my arty videos until I can get doing some proper artwork again.

The cat “helping” me to paint!

I’m stuck in bed feeling sorry for myself so here’s a time-lapse film of me painting van Gogh’s bedroom, which is a lot more cheerful than mine. The cat joined in – blink and you’ll miss her!

My “fake” of van Gogh’s bedroom in Arles.

A Chance To Own One Of My Artworks.

I have some small screenprints for sale, inspired by my drawings of the antique taxidermy collection at Swansea Museum. I have given these vintage artefacts a modern twist by combining them with images of rubbish – old fruit nets, bubble wrap and plastic – highlighting the problem of human pollution and how it affects wildlife.

To buy my work on the Swansea Print Workshop site please click the image to the left.

20 percent of the cost of each screenprint sold goes to support Swansea Print Workshop, which receives no public funding.

Drawing More Darkness In The Darkness

Graphite drawing onto heavy textured Khadi paper.

Here’s another drawing in the dark I did last weekend at a small arts festival, “Kilvey Ole”, I went to on one of Swansea’s hillsides. It was very dark there so I could hardly see the paper or the marks I was making. But also, the people and things I was drawing were in darkness and it was a challenge, to say the least. But I like that, I’m a glutton for punishment, me.

A Chance To Own One Of My Artworks.

I have some small screenprints for sale, inspired by my drawings of the antique taxidermy collection at Swansea Museum. I have given these vintage artefacts a modern twist by combining them with images of rubbish – old fruit nets, bubble wrap and plastic – highlighting the problem of human pollution and how it affects wildlife.

To buy my work on the Swansea Print Workshop site please click the image to the left.

20 percent of the cost of each screenprint sold goes to support Swansea Print Workshop, which receives no public funding.

Drawing Darkness In The Darkness

Scribbling The Darkness.

Husb and I went to a mini-festival on one of the city’s hills last weekend. It was very dark and we wandered in and out of small barns listening to music and poetry. I had a go drawing the darkness in the darkness. I couldn’t see the paper I was drawing on so had no idea what marks I’d made until the next day. It was much darker than I’ve shown on the paper. I used Koh-i-Noor Graphite block onto Khadi handmade paper.

It’s Always Crumble Time

There’s a load of fresh new-season rhubarb in the garden just crying out to be made into a crumble, Husb’s all-time favourite. Had to be done.

Rhubarb crumble and lashings of custard.

A Chance To Own One Of My Artworks.

I have some small screenprints for sale, inspired by my drawings of the antique taxidermy collection at Swansea Museum. I have given these vintage artefacts a modern twist by combining them with images of rubbish – old fruit nets, bubble wrap and plastic – highlighting the problem of human pollution and how it affects wildlife.

To buy my work on the Swansea Print Workshop site please click the image to the left.

20 percent of the cost of each screenprint sold goes to support Swansea Print Workshop, which receives no public funding.

Then It Went Pear-Shaped!

The eighth stencil, printed in sap green.

Disaster. I cut the eighth stencil and printed it onto my screenprint landscape of Waun Wen, in a translucent sap green …. and it’s HORRIBLE! I hate it! It just goes to show that in spite of careful planning and having something in your mind’s eye, things can suddenly go pear-shaped. I didn’t print them all, I’ll have to rethink what I’m going to do next. And I’ll have to work out a way to rescue the three that I’ve printed with this horrible intrusive colour. Back to the drawing board. Literally!

A Chance To Own One Of My Artworks.

I have some small screenprints for sale, inspired by my drawings of the antique taxidermy collection at Swansea Museum. I have given these vintage artefacts a modern twist by combining them with images of rubbish – old fruit nets, bubble wrap and plastic – highlighting the problem of human pollution and how it affects wildlife.

To buy my work on the Swansea Print Workshop site please click the image to the left.

20 percent of the cost of each screenprint sold goes to support Swansea Print Workshop, which receives no public funding.

A Lot Of Cutting…..

Today I cut the seventh paper stencil to screenprint onto my view of Waun Wen, a second cutting of the little houses snuggling on the hill. I mixed up a warm grey then added a dollop of gold to take it into a sort of creamy, slightly sparkly pale olive colour. The process is getting more and more tense, in case I make a massive mistake. But I like this colour and I think there’s enough detail in the buildings now, so maybe one or two translucent layers on the larger landscape and hopefully I’ll be done.

A Chance To Own One Of My Artworks.

I have some small screenprints for sale, inspired by my drawings of the antique taxidermy collection at Swansea Museum. I have given these vintage artefacts a modern twist by combining them with images of rubbish – old fruit nets, bubble wrap and plastic – highlighting the problem of human pollution and how it affects wildlife.

To buy my work on the Swansea Print Workshop site please click the image to the left.

20 percent of the cost of each screenprint sold goes to support Swansea Print Workshop, which receives no public funding.

Pearly Pink And Complex Cutting

The fifth stencil printed with a pearlised pink.

Carrying on with the paper-cut stencil screenprint of a view over Waun Wen, I printed a very simple ripped paper stencil with a translucent mix of Process Magenta, Screenprint Medium and Pearlised Medium (all Daler Rowney).

Colour print number six, adding some houses in white.

Then I knuckled down and did some complex cutting, removing some of the houses and printing them in an opaque white onto the grey background. It’s getting there!

A Chance To Own One Of My Artworks.

I have some small screenprints for sale, inspired by my drawings of the antique taxidermy collection at Swansea Museum. I have given these vintage artefacts a modern twist by combining them with images of rubbish – old fruit nets, bubble wrap and plastic – highlighting the problem of human pollution and how it affects wildlife.

To buy my work on the Swansea Print Workshop site please click the image to the left.

20 percent of the cost of each screenprint sold goes to support Swansea Print Workshop, which receives no public funding.

A Work Of Art From The Freezer

A classic crumble straight from the oven.

Husb’s favourite pudding is a traditional fruit crumble. He considers a crumble to be a work of art. I’ve been rooting around in the freezer this week and found a stash of fruit in boxes hidden away. So it was gooseberry crumble a few days ago and today I retrieved some organic loganberries, grown on our allotment last year. Most of the crop was converted into jam but I tucked some away for a summer treat in the cold dark days of winter.

A Chance To Own One Of My Artworks.

I have some small screenprints for sale, inspired by my drawings of the antique taxidermy collection at Swansea Museum. I have given these vintage artefacts a modern twist by combining them with images of rubbish – old fruit nets, bubble wrap and plastic – highlighting the problem of human pollution and how it affects wildlife.

To buy my work on the Swansea Print Workshop site please click the image to the left.

20 percent of the cost of each screenprint sold goes to support Swansea Print Workshop, which receives no public funding.

Adding Layers.

Printing the third stencil a translucent purple.

Carrying on with my papercut stencil screenprint with Sarah Hopkins at Swansea Print Workshop, here are the third and fourth stencils printed. I’m cutting the stencils from photocopies. I did 8 photocopies at the outset so they’re identical and make registration easier.

The fourth stencil is printed in a soft grey, semi-opaque.

A Chance To Own One Of My Artworks.

I have some small screenprints for sale, inspired by my drawings of the antique taxidermy collection at Swansea Museum. I have given these vintage artefacts a modern twist by combining them with images of rubbish – old fruit nets, bubble wrap and plastic – highlighting the problem of human pollution and how it affects wildlife.

To buy my work on the Swansea Print Workshop site please click the image to the left.

20 percent of the cost of each screenprint sold goes to support Swansea Print Workshop, which receives no public funding.

But Is It Art?

Gooseberry Crumble.

I found some of last Summer’s allotment gooseberries in the freezer, so they had to be converted into a crumble! Husb says it’s a work of art.

A Chance To Own One Of My Artworks.

I have some small screenprints for sale, inspired by my drawings of the antique taxidermy collection at Swansea Museum. I have given these vintage artefacts a modern twist by combining them with images of rubbish – old fruit nets, bubble wrap and plastic – highlighting the problem of human pollution and how it affects wildlife.

To buy my work on the Swansea Print Workshop site please click the image to the left.

20 percent of the cost of each screenprint sold goes to support Swansea Print Workshop, which receives no public funding.

Papercut Screen Stencils

A vivid cyan overprinted onto a rich purple.

Inspired By Sarah Hopkins.

Today was Day 1 of Sarah Hopkins’ two-day course in paper stencil screenprint technique that I’ve got a place on. I’m using a photograph (by Melvyn Williams) from my recent Waun Wen artist residency as the basis of the image, but as I develop the layers of colour it will probably move quite a long way from the original, below. More information about courses at Swansea Print Workshop here.

Waun Wen In The Mist.

Waun Wen from Colbourne Terrace.

A Chance To Own One Of My Artworks.

I have some small screenprints for sale, inspired by my drawings of the antique taxidermy collection at Swansea Museum. I have given these vintage artefacts a modern twist by combining them with images of rubbish – old fruit nets, bubble wrap and plastic – highlighting the problem of human pollution and how it affects wildlife.

To buy my work on the Swansea Print Workshop site please click the image to the left.

20 percent of the cost of each screenprint sold goes to support Swansea Print Workshop, which receives no public funding.