I sat on a bench on Kilvey Hill and did a very quick charcoal sketch of some trees. Then I redrew it onto a piece of plywood and started carving. Once the carving is finished, I’ll ink it and print it.
Drawing To Carving…
Sketchbook Archives: 4
Looking back through my old blog posts month by month, I’ve reached December 2011, about 6 months after I began this blog. Older relatives were increasingly in hospital, I spent a lot of time there, visiting, a good place for sketching, quiet and peaceful.
Sketchbook Archives: 3 (NYC)
I started this blog back in 2011 and I was delighted when, by the end of the first week, my statistics showed that 12 people – TWELVE – had read it. I was so excited. I’m still excited by it 13 years and around 4,300 posts later. And thrilled by the many people who now read it. Thank you xxx
#Caturday Extra…
Bill sat on the table earlier. I should have shoo-ed her off but she was throwing some good poses so I had a very quick scribble before she jumped down.
It’s Caturday Saturday
It’s Saturday Caturday and here’s Sparta Puss asleep on my Flexcut cutting tools. She wasn’t too impressed that I was getting on with some art stuff and not giving her enough attention (enough is never enough!) so she subverted me!
Stroll And Scribble: 1
Husb and I went out for a stroll this evening. We used to do it a lot before Covid19 and even during the lockdowns, we took our allocated one hour a day. But after I caught the dreaded lurgi, about 2 years ago, I lost so much stamina and I’m only recently regaining it. I used to draw in my sketchbook more or less every day, but I let it slip. Time to turn this around and get back into strolling and scribbling! Here’s a big tree in Singleton Park, drawn with graphite into my Khadi handmade sketchbook.
Musicians And Europe….
This is the series of musical heads I drew recently at a gig that was held to draw attention to the problems that musicians are now facing because of the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union. This isn’t a comment of the pros and cons of withdrawal, but about how musicians are being affected.
When the UK left the European Union, musicians lost the ability to tour without restriction in Europe. This means that performing and selling merchandise got more complicated and expensive. There is a petition asking the Government to Face the Music and find a solution to the issues facing musicians who want to tour Europe after Brexit. The petition organisers say, “Music is a central part of our cultural identity; it champions diversity and supports our local communities.” If you want to sign the petition here it is.
Sketchbook Archives: 2
Here’s a few of the sketches I did en plein air back in September 2011, in the earliest days of this blog. I used to be out and about so much, scribbling away into my sketchbooks, but the Covid19 pandemic restrictions disrupted that and I haven’t really got back into it. I sketch at gigs and special events but I don’t just wander around aimlessly any more, pens in hand, scribbling anything that doesn’t move too fast 😀 I need to get back to it, looking over my archives is great, so much I’d forgotten and it comes back much more vividly from a drawing than a photo.
Tha Bass Player …
And continuing the theme of musicians I have drawn at gigs recently, here’s a young bassist who also happens to be related to me. Aren’t I lucky? Bassists are cool. Graphite into my Khadi sketchbook.
A Head At A Gig … The Thoughtful One …
I spotted this bloke at a gig Husb and I recently went to, he was in the audience and lost in his own world of thoughts … which meant that he kept pretty still, easier for me to draw 😀  I used a graphite block into my Khadi handmade paper sketchbook.
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