I’ve been thumbing through my portfolios again (there are stacks of them!) and came across this portrait sketch from 2016, I remember really enjoying drawing this model.
One From The Archives: Beautiful Head.
A Blast From The Past …
For many years, life drawing has underpinned my drawing practice. When I was in Swansea Art College, I was lucky enough to have been taught by the wonderful artist Glenys Cour. She imparted a love of life drawing that has lasted many decades. I’ve also been lucky enough to have worked with many wonderful models. This is Natie.
A Walk Up The Hill ….
Nephew and I went for a walk up Swansea’s Kilvey Hill / Bryn Cilfai Abertawe this afternoon to lend our support to the campaign to save this lovely nature reserve from insensitive commercial development (more information here). Around 300 people and quite a few dogs and horses made the trek to the summit where there were songs, speeches, poetry, photos and filming, focusing attention on the proposed environmental vandalism. Of course I had to have a few scribbles – here’s one. It’s drawn in graphite and Inktense blocks into a Khadi hand-made paper sketchbook.
#Caturday Saturday
I. Am. Sparta Puss.
Just A Little Something ….
….that I’m working on at the moment, with Caran d’Ache Neo Pastels into a Khadi sketchbook. More to come ….
Cochyn / Redhead.
Husb and I went to a Seed Talk called “The Science of Psychedelics” by Dr. David Luke at Swansea University yesterday evening. There was a woman in the row in front of me with the most amazing red hair, Cochyn in Welsh, so of course I had to have a scribble. I used my (relatively) new Caran D’Ache NeoPastels. I’ve had them a while and tried them out but not had any success until now.
I admire the pastel work of USA-based artist Aletha M. Kuschan and she advised me to try NeoPastels (NOT the Neo Colour). I gave them a go on a couple of things but I wasn’t happy. I had used them on a very heavily textured hand-made paper, but this time I used a lighter-weight Khadi paper and I love the results. It was easy to blend and overlay them. This sketch took about 10 minutes.
Today I Made A Cake….
A classic jam and buttercream sponge. With homemade bramble jelly (foraged locally) and real buttercream. The sponge has a hint of vanilla because I embed vanilla pods into my caster sugar jar. It will be going to Husb’s Life Drawing group tomorrow.
One From The Archives: Bannau Brycheiniog.
Here’s a scribble from an old sketchbook, a walk on Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) on a sunny but misty afternoon about 8 years ago. I used a range of grey pastels mostly on their side into a black ringbound sketchbook.
Gilding Again.
Here’s the second piece I made on my training course with the most excellent glass artist Lisa Burkl the other day.
Step 1: Paint a design onto the outside of a clean glass bowl with acrylic pens and paints. Leave it to dry.
Step 2: Cover the painted area thinly with glue (it’s a special one for gilding). Leave it to get tacky.
Step 3: Gently smooth a sheet of gilt over the glued area with a soft brush.
Step 4: Turn it over and go “OOOOOOOHHHHH” 😀
#Caturday – Quickly Drawn Cats
It’s #Caturday Saturday and here are some very quick sketches I did a while back of a cat mostly moving, which is rare! I drew speedily to try and capture the cats in action rather than details.
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