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Paint A Portrait Of Bonnie (Free Art Session)

Create an entry for this years 9 to 90 competition and exhibition at Swansea’s GS Artists. I’ll be there to guide participants step by step, with all materials provided, free drinks and snacks on Saturday 23rd November, 10.30 – 12.30. Please book here because places, although free, are limited. “Bonnie Tyler is our own husky-voiced,Continue reading “Paint A Portrait Of Bonnie (Free Art Session)”

A Short Film: Getting Messy With Charcoal.

Here’s a short film that Husb made of one of my adult teaching sessions at GS Artists in Swansea, part of the 9to90 Community Arts programme, originated and organised by the artist Jane Simpson. It’s a 2 hour session edited down to under 2 minutes.

Stripy Shiny Skull

Here’s my Mari Lwyd linocut for this year. I cut the block a couple of weeks ago and did some proof prints at the 9-to-90 Creative Community to demonstrate the chine collé technique. But I wanted something different, rather than the usual tissue papers, for this year’s annual print. I went to the latest exhibitionContinue reading “Stripy Shiny Skull”

One, Two, Three ……

The show is in Orchard Street Gallery which is part of HQ Urban Kitchen on Swansea’s Orchard Street and runs through to the end of January. The other venues showing my work are Cinema&Co.ffee and GS Artists.

Having A Bit Of Fun.

Art is often seen as highbrow and serious but art is also fun and Husb and I had a great time this evening at GS Artist’s opening event for this year’s 9to90 Creative Community Annual Show – and collage session. Swansea artist Rachael Barry provided the inspiration to chill out and have a good timeContinue reading “Having A Bit Of Fun.”

Celebrity Portrait In 2 Hours.

I taught an adult education class this afternoon with the 9-to-90 Creative Community at the excellent GS Artists on Swansea’s High Street. The theme was to paint a portrait of the Divine Diva, Dame Shirley Bassey. In TWO hours! A bit challenging 😀 But we did it. The results will be in the venue’s nextContinue reading “Celebrity Portrait In 2 Hours.”

Seeing What’s Happening Again…

I’m cutting a second Mari Lwyd lino block for this week’s adult teaching session with the 9-to-90 Creative Community at GS Artists. Once again I checked how my block was coming along with a piece of tracing paper over it, rubbed hard with a block of graphite and I now have a better idea of whatContinue reading “Seeing What’s Happening Again…”

Seeing What’s Happening.

I was doing some adult teaching with the 9-to-90 Creative Community today, working up some little lino blocks from the drawings we did last week of the Mari Lwyd down at Swansea Museum. I wanted to check how my block was coming along so I put a piece of tracing paper over it and rubbedContinue reading “Seeing What’s Happening.”

Sketching The Mari.

I did a few scribbles of a Mari Lwyd to get some ideas for a new lino block. I’m running a series of sessions for the 9-to-90 Creative Community at GS Artists so I need a couple of references to work from, to demonstrate the technique. I generally start with a sketch, rather than aContinue reading “Sketching The Mari.”