I spend a lot of time doing life drawing and studying anatomy because my practice is figurative and representational, although I take some liberties: I like Egon Schiele, Toulouse-Lautrec, van Gogh and the German Expressionists so taking liberties comes naturally. But now and again I take a BIG liberty and head towards the abstract. ItContinue reading “Chalk Nude [parental guidance]”
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Rocking’ The Arts And Goodbye The Brunz!
Today, husb and I took down our last exhibition at The Brunswick after three and a half years of curating! It seems like just a few months ago that we were putting up our first one with Mike Mainwaring and Kara Seaman. I looked through the list of artists who have exhibited during that timeContinue reading “Rocking’ The Arts And Goodbye The Brunz!”
Snatched Sketch And Exercises In Anatomy
We went into the new studio over the weekend and completely re-arranged the space because I wasn’t comfortable working in it last week. Today was so much better. I finally settled back into some drawing after the Xmas break and the studio move. Husb came over at lunchtime and brought some meatball and melted cheeseContinue reading “Snatched Sketch And Exercises In Anatomy”
Nostalgia Is The Thief Of Time!
Mixed media: work in progress. Here’s a large piece I started some time ago – over a year. Sometimes you just get stuck on something and have to put it away for a while. Apparently Titian used to work up his underpaintings then turn them to a wall for 6 months before completing themContinue reading “Nostalgia Is The Thief Of Time!”
Scribbler’s Block!! Where’s my creative juices gone?
It happens to us all – Scribbler’s Block, Writer’s Block, do musicians get blockages? I’m sure they do. What do you do when you’re struggling away in the studio and the creative juices have dried up? You’ve already got three or four pieces of work on the go and everything you try to doContinue reading “Scribbler’s Block!! Where’s my creative juices gone?”
Skeletons I Have Known [1].
People who’ve read my blog before will know that I share my studio with a skeleton, a lady called Felicity. But I’ve drawn other skeletons too. This one, nicknamed Fred Skelly, was the subject of many drawings during a life drawing course at Gorseinon College. He was once a man – smaller pelvis, shorterContinue reading “Skeletons I Have Known [1].”
A Monumental Man
Life drawing was a regular item on the curriculum when I was at Art College and I’ve kept practicing, going to local groups and classes for many years now. It’s good to work with different models and to be inspired by the techniques of artists in the group and I link the life drawing toContinue reading “A Monumental Man”
A Skeleton in my Studio
This is Felicity and she’s borrowed from another artist; she’s living in my studio at the moment and looks out into the street over the bus stop, scaring passengers who look up. Why do I draw from a skeleton? It’s partly technical, to understand the beautiful mechanics of the human body which helps meContinue reading “A Skeleton in my Studio”
Scribbling skeletons at random
Sometimes it’s good to just have a scribble and see what happens. It becomes an automatic thing, undirected and not linked to what’s in front of your eyes. It’s a chance to feel the drawing medium under your fingers and feel how it moves across the paper. Yesterday was a bit manic; studio firstContinue reading “Scribbling skeletons at random”
Draw Draw Draw: Feet to the Fore
Call me old-fashioned but I draw almost every day and I make no apologies for that. I believe that drawing underpins visual art and that all artists should draw regularly to constantly improve what we do. Sometimes at the end of a long day I don’t really feel like sketching and it’s more outContinue reading “Draw Draw Draw: Feet to the Fore”
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