I can’t get enough of Sir Frank Brangwyn’s work. Here’s another study I did from a drawing at the Brangwyn Museum in Bruges. The original is in charcoal and chalk onto a brown paper. I used four grades of graphite into my A5 hardback sketchbook, much smaller than the original. These days drawing in thisContinue reading “Bruges, Swansea, Leeds.”
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After Sir Frank
Husb and I visited the Frank Brangwyn museum in Bruges today. Sir Frank has long been an artist hero of mine but despite massive fame in his lifetime he isn’t very fashionable now. It’s time he was noticed again. He was one of the founder members of the Vienna Secession; his work in the earlyContinue reading “After Sir Frank”
Higgledy Piggledy
We’re in Bruges. There is a Museum of Chocolate. There is a Museum of Chips. It’s a very cultured place. Like many very old cities, the buildings have evolved without much uniformity and the rooftops are all higgledy piggledy. I managed a quick graphite sketch in my A5 hardback sketchbook, it’s been pretty cold soContinue reading “Higgledy Piggledy”