Here’s the last pose from the recent life drawing session at Swansea Print Workshop, an hour long. I decided to go for a portrait because I really like faces in profile. I worked with Caran D’Ache NeoPastels onto vintage paper prepared with some left-over acrylic paint in a dusty pale blue. I don’t like workingContinue reading “Life Drawing: A Face In Profile”
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Life Drawing: Changing Medium
I changed the medium I use at last night’s life drawing session at Swansea Print Workshop. I’ve been using conté crayons but I switched to Caran d’Ache Neopastels. They’re so soft and buttery, gorgeous to use. I also changed the paper, preparing some vintage paper with a pale blue acrylic ground, which really complemented theContinue reading “Life Drawing: Changing Medium”
Wassail!
I went to the annual Wassail and Mari Lwyd parade at the Gower Heritage Centre today. Last night was Hen Galan, the “old” (Julian) New Year, celebrated in Wales with the Mari Lwyd, but as well as the riotous Wassail yesterday evening (with much local Shed Head Cider by all accounts), there was also aContinue reading “Wassail!”
A Month Of Maris #17
Aaaaaaannnnddddd ….. another one. Here’s a quickie Mari Lwyd sketch in conté crayon into my brown paper sketchbook, from 2016. I think these very hasty sketches show the jollier side of the Mari Lwyd.
A Month Of Maris #16
Sometimes when I’m out and about sketching I have only a few seconds, maybe a minute or two, with a particular subject or pose, so I have to scribble away quickly, and the drawing often becomes very stylised. Here’s a Mari Lwyd from a few years ago, sketched at a Hen Galan pub crawl onContinue reading “A Month Of Maris #16”
A Month Of Maris #14
Here’s another Mari Lwyd sketch from my archives, one from Gellionen Chapel in 2017, back in those heady days before Covid19. we’re creeping closer to Hen Galan, Mari Lwyd’s very own night, which also happens to be the “old” New Year. It’s drawn in black, sanguine and white conté crayons into a spiral bound A4Continue reading “A Month Of Maris #14”
A Month Of Maris #11
We’re at that time of year when the old Welsh tradition of The Mari Lwyd / Y Fari Lwyd, is awakening from her slumbers ready for her night, Hen Galan, on January 13th – the New Year in the old Gregorian Calendar. This was drawn at the Gower Heritage Centre’s annual Wassail and Mari Lwyd Parade atContinue reading “A Month Of Maris #11”
A Month Of Maris #9
I can’t work out if I think this Mari is sinister or funny, there’s an edge to this drawing. I drew her at Gellionen Chapel in January 2018 when it was visited by Mari Ystrad from Ystradgynlais. The chapel is over 330 years old and set in isolation on Mynydd Gellionen Mountain, with spectacular viewsContinue reading “A Month Of Maris #9”
A Month Of Maris #8.
This is another Mari Lwyd from my archives that I’m posting through December and early January up until her night, Hen Galan on January 13th. This “live” sketch was made late in 2016 at an appearance by the Mari in Gellionen Chapel. All the Maris I’ve seen have different looks and personalities, I think this one looks quite goofy andContinue reading “A Month Of Maris #8.”
A Month Of Maris #5
Here’s another of my archive Mari Lwyds that I’m posting through December and early January up to her night, Hen Galan on January 13th. It’s the old New Year, which doesn’t make much sense until you find out it’s the Julian, or pre-Gregorian, calendar. This sketch dates from 2016 at Gellionen Chapel and is drawn in white, sanguineContinue reading “A Month Of Maris #5”
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