Husb and I visited the very talented glass artist, Deanne Mangold, at her Open Studio today. Deanne is working up a new panel based on one of my drawings of Neolithic and Bronze Age standing stones, this one in Dinas in Pembrokeshire. It’s very flattering that another artist finds inspiration in my work and it’sContinue reading “An Artist’s Inspiration”
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Colour And Mark
These images are from one of the exercises I ran at a women’s creative group last weekend. I called it ‘Drawing for the Terrified’ and it was a, hopefully, fun two hours that nevertheless did some serious drawing exercises. My idea was to help inexperienced artists to gain confidence and skills while experienced artists hadContinue reading “Colour And Mark”
Jewel Like Intensity
Yesterday I blogged about the Action Scribbling exercise I did on Sunday, today I took some pre-cut mount (matte) boards and placed them over different parts of the large roll of multi-coloured scribble, isolating small areas from the whole and focusing attention on the detail in each of these smaller pieces. They have an amazingContinue reading “Jewel Like Intensity”
Action Scribbling!
I spent last Sunday with a lovely group of creative women in North Gower, gorgeous surroundings, and I ran a 2 hour art session called, ‘Drawing for the Terrified‘, where I aimed to demystify drawing and help people to feel comfortable with it. I started of with a group activity I call ‘Action Scribbling’. IContinue reading “Action Scribbling!”
Walking And Drawing
I spent yesterday evening with a group of really lovely women at a creative arts workshop in the beautiful surroundings of North Gower. We went for a walk in the glorious sunshine and some us us did a ‘Walk And Draw’ which really focuses you on being very selective as you can’t draw everything inContinue reading “Walking And Drawing”
I Draw You When You Sleep!
I draw you when you sleep! Not creepy at all, oh no. Poor Husb, what he has to put up with ………
The Book Covers
Last weekend I did a short course in making a screenprinted book and part of the process was the covers. I did the designs with black acrylic paint brushed onto acetate and then scratched into the surface with a nail when it was dry. The hand lettering was done with a Faber Castell Pitt drawingContinue reading “The Book Covers”
Print Explosion at Volcano
There’s a new exhibition at Volcano on Swansea’s High Street called Print Explosion! It’s the annual show for members of Swansea Print Workshop and I have 8 original prints in it. The opening party is on Friday July 6th, 6.30 – 9.00 pm and the show runs until Saturday July 28th. If you’re passing, pleaseContinue reading “Print Explosion at Volcano”
Rap Hands
Husb and I went out on Saturday night to the opening of an exhibition of graffiti inspired art at the excellent Cinema & Co in Swansea. There were also rap performers – Craze The Jack, Unity, Dope Biscuits and Rufus Mufasa and I took the opportunity to have a quick scribble while Craze The JackContinue reading “Rap Hands”
A Scribble
Husb and I went to the excellent Cinema & Co on Saturday night to see a film about graffitti back in the 1970s and then stayed on to hear performances y Craze The Jack, Rufus Mufasa, Unity and …. I’ve forgotten! Must be a senior moment.
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