Husb and I went to a gig at Swansea Arena a few weeks ago to see the band Squeeze and the awesome Doctor John Cooper Clarke, the original poet of punk. I’ve seen JCC perform a few times over the decades and I’m always up for one more evening of scurrilous hard-hitting poetic hilarity. IContinue reading “Scribbling The Original Punk Poet”
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Rapping In Cardiff 5: The Red Dancer
I did quite a few sketches at the rap gig in Cardiff I went to a few weeks ago. It’s challenging working in the dark, I managed to catch a few people in the occasional pool of semi-light. I sketched this dancer with the extraordinary red hair in ballpoint pen and washes of Inktense colourContinue reading “Rapping In Cardiff 5: The Red Dancer”
Rapping In Cardiff: 4 (Mad Punk Ranters)
Another quick sketch from my recent visit to The ‘Diff to a gig organised by fellow artist Unity, who is also a rapper. People who have known me a long time are a bit puzzled because I’ve always been a metalhead, but to be fair, I do like other types of music, just that metalContinue reading “Rapping In Cardiff: 4 (Mad Punk Ranters)”
Rapping In Cardiff: 3
I saw this member of the audience when I went to see some Welsh rappers in Cardiff recently, and I really liked the clothes, the hat and the way they stood. So I had to have a quick scribble. The gig was organised by my fellow artist Unity, who is not only a graffiti artist but also aContinue reading “Rapping In Cardiff: 3”
Rapping In Cardiff: 2
I went to see some Welsh rappers in Cardiff recently, a gig organised by my fellow artist Unity, who is not only a graffiti artist but also a rapper herself. It was pretty dark but that doesn’t put me off having a scribble in my sketchbook. Here’s a dancer and a listener.
Rapping In Cardiff: 1
Husb and I went up to The ‘Diff a couple of weeks ago to see some Welsh Rappers in The Rockin’ Chair Jamaican Bar in Riverside. It was fab. Here’s a sketch at the beginning of the evening, when the DJ was spinning.
Tucked Away ….
I’ve got lots of photos of the sketches I do at gigs and out and about, but none of me actually drawing. So I asked Husb to take some. Here I am during the Swansea Fringe a few weeks ago, tucked away in corners. I really get in the zone.
#StandingStoneSunday 13
It’s #StandingStoneSunday again on social media and here’s one in a field near Pontyberem in Carmarthenshire. Click here to read more about this magnificent monuent. I drew it on my adventures with pre-historian Dewi Bowen and filmmaker Melvyn Williams a few years back, in the days before the Covid lockdown. All the megaliths on our travels are connected to theContinue reading “#StandingStoneSunday 13”
Swansea Fringe 13: Two Til Twelve.
Sometimes when I’m sketching at a gig, the music influences me more than at other times, like when I did this one at the recent Swansea Fringe. The movements of the guitarist in Two Til Twelve and the music got me scribbling manically, more so than usual. I really got into the zone with myContinue reading “Swansea Fringe 13: Two Til Twelve.”
Swansea Fringe 12: Quick Scribbles.
These very quick sketches are from the first night I drew at this year’s Swansea Fringe, at Crowley’s Rock Bar. I find it’s good practice to rattle off some very quick scribbles at the beginning of a drawing session, to warm up. I suppose it’s like a singer doing scales in the dressing room orContinue reading “Swansea Fringe 12: Quick Scribbles.”
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