geology – scribblah

As well as the gorgeous mineral pastels from Cumbria I featured in my last blog post, I also have these lovely pots of mineral pigments from the Clearwell Cave mine in the Forest of Dean. Husb and I visited last Autumn and were amazed by the beauty of the underground caverns, which are reasonably easyContinue reading

Star And Pennants

Here’s another small, quick contemplative scribble, done as I walk the Waun Wen area of the city on Sundays, recording into my little sketchbook. This is a strange combination of images, the signage – a hard sell in a second hand car yard; the massive local authority tower blocks set against a backdrop of KilveyContinue reading “Star And Pennants”

Higgledy Piggledy Hills And Stones

I’m walking and sketching around the Waun Wen area of the city at the moment, as part of the Home & Hinterland project across 3 areas in Wales. There are little streets of late 19th and early 20th century terraced housing snaking across the hillside and many of them have higgledy piggledy stone walls aroundContinue reading “Higgledy Piggledy Hills And Stones”