Here’s a short “How To” film from a recent drawing session I ran at GS Artists in Swansea, as part of their 9to90 Community Arts programme. We did HUGE charcoal drawings onto big rolls of paper on the wall and the film shows all the mark-making we did. It was MESSY 😀 Here’s the filmContinue reading “Charcoal Drawing: A “How To” Film.”
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More Big And Messy.
Here are a couple more paintings done by participants at GS Artists in Swansea, as part of their excellent 9to90 Community Arts programme. We did BIG and MESSY acrylic paintings with tennis-themed life size figures. Paint was applied with sponges, bath scrunchies and occasionally even big paint brushes.
Big And Messy!
I did some teaching this week, with a group of adults at GS Artists in Swansea as part of their excellent 9to90 Community Arts programme. We did BIG acrylic paintings with life size figures and a tennis theme for Summer. And it was MESSY! Loved it! I started out by getting people to draw around each others bodies toContinue reading “Big And Messy!”
Teaching, Drawing, Painting.
Last week I taught an introductory adult education session at GS Artists, one of Swansea’s finest. I borrowed a selection of decoupaged bottles for the still life and set them on a plinth in the middle of the group. I chose these instead of clear bottles so we didn’t have to cope with reflections andContinue reading “Teaching, Drawing, Painting.”
Mucking About
I did some teaching today, with a group of adults at GS Artists in Swansea as part of their excellent 9to90 Community Arts programme. We did an introduction to charcoal drawing …. and it was MESSY! Loved it! I started out by getting people to play with blocks of compressed charcoal, to do mark-making andContinue reading “Mucking About”
#StandingStoneSunday
An illustrated front cover of a new book by Dewi Bowen, “Hunting The Wild Megaligh” with a wild boar, a capstone megalith, illustrations of mountains, valleys and coastlines. And a trail of ancient animals travelling across South Wales.
#StandingStoneSunday: The Book Launch
“Hunting The Wild Megalith“, the book of the journey of the Boar Hunt (Y Twrch Trwyth) is being launched this coming Friday (March 31st) at Swansea’s prestigious GS Artists gallery. The book is based on the theory that the route of The Boar Hunt in the Mabinogion includes most of the major Neolithic and Bronze Age stone monuments acrossContinue reading “#StandingStoneSunday: The Book Launch”
Modernists At The Gallery.
I scribbled this little one hard at work creating a collage at GS Artists last Friday. The group was inspired by an exhibition supporting a new book by Catrin Saran James, “Modernist Swansea”. In the background is a quilt based on some iconic tile designs around the city centre, sadly disappearing, by local artist LauraContinue reading “Modernists At The Gallery.”
Scribbling, Visiting And Bara Brith.
I dropped by GS Artists on High Street this afternoon. It’s a fab gallery and community artspace and every Friday afternoon there’s the 9 to 90 Creative Community art club, with different art activities each week. Of course I had to have a scribble! Then I went home and made some Bara Brith after tea.Continue reading “Scribbling, Visiting And Bara Brith.”
The 9 to 90 Art Community.
Here’s another sketch I did at GS Artists last week, at one of the Friday art clubs organised by the indefatigable artist Jane Simpson for the 9 to 90 art community. People from all walks of life pop in to try out different art and craft techniques. If you’re in Swansea on Friday afternoons, comeContinue reading “The 9 to 90 Art Community.”