It’s Saturday / Caturday so here’s one from the archives, a pencil sketch of the late and very hairy tortoiseshell Ming The Merciless. Husb and I rescued her from a very neglectful home, she was nearly dead from an untreated lung infection, poor little floof. She was only a few months old at the timeContinue reading “#Caturday Archives”
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Colour Theory Coasters
I’m using colour theory in different materials to make some teaching aids. As well as the painted mandala, I’ve been doing some examples on clay. The coasters on the top row show how colours change slightly on different coloured backgrounds and also the difference between glazed and unglazed. The ones on the bottom row showContinue reading “Colour Theory Coasters”
The Colour Theory Mandala
Had a chance today to continue working on the colour theory mandala I’m constructing as a teaching aid. I’ve done Primary, Secondary and Tertiary colours, tints, tones and shades and today I completed the central section with two pairs of complementary colours, referencing Johannes Itten. I’m laying down the paint quite roughly at the momentContinue reading “The Colour Theory Mandala”
Pouring Down
Someone showed me how to do paint pours last week, using PVA glue, water and acrylic paints. She made it look very easy but I had a bit more difficulty moving the canvas around. We used up some old tubes of acrylic paint that had been hanging around since before Covid19 lockdown and that’s whyContinue reading “Pouring Down”
Wrestling Paper With A Wild Pony
They don’t know much about art, but they know what they like. My lunchbox! When I was drawing my way through South Wales with pre-historian Dewi Bowen and filmmaker Melvyn Williams, we often had animals hanging out with us, Welsh ponies and sheep mainly, looking for a chance to raid our lunchboxes! Here’s a veryContinue reading “Wrestling Paper With A Wild Pony”
Going For It!
Husb and I went to The Elysium last night to watch a live band. They got the crowd going! A covers band, Soulskunks, mainly ska and a bit of reggae. I had to have a scribble of course. People were dancing fast so it was a bit of a challenge. Raising Funds. My family isContinue reading “Going For It!”
#Caturday Archives
It’s Saturday so it’s #Caturday on many social media platforms. I’ve got cat sketches going back years and years so I thought I’d dig them out and do a regular Saturday / Caturday archive. The scribbles above are of my friend’s late kitty, Scooter, and below is mine and Husb’s late legend Ming The Merciless.Continue reading “#Caturday Archives”
Sunning In The Park.
Husb and I went to Mumbles this evening, for the opening of a new exhibition at Tides Gallery. It was lovely, it spilt out into the Ponderosa Bar next door and Elwyn’s Bar just along the street. Then it spilt out across the road to the little park where Ian Thomas played an acoustic set.Continue reading “Sunning In The Park.”
More Mandala
Carried on today painting a mandala incorporating classic colour theory. I remember we had to study Johannes Itten’s colour theory book when I did an Art Foundation course way back when. Coincidentally, Itten was one of the founders of Art Foundation courses, when he was a lecturer at The Bauhaus. I’m developing this from aContinue reading “More Mandala”
Playing Around.
I take my art very seriously and I rarely relax and play around with it. I’m trying to be a bit freer, so this evening I had a play with a charcoal drawing I did way back in early lockdown – seems like so long ago now. I uploaded the drawing into Adobe Photoshop andContinue reading “Playing Around.”
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