I’ve gone back to March 2017 and a selection of sketches done randomly as I was out and about. A couple are in conventional sketchbooks but the rest are in a small sketchbook I made from odds and ends of paper lying around the place:- some old cyanotypes; a few discarded screenprints; some paper stainedContinue reading “Sketchbook Archives: 71”
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#Caturday Archives: 63
Back to January 2018, and I did a heartfelt post about Little Ming who had just passed away at around 18 years old – read the original post here. She was such a character and we still miss her. Here she is in a coloured pencil sketch.
Angels Are…Byzantine: 5
This is the fourth Byzantine angel I’ve studied from art history and apart from doing some more inking with white Liquitex acrylic ink, I’ll leave the Byzantine angels and research other types of angels. I like doing research like this, by studying and copying I can start to understand more than a cursory glance inContinue reading “Angels Are…Byzantine: 5”
Ink Splash And Mountains
Husb and I spent a lovely few days in Trefriw in North Wales, revisiting our honeymoon hotel. Over the past few weeks I’ve been preparing sketchbooks with splashes and washes of Liquitex acrylic inks, so I took them with me to do a bit of sketching. I chose the lime green splash in my square-formatContinue reading “Ink Splash And Mountains”
Salty Flowers
Yesterday I posted my three sketchbooks that I’m preparing with a variety of Liquitex acrylic inks. I thought I’d show a close-up of one of the pages; it’s in the handmade sketchbook that a friend created for me. She used all sorts of vintage illustrations and sealed it with clear textured gesso. I painted theContinue reading “Salty Flowers”
Three Sketchbooks: One Ink: Vivid Lime Green
I’m preparing some of my sketchbooks with Liquitex ink because I fancy doing some sketching onto coloured backgrounds for a while. I have three very different sketchbooks. The hand-made one (beautifully made by a friend) prepared with clear textured gesso. The small very heavyweight Khadi one, prepared with smooth white gesso. And the large, square-formatContinue reading “Three Sketchbooks: One Ink: Vivid Lime Green”
Scribbling And Eccles Cakes
Husb and I love an Eccles Cake and there is no finer Eccles Cake, in my opinion, than those made by Gerrards Bakery, which has branches across North Wales and the Wirral – controversial I know! Husb and I went on a wild coach trip to Llandudno back in August and dropped into the localContinue reading “Scribbling And Eccles Cakes”
En Plein Air With A Sketchbook: 4
Here’s another en plein air sketch I did during a half-hour walk-and-draw exercise on Kilvey Hill. It’s a strange sight; until very recently the area was completely covered in trees but a controversial development project, The Skyline, has ripped out an enormous channel through the forest. This sketch doesn’t give a sense of the scaleContinue reading “En Plein Air With A Sketchbook: 4”
Two Heads In Ballpoint Pen
I sat and listened and sketched at Urban HQ at the regular Saturday live-music session, catching two people near each other. I used a ballpoint pen into my small A6 Indigo sketchbook. I have an exhibition, “Carved Heads And Other Creatures”, part of MANIFEST at The Workers Gallery in Ynyshir. The show runs until October 31st. OpenContinue reading “Two Heads In Ballpoint Pen”
Sitting, Listening, Scribbling
I sat and listened and sketched at Urban HQ at the regular Saturday live-music session. People tend to be still while they’re listening (unless it’s a Metal gig!) so there’s some time to catch a bit of portrait drawing, with a ballpoint pen into my small A6 Indigo sketchbook. I have an exhibition, “Carved HeadsContinue reading “Sitting, Listening, Scribbling”
