Wow! What an evening. It was the last night of my solo show, ‘Yr Helfa / The Hunt’, in the lovely Workers Gallery in Ynyshir and I joined my collaborators, prehistorian Dewi Bowen and filmmaker Melvyn Williams for an ‘in conversation’. Melvyn showed excerpts of the film he’s working on (he’s been following Dewi andContinue reading “The Oscar Speech”
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Great Spaces, Great Faces
I feel like I’m charging ahead in my quest to draw 100 Baby Boomers, with seventy two completed and another 5 booked in for my last day at the Creative Bubble artspace next week. In October, I’m going to be drawing from the lovely Galerie Simpson. It’s been great drawing in different creative spaces aroundContinue reading “Great Spaces, Great Faces”
Seventy ‘Victims’ So Far
And now I’ve reached seventy Baby Boomers!!!! Only 30 to go to reach my target. This is now looking to be achievable, but only with the generosity of the Boomers who’ve agreed to sit for me. It’s not easy, sitting still and quiet for up to thirty minutes while some nutjob artist stares at you.Continue reading “Seventy ‘Victims’ So Far”
A Pleasant Surprise
This is Baby Boomer number 68. I’ve been getting through these 30-minute sketches quickly this month at the Creative Bubble Artspace. I have been looking through the first of this series, started about 18 months ago, and they’re much tighter, more structured and detailed, using fine nib drawing pens into an A5 sketch book. IContinue reading “A Pleasant Surprise”
On The Back
I’m having a very productive period drawing Baby Boomers this month and if I keep on at this rate, I’ll finish by my target, of 100 sketches, by the end of the year. I love the conversations I have with my sitters and I write the main points that come up on the back ofContinue reading “On The Back”
Smiley Face
I’ve now drawn two thirds of my 100 Baby Boomers and one thing I’ve noticed is that most people’s ‘resting’ face is quite serious but a couple of people have had really smiley resting faces, keeping their smiles effortlessly for a half hour without their expressions becoming fixed and false. Genuine smiley faces.
Same And Different
Here’s another Baby Boomer – I am so enjoying drawing my generation at Creative Bubble Artspace. So many fabulous faces, so many interesting stories to tell. The conversation I have with my sitters is just as important as the portrait sketch; I have my own thoughts and views on what it means to be aContinue reading “Same And Different”
Insatiable
And another Baby Boomer victim of my insatiable sketchbook. They generally seem quite laid back about it.
Mud, Megaliths and Crazy Welsh Ponies
Filmmaker Melvyn Williams in conversation with prehistorian Dewi Bowen and artist Rose Davies (that’s me) with lashings of cake! 19:00 to 20:30 on Friday the 23rd of September at The Workers Gallery, 99, Ynyshir Road, Ynyshir, RCT, CF39 0EN. Coming soon – cake and conversation, art and archaeology, mountains and megaliths, history and hailstorms…..all atContinue reading “Mud, Megaliths and Crazy Welsh Ponies”
It’s In The Eyes
And another Baby Boomer. Someone was looking through my Boomer sketchbook yesterday and mentioned that as he turned the pages, it was the eyes that immediately draw the attention. This is why I prefer to draw from life rather than photos, I can see the expressions up close, the real expressions that flicker across aContinue reading “It’s In The Eyes”
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