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”
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Insatiable
And another Baby Boomer victim of my insatiable sketchbook. They generally seem quite laid back about it.
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”
An Early Night
I spent today at the lovely Creative Bubble Artspace in Swansea’s city centre, drawing Baby Boomers. I got through six today, which takes me up to sixty five of my target of one hundred by the end of the year. And now I’m tired so off for an early night …… Tea with me atContinue reading “An Early Night”
Just Visiting!
Forging ahead with the Baby Boomer portraits, here’s one who visited today and was scribbled …. there’s no escape! Any Baby Boomers wandering in through my front door will be nabbed! Tomorrow I have six more Boomers booked in for some intensive sketching at the Creative Bubble Artspace in Swansea. It’s a lovely space leasedContinue reading “Just Visiting!”
The Warrior Returns
I started working with this particular model some time ago, when a young student with plans to join the army. I have masses of drawings of him which I developed into many prints – monotypes, etchings and even the occasional painting. We’ve had a gap of several years while he has been away travelling asContinue reading “The Warrior Returns”
Straight Ahead
When I’m drawing Baby Boomers, I let people choose how they will sit for me, whether to look straight ahead, or off to one side, or up, or down. It varies a lot. This sitter looked directly at me but because he’s a lot taller, there’s a surprising amount of foreshortening on his face, withContinue reading “Straight Ahead”
Sharing Experiences….
And another Baby Boomer – I’m getting towards my target of 100 by the end of the year, each drawing a maximum of thirty minutes. But I allow about an hour and a half for each sitter, because it’s such an important part of the process to talk to everyone, about how they feel aboutContinue reading “Sharing Experiences….”
The Cold War
I carried on with my 30-minute Baby Boomer drawings today at the Creative Bubble artspace. I’m not just drawing, but I also have a conversation with each sitter about what being a Baby Boomer means to them, what has been iconic about our generation. It’s fascinating to talk to each person and nowContinue reading “The Cold War”
Back To Booming
After a totally hectic month building up to installing my new solo exhibition in the most excellent Workers Gallery in Ynyshir, I have my life back …. well until tomorrow when I will be drawing some more Baby Boomers. I’m trying to schedule a Baby Boomer drawing day once a week until I finish theContinue reading “Back To Booming”
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