This is the last of the rappers I saw in Cardiff a few weeks ago. He was striding around the floor a lot which meant that he had a bit more light on him than performers who stayed on the small stage, but he also moved quickly which made him harder to sketch. But it’sContinue reading “Rapping In Cardiff 7: Striding”
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Rapping In Cardiff 6: The Darkness
I did quite a few sketches in my sketchbooks when I was at a rap gig in Cardiff a couple of weeks ago, but it was quite dark. The stage lighting was set up to light the DJ, not the rappers so I couldn’t see much of almost everyone I scribbled. This performer just hadContinue reading “Rapping In Cardiff 6: The Darkness”
Scribbling The Original Punk Poet
Husb and I went to a gig at Swansea Arena a few weeks ago to see the band Squeeze and the awesome Doctor John Cooper Clarke, the original poet of punk. I’ve seen JCC perform a few times over the decades and I’m always up for one more evening of scurrilous hard-hitting poetic hilarity. IContinue reading “Scribbling The Original Punk Poet”
Rapping In Cardiff 5: The Red Dancer
I did quite a few sketches at the rap gig in Cardiff I went to a few weeks ago. It’s challenging working in the dark, I managed to catch a few people in the occasional pool of semi-light. I sketched this dancer with the extraordinary red hair in ballpoint pen and washes of Inktense colourContinue reading “Rapping In Cardiff 5: The Red Dancer”
Rapping In Cardiff: 4 (Mad Punk Ranters)
Another quick sketch from my recent visit to The ‘Diff to a gig organised by fellow artist Unity, who is also a rapper. People who have known me a long time are a bit puzzled because I’ve always been a metalhead, but to be fair, I do like other types of music, just that metalContinue reading “Rapping In Cardiff: 4 (Mad Punk Ranters)”
Rapping In Cardiff: 3
I saw this member of the audience when I went to see some Welsh rappers in Cardiff recently, and I really liked the clothes, the hat and the way they stood. So I had to have a quick scribble. The gig was organised by my fellow artist Unity, who is not only a graffiti artist but also aContinue reading “Rapping In Cardiff: 3”
Rapping In Cardiff: 2
I went to see some Welsh rappers in Cardiff recently, a gig organised by my fellow artist Unity, who is not only a graffiti artist but also a rapper herself. It was pretty dark but that doesn’t put me off having a scribble in my sketchbook. Here’s a dancer and a listener.
Rapping In Cardiff: 1
Husb and I went up to The ‘Diff a couple of weeks ago to see some Welsh Rappers in The Rockin’ Chair Jamaican Bar in Riverside. It was fab. Here’s a sketch at the beginning of the evening, when the DJ was spinning.
Tucked Away ….
I’ve got lots of photos of the sketches I do at gigs and out and about, but none of me actually drawing. So I asked Husb to take some. Here I am during the Swansea Fringe a few weeks ago, tucked away in corners. I really get in the zone.
Noodling …..
My teenage nephew is staying over, he’s a music student and I wanted to do some sketching with him. I’ve been doing a lot of scribbling at gigs recently but there’s not enough time to really focus on details like hands and the position and the foreshortening of the instruments. As he “noodled” with hisContinue reading “Noodling …..”
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