It’s #Caturday Saturday again and here’s another cat sketch from my sketchbook archives, January 2016. Sparta Puss looks like butter wouldn’t melt in her mouth! Don’t be fooled. This is a quick sketch with Faber Castell Pitt drawing pens. I have three linocut prints in the Miniprint Cymru Wales exhibition in Mostyn in Llandudno, North Wales, openContinue reading “#Caturday Archive: 45”
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Blooded!
I guarantee that whenever I cut a block – lino, wood or vinyl – I will stab myself with one of my sharp tools and bleed on it! I blooded this block today, just as I was finishing carving it as well. I based this on an original drawing I did from life. I haveContinue reading “Blooded!”
Models vs Others Following on from yesterdays post, I was talking about the difference between working with professional models and other people. Most are fine with sitting for a portrait sketch and are happy with the results, but there are some who find it hard to accept what they see. A few people want toContinue reading
#Caturday Archive: 44
It’s #Caturday Saturday again and here’s another cat sketch from my sketchbook archives, December 2015. It’s “Puss’n’Boot“, or Sparta Puss and my walking boot, with my foot in it. I was chilling with my feet up and Sparta Puss snuck in and made herself comfy so I scribbled her. I have three linocut prints inContinue reading “#Caturday Archive: 44”
These Three In North Wales
I recently posted about the Miniprint Cymru exhibition in Mostyn (gallery) in Llandudno, North Wales (see here) and here are the three linocuts I have on show there. They’re each 10 x 10 cm (about 4 x 4 inches). The top one, “Should Bill Get Some Bacon” is printed using the chine collé technique toContinue reading “These Three In North Wales”
Miniprints In Mostyn
I have three linocut prints in the Miniprint Cymru Wales exhibition which has now travelled to Mostyn in Llandudno, North Wales. It opened yesterday (14th March) and continues until May 2nd. There are 270 original prints of all kinds – silkscreen, etching, drypoint, collagraph, linocut, woodblock, monotype, letterpress and cyanotype – the whole range ofContinue reading “Miniprints In Mostyn”