Today I was back tramping around the South Wales countryside, continuing with Yr Helfa, The Hunt, a series of drawings done en plein air from ancient stone monuments. It’s been going on for a year now, with filmmaker Melvyn Williams and prehistorian Dewi Bowen and in between I had a solo show of around 40Continue reading “Manure Mountain”
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Sofa Surfing Scribbles
I did some more drawing on the settee this evening, taking inspiration from the series of drawings I did over the past year of neolithic stones in the South Wales landscape. I didn’t look at any of them though, I just let the mark-making flow at random. I rarely work like this, my comfort zoneContinue reading “Sofa Surfing Scribbles”
Stones, Scribbles, Settee.
I almost always draw from life but I sat on the settee last night and got down to scribbling . I didn’t think too much about it, just let it come and it’s obvious that I’m influenced at the moment by the drawings I’ve been doing of Neolithic stones over the past year. I usedContinue reading “Stones, Scribbles, Settee.”
The Stone With No Name…..
This is the second stone we visited yesterday in muddy West Wales, near Llangain. Quite a few of the Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments around here don’t have names and this is one of them. It’s a large, fine stone with an unusual feature that makes it look like a face from some angles. It’sContinue reading “The Stone With No Name…..”
MUD!
Mud. Mud and standing stones. After a break of about three months I’m off out traipsing across the muddier parts of South Wales with filmmaker Melvyn Williams and pre-historian Dewi Bowen. There are still a lot of ancient monuments to be explored, recorded and drawn before Dewi is able to complete his new book. ThisContinue reading “MUD!”
The Completed Face
Finishing off the details on the shoulders and body with black, white and sanguine conté crayons; drawing in her pendant; more sanguine in the background; and a bit more depth to the black and sanguine around the mouth and chin. And she’s complete. It’s been interesting for me to analyse a drawing from start toContinue reading “The Completed Face”
A Face In Steps [7]
Nearly finished this life drawing, I recorded the different stages with my phone camera last week at Swansea Print Workshop. I’m using the black and white conté crayons to finish off the hair and add detail to the ear, and the sanguine to begin blocking in the background. I am putting a new drawingContinue reading “A Face In Steps [7]”
A Face In Steps [6]
At this stage, I’m working up the hair in black and adding some darkish tones in sanguine with conté crayons. I’m working onto brown wrapping paper, I like the effect of it. It’s a shame it doesn’t last, it will fade and fall apart in a few years, but when I use expensive paper forContinue reading “A Face In Steps [6]”
A Face In Steps [4]
Digital cameras are great! I can photograph different stages of a drawing to see how it comes together. It’s nice to look at how a drawing develops in the cold light of day, I’m too absorbed when I’m drawing to analyse what I’ve done. I did this life drawing last week at Swansea Print Workshop’sContinue reading “A Face In Steps [4]”
A Face In Steps [3]
Here’s the third stage of the life drawing I did last week at Swansea Print Workshop, introducing some defined black line over the vague white and sanguine marks, all conté crayon. I’m working onto ordinary brown wrapping paper. I am putting a new drawing of an ancient monument one up every day. If youContinue reading “A Face In Steps [3]”
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