A Month Of Maris #5

Here’s another of my archive Mari Lwyds that I’m posting through December and early January up to her night, Hen Galan on January 13th. It’s the old New Year, which doesn’t make much sense until you find out it’s the Julian, or pre-Gregorian, calendar. This sketch dates from 2016 at Gellionen Chapel and is drawn in white, sanguineContinue reading “A Month Of Maris #5”

A Month Of Maris #4

I’m posting my archive Mari Lwyds throughout December and early January to get us all in the mood for her night, Hen Galan. This one was carved and printed at the end of 2019 to go out as a New Year card at the beginning of 2020, we didn’t know that Covid19 was about to hitContinue reading “A Month Of Maris #4”

A Month Of Maris #3

We’re at that time of year when the old Welsh tradition of The Mari Lwyd / Y Fari Lwyd, is awakening from her slumbers ready for her night, Hen Galan, a month away early in the New Year. I’m going to post my archive Mari Lwyds throughout December and early January to get us all in theContinue reading “A Month Of Maris #3”

A Month Of Maris #2.

It’s The Mari Lwyd / Y Fari Lwyd time of year. She’s waking up and getting ready for her night, Hen Galan on January 13th. I have a lot of drawings and prints done over the past few years and I’m going to post my archive to get us all in the mood. Here’s another fromContinue reading “A Month Of Maris #2.”

A Month Of Maris #1.

We’re at that time of year when the old Welsh tradition of The Mari Lwyd / Y Fari Lwyd, is awakening from her slumbers ready for her night, Hen Galan, a month away early in the New Year. I’m going to post my archive Mari Lwyds throughout December and early January to get us allContinue reading “A Month Of Maris #1.”

One, Two, Three ……

The show is in Orchard Street Gallery which is part of HQ Urban Kitchen on Swansea’s Orchard Street and runs through to the end of January. The other venues showing my work are Cinema&Co.ffee and GS Artists.

A Face In The Crowd.

Sometimes you see a face and you’ve just got to sketch it. This guy was at The Jexit gig at The White Lion in Aberdare last week, grooving to the band. A face full of character.

More Japanese JAM ….

Here’s another sketch from Aberdare last Friday on a cold Welsh Winter night with torrential rain. I’d gone to see a Japanese Jam cover band, The Jexit, perform at The White Lion, with my mate. It was a fantastic gig. The lead singer Yoshi Tokio had flown in from Japan a few days before but theContinue reading “More Japanese JAM ….”

A Japanese JAM Tribute Band in Aberdare.

My pal and I went up to Aberdare, proper up the Valleys, on a cold Friday night in torrential rain (luckily she was driving, not me) to see a Japanese Jam cover band, The Jexit, perform at the small but perfectly formed local pub The White Lion. Of course, I had to have a scribble.Continue reading “A Japanese JAM Tribute Band in Aberdare.”

A few weeks ago I did a short online art course, the Saturday Sketch Club with the Royal Academy of Arts. The session was about drawing from the imagination with the artist Emyr Williams. It was so good for me because it’s something I just don’t normally do, I like to work from life. In this exercise IContinue reading