Here’s the slow selfie that I’ve been working on for a while, on and off. It’s more or less finished but I’ve reached that stage where I can’t see the wood for the trees and so I’m going to leave it for a couple of months and look at it again, to see what, ifContinue reading “Finished…For Now”
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Slow Selfie In Progress
I started a self-portrait today. This is about an hour’s work, maybe a bit less. Still a lot more to go. I did it as a demonstration piece when I was teaching at GS Artists’ weekly arts group, the 9to90 Creative Community. We’re doing self-portraits for an upcoming exhibition and these will be finished atContinue reading “Slow Selfie In Progress”
The Very Slow Selfie
I carried on with this self portrait I started AGES ago, a very slow selfie. I’m trying to develop my own way of working, rather than copy another artist’s style, which is what I’ve been doing over the past year with Ed Sumner’s Cheese and Wine Painting Club over on Facebook. I’m trying out differentContinue reading “The Very Slow Selfie”
Working With Wood
I recently did a woodcut selfie. I showed the print that I took a couple of days ago, and here now is the woodblock. I often like the blocks more than the prints, especially if they’re on a nice grained wood. I sometimes don’t want to ink up a woodblock because I think it wouldContinue reading “Working With Wood”
Gazing Darkly
Today I printed up the woodcut I carved out earlier in the week. I used Intaglio Printmaker’s Caligo Easy Wash Relief ink mixed 50:50 with Extender and took the print by hand on Hosho paper using a Japanese Baren. This self-portrait was inspired by the late, great Käthe Kollwitz, an artist who produced loads ofContinue reading “Gazing Darkly”
A Wooden Selfie
I started a selfie today, a self portrait woodcut, using a piece of plywood. I transferred my drawing onto the wood and commenced hacking away with my Flexcut tools, they’re pretty good but plywood is quite tough and takes some effort. I did a rubbing, with tracing paper and a graphite block, as I cut,Continue reading “A Wooden Selfie”
Self Portrait With A Male Nude
This is one of my artworks in the new exhibition in Swansea’s Cinema & Co, I drew it the other evening at life drawing in Swansea Print Workshop using conté crayons, black, white and sanguine, onto brown wrapping paper. The exhibition opens on Wednesday March 8th, International Women’s Day and continues throughout the month. CinemaContinue reading “Self Portrait With A Male Nude”
Immense Character
I’ve come to the last of my Baby Boomer drawings for a little while as The SPace, where I have been doing these drawings since November, has now closed at the end of its temporary lease. I need to find a new place to continue the drawings over the next few months. This Baby BoomerContinue reading “Immense Character”
A Humongous Proof
Today was day 2 of a Masterclass with woodcut artist John Abell at Swansea Print Workshop and I carried on cutting the humongous piece of MDF I started yesterday. I used compressed charcoal to darken the surface while I cut with my Flexcut tools. Finally, I reached the point where I wanted to get anContinue reading “A Humongous Proof”
Self Portrait? I Don’t Think So!
I admire professional artists’ models because they put up with a level of scrutiny that would terrify most people and that includes me. I rarely do a self-portrait because when I look into a mirror I see what I want to see, someone younger and thinner! Subjecting myself to the same level of objectiveContinue reading “Self Portrait? I Don’t Think So!”
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