I sat and listened and sketched at Urban HQ at the regular Saturday live-music session, catching two people near each other. I used a ballpoint pen into my small A6 Indigo sketchbook. I have an exhibition, “Carved Heads And Other Creatures”, part of MANIFEST at The Workers Gallery in Ynyshir. The show runs until October 31st. OpenContinue reading “Two Heads In Ballpoint Pen”
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Sitting, Listening, Scribbling
I sat and listened and sketched at Urban HQ at the regular Saturday live-music session. People tend to be still while they’re listening (unless it’s a Metal gig!) so there’s some time to catch a bit of portrait drawing, with a ballpoint pen into my small A6 Indigo sketchbook. I have an exhibition, “Carved HeadsContinue reading “Sitting, Listening, Scribbling”
Drawing In The Dark
I went along to one of the regular free talks at the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery a couple of weeks ago, it was put on by the Friends Of The Glynn Vivian and it was about the artist Josef Herman by Gwenllian Beynon. The room was pretty dark because of the projector but just enoughContinue reading “Drawing In The Dark”
Saturday Afternoon Scribbling
Fellow Swansea Artist Sophie de Marco invited me to join her at her residency in Urban HQ this afternoon, to do some sketching at the regular Saturday live-music session. This week we listened to Carly Tucker and I did a continuous-line drawing into my small A6 Indigo sketchbook. It’s a technique I find useful whenContinue reading “Saturday Afternoon Scribbling”
En Plein Air With A Sketchbook: 3
Here’s another en plein air sketch I did during a half-hour walk-and-draw exercise on Kilvey Hill. I used graphite (6B), a conté crayon (black) and a white soft oil pastel (Daler Rowney) and drew quickly into a unique sketchbook made by a friend. Each page is collaged with something different and then sealed with transparentContinue reading “En Plein Air With A Sketchbook: 3”
En Plein Air With A Sketchbook: 2
Here’s another en plein air sketch I did during a half-hour walk-and-draw exercise on Kilvey Hill. I used graphite (6B), a conté crayon (black) and a white soft oil pastel (Daler Rowney) and drew quickly into a unique sketchbook made by a friend. Each page is collaged with something different and then sealed with transparentContinue reading “En Plein Air With A Sketchbook: 2”
En Plein Air With A Sketchbook: 1
Husb and I went for a walk up Kilvey Hill this afternoon and I took a new sketchbook, hand-made by a lovely friend. Each page has something collaged onto it and then sealed with transparent gesso. I took a block of graphite (6B), a conté crayon (black) and a white soft oil pastel (Daler Rowney).Continue reading “En Plein Air With A Sketchbook: 1”
Three Sketchbooks: One Ink: Naphthol Crimson
I’m preparing some of my sketchbooks with Liquitex ink because I fancy doing some sketching onto coloured backgrounds for a while. I have three very different sketchbooks. The hand-made one (beautifully made by a friend) prepared with clear textured gesso. The small very heavyweight Khadi one, prepared with smooth white gesso. And the large, square-formatContinue reading “Three Sketchbooks: One Ink: Naphthol Crimson”
Three Sketchbooks: One Ink: Turquoise Deep
I’m carrying on spreading Liquitex ink onto my three very different sketchbooks. The hand-made one prepared with clear textured gesso. The Khadi one, prepared with smooth white gesso. And the unprepared one made by Indigo. This time I used Turquoise Deep. The effects are so different across the three books. . I have a newContinue reading “Three Sketchbooks: One Ink: Turquoise Deep”
Three Sketchbooks: One Ink: Deep Violet
I have these three very different sketchbooks. The top one, made by a friend with all sorts of paper treasures, has been prepared with clear, textured gesso. The middle one, a thick hand-made Khadi paper, has been prepared with a smooth white gesso. And the one at the bottom, a smooth paper made by Indigo,Continue reading “Three Sketchbooks: One Ink: Deep Violet”
