I always carry a sketchbook when I travel, I prefer to look at sketches rather than photos, they seem to take me back to that time and place more effectively than a snapshot that took a few seconds to capture. Although the scribbles are quick, they’re slower and take more attention and effort than photos,Continue reading “Travels With My Sketchbook …”
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Faces From The Past…
I’ve been taking a stroll through the images I’ve posted on this blog over the years – I’ve been doing it since 2011. It’s been good for me to revisit the work, I tend to ignore sketches once I’ve done them, which is a pity because there’s often some good stuff there. Here are fourContinue reading “Faces From The Past…”
Elder Heads: 4
The last in my short series of Elder Heads, all women and all showing great strength in the lines draw across their faces by life and experience.
Elder Heads: 3
And another hastily scribbled head of an elderly woman. She looks like she has had the cares of the world on her for many years. Graphite into a Khadi hand-made paper sketchbook.
Elder Heads: 2
Another scribble of an older person, as we get older we often look more like the opposite sex and it can be hard to tell elder men and women apart without cues like clothing, jewellery, make-up. I’ve used a graphite block into a Khadi handmade paper sketchbook.
Elder Heads: 1
I guess it’s my age, I get to go places where there are lots of elders these days. I used to go places where there were lots of younger people. When I was younger LOL 😀
Price Of Change.
Husb and I went to the theatre the other week – ooh there’s posh isn’t it?! We saw a new play by Contemporancient Theatre, Price Of Change. It’s about the 18th Century Welsh philosopher and mathematician, Dr. Richard Price of Llangeinor in the Garw Valley. He is hardly known here in his own country, weContinue reading “Price Of Change.”
Getting Messy …..
I did some teaching at GS Artists in Swansea today, as part of the 9-to-90 Creative Community programme, looking at charcoal and landscape. I used images by three different landscape artists, in black and white, Glenys Cour, David Hockney and Kyffin Williams, to examine the difference in styles. I did this demonstration drawing inspired byContinue reading “Getting Messy …..”
A View Of Kilvey / Cilfai.
I posted a few days ago about Kilvey Hill / Bryn Cilfai, the iconic landscape that looms over the city from wherever you look. When I was a kid, it was a bare, desolate industrial wasteland. In my lifetime it has been reclaimed by nature, with help from Swansea University and thousands of local adultsContinue reading “A View Of Kilvey / Cilfai.”
More Little Quick Ones ….
Here are a few more speedy scribbles I did at the rugby match on Saturday. It was nice there, I was invited to share a box, which was warm and dry so I could sketch in comfort. That’s the way to do it.
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