I started this drawing, the half on the left, one Sunday, walking around Waun Wen. It was freezing cold and my fingerless gloves left me too numb to carry on. The following week, I went back and did the other half, on the right. It was warmer. This is part of the Home and HinterlandContinue reading “Half ‘n’ Half”
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Walk Waun Wen, Talk Waun Wen
I’ve had a bit of a break for the holidays but next week I’m back into my community arts project in the Swansea district of Waun Wen. It’s part of a Wales-wide contemporary art project called “Home and Hinterland”, and locally it’s a partnership with Swansea University’s Taliesin Arts Centre. I love the area andContinue reading “Walk Waun Wen, Talk Waun Wen”
Horizontals, Verticals, Diagonals
Sketching in the streets around Waun Wen, I stopped and scribbled this little arrangement of horizontal, vertical and diagonal lines. I suppose you could say that most vistas in a built environment are horizontal, vertical and diagonal. And you’d be right 😀 A Chance To Own One Of My Artworks I have some small screenprintsContinue reading “Horizontals, Verticals, Diagonals”
Bit Of A Challenge
As I walked the streets of the Waun Wen area of the city on Sunday, scribbling into my sketchbook, I came across a landslip. Some of the little streets snaking up the steep hillside are perched on top of towering terraces, and this one had collapsed, leaving 3 houses without their front gardens and pilesContinue reading “Bit Of A Challenge”
Shadow Tree
I spotted this shadow tree when I was walking and drawing around Waun Wen recently, cast on a wall in the bright sunshine. These quiet walks are part of the Home & Hinterland arts project sponsored by Swansea University. A Chance To Own One Of My Artworks I have some small screenprints for sale, inspiredContinue reading “Shadow Tree”
Nooks And Crannies
Walking around Waun Wen on Sundays, scribbling into my tiny sketchbook, I find odd little nooks and crannies that I’d never seen, places that are usually passed by unnoticed. Many British cities and towns have them because they developed organically at times, before rigid town planning systems were imposed. This drangway, almost hidden from theContinue reading “Nooks And Crannies”
It’s Got Potential
Here’s another tiny sketch from my tiny sketchbook from one of my drawing walks around Waun Wen on Sunday. These little scribbles are very quick, fleeting snapshots that I can look at later to see if I want to go back and do something more complex. It’s a different way of seeing something than takingContinue reading “It’s Got Potential”
The Scribbled Figure
I tried out a different approach to life drawing the other evening, at Swansea Print Workshop. I’m working into a large A2 size brown paper sketchbook with soft Rembrandt pastels. My drawings are usually quite representational but this time I loosened up and had a scribble. It made me look at the model in aContinue reading “The Scribbled Figure”
A Face In The Dark
This is the last of my sketches from the Rap gig at The Bunkhouse last week. Drawing in the dark is doubly difficult because it’s hard to see the paper and the marks I’m making and it’s also hard to see the subject. I used the continuous line technique for most of this, it madeContinue reading “A Face In The Dark”
Some Heads
Here are some heads. There we go. Scribbled at random. A Chance To Own One Of My Artworks I have some small screenprints for sale, inspired by my drawings of the antique taxidermy collection at Swansea Museum. I have given these vintage artifacts a modern twist by combining them with images of rubbish – oldContinue reading “Some Heads”
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