Just back from Gateshead – it’s a long way! Still, it’s nice travelling by train. Met a very nice octogenarian from Australia and chatted all the way to Bristol. This is the first sketch I did of Sage Gateshead arts centre. I’ll say a bit more about my trip tomorrow. I just want to drinkContinue reading “Back With Some Scribbles”
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While I’m Away …..
Here’s a couple of ‘blind contour’ sketches I did recently on a field trip to Craig-y-Nos with colleagues from the FIRE Lab. I did the sketches without looking at the paper and without taking my conté crayon off the paper. Forces me to focus on what’s absolutely essential and gives the linework a lotContinue reading “While I’m Away …..”
While I’m Away….
Another of my quick sketches from my field trip with FIRE Lab colleagues a couple of weeks ago. I like doing these very quick sketchbook studies, they’re dynamic because I have to work so fast. The FIRE Laboratory I am currently artist in residence with The Fire Laboratory at Swansea University and have been goingContinue reading “While I’m Away….”
Engage And Scribble
Husb was pitching an idea at the RSA Engage event at Swansea’s Cinema & Co this evening. The RSA is holding 20 Engage events across the UK which give people an opportunity to pitch an idea they want to develop in their local community, to get support from an informed audience and make newContinue reading “Engage And Scribble”
Studying Shrimp
Alongside making cyanotypes with my colleagues on a recent field trip, I also did some drawings. Here’s one at Craig-y-Nos in conté crayons – black, white and sanguine into an A4 sketchbook made from brown parcel paper. It took about 3 minutes and I did it mostly without looking at the paper. It forcedContinue reading “Studying Shrimp”
Tydfil The Martyr
Husb and I went to the Annibyniaeth march in Merthyr Tydfil today, it was great. There were 5,300 people marching for independence and 53 dogs. Of course I had to have a scribble – of the people and the dogs. The people stayed still for longer! Tydfil was a daughter of King BrychanContinue reading “Tydfil The Martyr”
I Drew As Well
I’ve been posting pictures of the cyanotypes that I and other colleagues from Swansea University’s FIRE Lab team did during two field trips along the banks of the River Tawe recently. But I also did some drawings as well. Here’s one at Craig-y-Nos in conté crayons – black, white and sanguine into an A4Continue reading “I Drew As Well”
The Swansea Devil
I popped down to Swansea Museum today to do some sketching. It’s a lovely museum with loads of interesting stuff to draw and it’s served generations of Swansea people. I sketched the Swansea Devil, a local legend. He was recently rehomed to the Museum because after a chequered history he wasContinue reading “The Swansea Devil”
A Gig On #Caturday
Husb and I just got back from a gig at Cinema & Co with the fabulous psychedelic band Omnichron. Of course, I had to have a scribble. Here’s a lovely song for #Caturday by Omnichron – it’s about a cat called Marmalade…
Preparing For A Blue Day
I’m preparing for a cyanotype field trip over the bank holiday. The idea is to take out prepared cyanotype papers into the landscape and make photograms from what we find. Here are some I did a while back …
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