Husb and I went on a crazy coach trip to North Wales last week. It was fantastic, it’s such a gorgeous area. I didn’t want to do a lot of artwork, I wanted to enjoy the holiday, but I took a new sketchbook, made from very rough handmade Khadi paper that I prepared with gessoContinue reading “Inspired By Eryri: 1”
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A Busman’s Holiday
I haven’t posted on my blog for a week because I’ve been on holiday, a Grand (De)Tour of North Wales with a coachload of like-minded people. It was fantastic. I did some sketching, not too much because I wanted to relax as well. I didn’t want it to be too much like a Busman’s Holiday.Continue reading “A Busman’s Holiday”
The Choir In The Church
I went to a concert featuring the choir that Husb is in, Cor Aderyn Du, at the beautiful Llangiwg Church on Barley Hill above Rhydyfro. I sat in the pews and sketched a bit. It was a lovely sunny evening and the sun streamed through the magnificent modern stained glass window.
Sketchbook Archives: 67
Back to Autumn 2016 and some random sketches that I did out and about. I really should do more. I’m still out and about but I find I’m participating more and more in what’s going on around me and don’t want to interrupt it with scribbling. Maybe I was more curmudgeonly back in the dayContinue reading “Sketchbook Archives: 67”
#Caturday – A Tiny Canvas: 4
It’s #Caturday Saturday and this little painting of our young rescue cat, Eric House-Tiger, is finished, ready to go off to be raffled in a community event locally. I used Unbleached Titanium, Raw Umber, Titanium White, Burnt Umber, Indian Yellow and Emerald Green Liquitex Heavy Body acrylic paint onto a 10 x 10 cms primedContinue reading “#Caturday – A Tiny Canvas: 4”
A Tiny Canvas: 3
Stage 3 of my tiny (10 x 10 cms) canvas painting of our young Tabby rescue, Eric House-Tiger, working in some finer details with Unbleached Titanium, Raw Umber, Titanium White and Emerald Green Liquitex Heavy Body acrylic paint. It’s a bit of whimsy that’s going to be donated for a raffle prize in a localContinue reading “A Tiny Canvas: 3”
A Tiny Canvas: 2
This is stage 2 of a tiny (10 x 10 cms) canvas painting I’m doing of our young Tabby rescue, Eric House-Tiger. I’m getting in some dark and mid-tones, and highlights using Raw Umber and Titanium White Liquitex heavy body acrylic paint. I’ve also blocked in the background with Indian Yellow, a colour I particularlyContinue reading “A Tiny Canvas: 2”
A Tiny Canvas
I’m doing a tiny (10 x 10 cms) canvas painting of Eric House-Tiger which I’m going to donate for a raffle prize in a local community event. This is the first stage, transfer the drawing and work over the lines with a thin later of transparent Raw Umber so I don’t smudge the pencil linesContinue reading “A Tiny Canvas”
Sketchbook Archives: 66
Back to October 2016 for this sketch archive. Technically not a sketchbook; I attended an event and took my drawing board and sheets of paper prepared with white gesso and my own home-made walnut husk ink. I really enjoy making art in public.
#Caturday Archives: 56
Here’s another little drawing of Sparta Puss from September 2017. I did a lot of sketching with a Markers app on my Samsung Galaxy Note 8 back then, until I got bored with it and went back to analogue. I’ve never gone back.
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