I went to a concert in the summer at Llangiwg Church and Y Pregethwr did an amazing performance in the Welsh language. He sings passages from the Book of Ecclesiastes in Cymraeg accompanied by a harmonium. He has wild hair so I sketched him. I have a new exhibition, “Carved Heads And Other Creatures”, partContinue reading “More Crazy Hair…”
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Crazy Hair…
Sometimes I’m lucky enough to sit behind someone with fantastically crazy hair when I have a sketchbook on me. It’s so much fun to play with mark-making and different textures when I’m drawing hair like this. I used a Derwent graphite pencil – HB. I have a new exhibition, “Carved Heads And Other Creatures”, partContinue reading “Crazy Hair…”
Foot-tapping At The Gig
Here’s a quick scribble at our local venue “Down By Here” (previously Elysium Bar). I can’t remember the band but this guy was tapping his feet to the music in a snazzy shirt so I scribbled him. I have a new exhibition, “Carved Heads And Other Creatures”, part of MANIFEST at The Workers Gallery in Ynyshir. TheContinue reading “Foot-tapping At The Gig”
Experimenting With Lino: The Forest
I’m trying out something new, experimenting with lino, drawing on sketches I made a couple of years ago on a residency I did in rural Germany. I spent a week or so in a medieval village in a forest and the work I did there was completely different to anything I’ve done before…please click hereContinue reading “Experimenting With Lino: The Forest”
#Caturday Archives: 59
One from January 2018 for this week’s #Caturday Saturday, a sketch of Sparta Puss in a free Markers app on my (now old) Samsung Galaxy Note 8. I have a new exhibition, “Carved Heads And Other Creatures”, part of MANIFEST at The Workers Gallery in Ynyshir. The show runs until October 31st. Open Saturdays 10.00 – 17.00,Continue reading “#Caturday Archives: 59”
Drawing Walking: 2
I recently sketched a friend as he walked around the Rosehill Quarry labyrinth. I drew into a small (A6) Indigo sketchbook on very rough, heavyweight paper that I had previously prepared with white gesso and turquoise Liquitex acrylic ink. The surface is so rough that pens and pencils just didn’t cut it, so I usedContinue reading “Drawing Walking: 2”
Drawing Walking: 1
I went for a walk with a friend yesterday and took a bit of time to sit and sketch while he walked around a labyrinth. It’s a challenge to draw someone walking as, of course, they’re constantly on the move and you have to catch fleeting movements, shapes, colours without having the luxury of observingContinue reading “Drawing Walking: 1”
#Caturday Archives: 58
December 2017 and here’s a sketch of Little Ming, our furry tortie rescue cat. Husb and I had taken her from a very neglectful home after we found her emaciated, seriously ill from a lung infection and barely alive. We took her straight to a vet and paid for emergency treatment – her eye wasContinue reading “#Caturday Archives: 58”
Sketchbook Archives: 68
I was working into a large (A2) brown paper sketchbook back in November 2016, using conté crayons in white, black and sanguine. I really like that combination of paper and drawing materials for doing portraits. These are professional life models at Swansea Print Workshop’s weekly life drawing group.
#Caturday Archives: 57
Here’s a throwback to November 2017 for this week’s #Caturday Saturday. Sparta Puss looking very lively, she was about 8 years old here and she’s still going strong.
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