Swansea Print Workshop

Life Drawing: 45 minutes

The final pose from last week’s life drawing session was about 45 minutes. I got the figure blocked in pretty quickly and I had time to put in her environment which was fun. I’m enjoying playing with my Caran D’Ache NeoPastels, I love the colours. I have an exhibition of (mostly) new work, “Carved HeadsContinue reading “Life Drawing: 45 minutes”

Life Drawing: 30 Minutes

I really liked this pose, the lines just flowed as I drew her. She’s very tiny and reminds me of the models of the Austrian Expressionist artist Egon Schiele back at the beginning of the 20th century. She features in my new exhibition (see below). I worked with Caran D’Ache NeoPastels onto repurposed printmaking paperContinue reading “Life Drawing: 30 Minutes”

Life Drawing: 10 minutes

This is a 10 minute pose drawn with Caran D’Ache NeoPastels onto repurposed paper prepared with acrylic screenprinting ink. It’s one of the latest sketches from the last life-drawing session at Swansea Print Workshop. I like the way it turned out. 10 minutes isn’t enough time to get loads of detail done, but it’s aContinue reading “Life Drawing: 10 minutes”

Life Drawing: Slightly Out

This was not an easy pose for me to draw. I’m not sure why, but I kept getting the measurements wrong and the whole body is slightly out. But that’s the way it goes sometimes. It’s a 15 minute pose drawn with Caran D’Ache NeoPastels onto repurposed paper prepared with acrylic screenprinting ink. I haveContinue reading “Life Drawing: Slightly Out”

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.

Life Drawing: Foreshortening

Here’s a lying-down pose from the side with some wicked foreshortening. I had fun with this, playing with my Caran D’Ache NeoPastels, not worrying too much about being realistic, although I was intently focused on accurately capturing the extreme perspective of the 25-minute pose. I have a new exhibition coming up, “Carved Heads And OtherContinue reading “Life Drawing: Foreshortening”

Life Drawing: An In-Betweener

Here’s a15-minute pose from the recent life drawing session at Swansea Print Workshop. It’s beyond a short pose but falls short of a long pose – an in-betweener pose. I used Caran D’Ache NeoPastels onto repurposed paper prepared with left-over acrylic screenprint ink. I have a new exhibition coming up, “Carved Heads And Other Creatures”,Continue reading “Life Drawing: An In-Betweener”

Life Drawing: A Quick One

Here’s a quick 5-minute pose from the recent life drawing session at Swansea Print Workshop. I used Caran D’Ache NeoPastels onto repurposed paper prepared with left-over acrylic screenprint ink. I have a new exhibition coming up, “Carved Heads And Other Creatures”, part of MANIFEST at The Workers Gallery in Ynyshir. There’s a celebration event with me andContinue reading “Life Drawing: A Quick One”

Life Drawing: In The Mirror

Here’s a longer, 45 minute, pose from last night’s life drawing session at Swansea Print Workshop. I had a good angle that let me draw a mirror image as well. I used Caran D’Ache NeoPastels onto repurposed paper prepared with left-over acrylic screenprint ink. I have a new exhibition coming up, “Carved Heads And OtherContinue reading “Life Drawing: In The Mirror”

Coming Up…Carving Heads And Other Creatures

Over 20 of my linocuts are going to be featured in a new exhibition at The Workers Gallery in Ynyshir. It’s a group show, “Manifest” and my collection is called “Carving Heads And Other Creatures”. It’s mostly a new body of work which begins with drawing portraits, working with professional models at Swansea Print Workshop’sContinue reading “Coming Up…Carving Heads And Other Creatures”