I worked on a portrait drawing during one of the poses at life drawing session the other evening, using compressed charcoal and white soft pastel onto brown paper. I like using tinted paper as the mid-tones are a given and I find it easier to work in highlights and lowlights on top of an existingContinue reading “Building A Head”
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Powerful Woman (Female Nude)
Here’s the second drawing I did at Swansea Print Workshop’s life drawing group last night. It’s a thirty minute sketch in my large (A2 size) brown paper sketchbook using white soft pastel and black compressed charcoal. I haven’t been to life drawing for a while. I used to go regularly but my trips across theContinue reading “Powerful Woman (Female Nude)”
An Older Woman (Female Nude)
Just back from life drawing at Swansea Print Workshop, working with an older female model this week. I worked into a large, A2 size, sketchbook that’s made from brown paper and I used black compressed charcoal and a white Daler Rowney soft oil pastel. This sketch took about 12 minutes. It’s late now, I’m tiredContinue reading “An Older Woman (Female Nude)”
The Red Admiral
I went to the opening of the Art In The Tawe Valley (AitTV) group show this evening at Pontardawe Arts Centre. It was fab. Lots of lovely art, artists and conversations. I took a few minutes for a quick scribble, a woman in a backless dress showing her rather lovely butterfly tattoo – aContinue reading “The Red Admiral”
Disaster In The Print Room
Making art can be so frustrating, things don’t always turn out right. I was down at Swansea Print Workshop yesterday working on a new full-colour monotype. It’s a complex process and things can go badly wrong at any stage. But more often than not, it will go wrong when you remove the final plate,Continue reading “Disaster In The Print Room”
Life Drawing Female Nude
This is the other life drawing I did at Swansea Print Workshop last week, working with a middle aged female model. I am always influenced by the model and often draw each of them in different styles with different media. I am using a very free line with this model, drawing with conté crayons inContinue reading “Life Drawing Female Nude”
A Hand Study
Here’s another sketch from this week’s life drawing session at Swansea Print Workshop. I had about 10 minutes to kill towards the end so I did a study of the model’s hand – good practice. I drew into a large, A2, brown paper sketchbook with white, sanguine and black conte crayon and some compressed charcoal. IContinue reading “A Hand Study”
Black, White And Sanguine
Just back from life drawing at Swansea Print Workshop working with a super model, such an interesting body. I drew into a large, A2, brown paper sketchbook with white, sanguine and black conte crayon and some compressed charcoal. I quickly sketched in the rough outline of the figure in white and then drew into itContinue reading “Black, White And Sanguine”
S’Up In May And June?
What am I up to? I’m working through a load of art events that I’ve been preparing for ages. I’ve done TRANSITION, a public art event on May 20th and 21st 2016 in Swansea’s Creative Bubble Artspace with the 15 Hundred Lives art collective. And then May 28th I was in Fringe Arts Bath’s “AContinue reading “S’Up In May And June?”
The Life Model (Female Nude)
Just back from life drawing at Swansea Print Workshop and we had an older female model this evening. I really enjoy drawing older people, bodies and faces are so interesting, lived in, expressive. It was pretty full tonight, with a wide age range of scribblers, from early 20s to 70s, great to be able toContinue reading “The Life Model (Female Nude)”
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