Tag Archives: Swansea Print Workshop

Out Of Practice

Just back from life drawing at Swansea Print Workshop and I’m a bit out of practice. We had a three week break over the holidays and it was good to get back into the discipline of anatomical study. This post is a bit difficult so I redrew it until I was reasonably happy with it.Continue reading “Out Of Practice”

Some Days You Got It…..

…..and some days you don’t. And I just couldn’t get a handle on life drawing tonight at Swansea Print Workshop, so I switched from the full figure to a portrait, which worked better. This first figure was a fairly quick pose, about 10 minutes. There was a high spotlight on the model, throwing strong shadows,Continue reading “Some Days You Got It…..”

Meet the Artists

Yesterday was the opening of the Swansea Print Workshop’s annual exhibition which is hosted for the first time at the Cynon Valley Museum and Gallery. It runs until January 11th and here’s a little man looking at one of my monotypes. There’s a “Meet the Artist” event from 2 til 3.30 on December 10th, withContinue reading “Meet the Artists”

Just a Quickie

Just a quickie, just got back from life drawing at Swansea Print Workshop and it’s late – and cold. I did some 5 minute poses, all on one sheet, in graphite and conte crayon. And I also did a one=hour pose onto a canvas sheet, gessoed in white and primed with rhodamine red litho/relief inkContinue reading “Just a Quickie”

Inking Up

I’m working on a series of drawings for my next exhibition in December. I find it’s a problem deciding what to do for exhibitions. It’s relatively easy if you’re given a theme and plenty of time, or if you’re only putting one or two works into a large group show, but I have to doContinue reading “Inking Up”

Recycle and Reed

Here’s the last drawing I did at the most recent life drawing session at Swansea Print Workshop. I worked on a piece of paper that had an image by an artist who has been working at Mission Gallery. Shaun James had produced a load of drawings and was giving them away. So I took aContinue reading “Recycle and Reed”

Practice And Pineapple Pud

Here’s another page of drawing I did at last week’s life drawing session. It’s  a practice piece where I tried sketching different bits of the model for practice. Her hand was particularly difficult because of a lot of jewellery and she was clutching a handkerchief. The foot was much easier to draw. I used aContinue reading “Practice And Pineapple Pud”

Freeing Up

Just back from life drawing at Swansea Print Workshop. I try to get there every week for practice. I don’t go to produce a perfect drawing; it’s a chance to loosen up and try out different things. I’ve been working on some small, very detailed ink drawings lately and I felt like freeing myself upContinue reading “Freeing Up”