Higgledy Piggledy Hillside.

It’s unusual for me to draw anything other than people and the odd animal but there’s an interesting jumbled cityscape scrambling up the hill opposite the window in my new studio. I’ve injured my foot and my chiropodist asked me to keep off it as much as possible for a few weeks. A few weeks!!!!!!Continue reading “Higgledy Piggledy Hillside.”

In The New Studio!

  At last! My first full day in the new studio. Husb and I moved all my stuff  over from the old studio, across the road and round the corner a bit, in between hospital and nursing home duties, Xmas visits and celebrating the New Year. Britain returned to work today and I started sortingContinue reading “In The New Studio!”

The Big Apple Crumbled!

Some people think that The Big Apple is a nickname for New York City but we in Swansea know that it’s the name of a tiny little green concrete kiosk on the cliff above the sea in the Welsh fishing village of Mumbles. It was one of a hundred or so specially built in theContinue reading “The Big Apple Crumbled!”

All Scribbled Out

I’ve been drawing for most of the day and also went to my regular weekly Thursday evening life-drawing group so I’ve been drawing for around 12 hours and I’m scribbled out, so I’m not going to say much tonight, but I’ll leave you with some sketches. Good night 🙂   Two gentlemen debating at SwanseaContinue reading “All Scribbled Out”

Waspies, Steampunk and Drawing in the Dark

  Swansea Steampunk night happens at a very atmospheric Victorian club which has developed a patina of faded grandeur over the past 150 years or so. Once a month it’s taken over by strange people in spectacular costumes and weird accessories. It’s great to draw there because I normally work with professional nude models andContinue reading “Waspies, Steampunk and Drawing in the Dark”