Husb and I had a few days away in Cumbria, The Lake District, and booked a journey on the Cumbrian Coast Line all the way to the ancient city of Carlisle. It was a long journey because it meandered around the coast with loads of tiny local stops, but I enjoy train travel, especially asContinue reading “Faces On The Train”
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Scribbling Sellafield
Went on the Cumbrian Coast Line train around The Lake District the other day, and passed Sellafield, the nuclear power station. The train stopped for a few minutes so I had a quick scribble. It’s a grim-looking pile in the middle of beautiful countryside, but that makes for an interesting contrast. I used a ballpointContinue reading “Scribbling Sellafield”
Along The Causeway.
Another quick sketch from my recent holiday in The Lake District. Husb and I went walking along the causeway at Roa Island, very different to the usual scenery in the Lakes. It’s very flat marshes either side of the narrow, very straight, road. I used conte crayons in black, white and sanguine into a brownContinue reading “Along The Causeway.”
View From Hawkshead
Had a few days away in the Lake District and scribbled away in my brown paper sketchbook with conte crayons in black, sanguine and white. Here’s the view from the top of the cemetery in the lovely town of Hawkshead. It was beautiful weather too. I did the sketch very quickly, focusing on getting theContinue reading “View From Hawkshead”
Wipe Out
Still testing positive for Covid19 and still completely wiped out. The other symptoms are gone now, but I’m just so tired that I can’t even work up the energy and motivation to do a quick scribble of the cat! So here’s one I did a while back, for #Caturday. A Chance To Own One OfContinue reading “Wipe Out”
What Next With The Blues?
Husb and I are still recovering from Covid19, the symptoms are more or less gone but we’re both totally exhausted and my brain has turned to mush! I don’t have the energy or thought processes to so any artwork so I took a look at a piece of tie-dye a did a few weeks ago,Continue reading “What Next With The Blues?”
Drawing More Darkness In The Darkness
Here’s another drawing in the dark I did last weekend at a small arts festival, “Kilvey Ole”, I went to on one of Swansea’s hillsides. It was very dark there so I could hardly see the paper or the marks I was making. But also, the people and things I was drawing were in darknessContinue reading “Drawing More Darkness In The Darkness”
Drawing Darkness In The Darkness
Husb and I went to a mini-festival on one of the city’s hills last weekend. It was very dark and we wandered in and out of small barns listening to music and poetry. I had a go drawing the darkness in the darkness. I couldn’t see the paper I was drawing on so had noContinue reading “Drawing Darkness In The Darkness”
Then It Went Pear-Shaped!
Disaster. I cut the eighth stencil and printed it onto my screenprint landscape of Waun Wen, in a translucent sap green …. and it’s HORRIBLE! I hate it! It just goes to show that in spite of careful planning and having something in your mind’s eye, things can suddenly go pear-shaped. I didn’t print themContinue reading “Then It Went Pear-Shaped!”
A Lot Of Cutting…..
Today I cut the seventh paper stencil to screenprint onto my view of Waun Wen, a second cutting of the little houses snuggling on the hill. I mixed up a warm grey then added a dollop of gold to take it into a sort of creamy, slightly sparkly pale olive colour. The process is gettingContinue reading “A Lot Of Cutting…..”
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