Here’s another scribble from to The Divine Comedy gig at Swansea Arena on Saturday evening. I sketched a couple of people after the support band, Studio Electrophonique. It was a seated gig but by the last quarter, most people were on their feet and dancing, with a crowd around the stage. The security staff looked slightly nervous butContinue reading “Getting On A Bit”
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Wall-to-Wall Gen. X
Husb and I went to listen to The Divine Comedy at Swansea Arena last night. I got the tickets ages ago for his birthday so we’ve been waiting with anticipation since. We enjoyed the support band, Studio Electrophonique, and during the interval I sketched a couple of people in the audience. Then The Divine ComedyContinue reading “Wall-to-Wall Gen. X”
Reusing Sweet Papers
Today I did a bit of preparation for printing. It’s a technique called chine collé, where you put colour into a print using pieces of fine paper (tissue, mulberry etc…) or foils. I used the polished wooden spoon to burnish the foils – they’re recycled from sweets and biscuits so they’re crinkly and I wantContinue reading “Reusing Sweet Papers”
A Cyanotype Pigeon
A cyanotype pigeon because…well, why not? The original is a little sketch I did into my sketchbook. I scanned into my computer and reversed it into a negative in Adobe Photoshop. Then I printed it onto a sheet of acetate and used it to make the cyanotype in an exposure unit. I used Bockingford paperContinue reading “A Cyanotype Pigeon”
Someone Else’s Artwork
The magnificent Helios by Luke Jerram was at Swansea Minster on Saturday and Sunday during the Swansea Arts Weekend. I was so blown away by it during the day (above) that I went back to see it at night as well (below). There was a haunting and evocative soundtrack playing as well. The church (alsoContinue reading “Someone Else’s Artwork”
Through The Window: In The Bookshop Café
I scribbled this in Waterstone’s café earlier today. I managed to get a seat opposite the huge windows and sketched this figure slumped over his smartphone, with part of the new biophilic living building in the background.
#Caturday Archives: 31
December 2014 was a month of digitally drawn cats. Here’s Sparta Puss, aged 5 drawn with a free Markers app onto my Samsung Galaxy Note 8 tablet. I liked that app, it helped my drawings to be very free.
Faces In My Sketchbook Archives: 47
July 2014 wasn’t just a month of time spent on Swansea Beach. I also managed to scribble quite a few heads into my sketchbook. I never go back to these and use them in another way. I don’t know why not, other artists use their sketchbook drawings for new work. Maybe it’s something I shouldContinue reading “Faces In My Sketchbook Archives: 47”
Scrapings!
I did a bit of painting today, using Liquitex Heavy Body onto a canvas board and I had little bits of paint left over. It’s very good paint, I didn’t want to waste it so I scraped it onto a small stretched canvas with a palette knife. Instant abstraction. It looks a bit spidery toContinue reading “Scrapings!”
Sketchbook Archives: 46 – beer bellies and budgie smugglers…
I guess that July 2014 was a hot summer month going by all the sketches I did of people on the beach. The slightest bit of sunshine and we’re off down to Swansea Bay in our swimming cozzies. There were a fair few beer bellies and unfortunately a few “Budgie Smugglers” (Speedo men’s swimming trunks)Continue reading “Sketchbook Archives: 46 – beer bellies and budgie smugglers…”
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