Too Many Superstitions!

Husb and I came back this evening from a nice day out in Newcastle Emlyn to find this young jackdaw in the house. It had flown down a chimney and settled in our back bedroom. It wasn’t hurt, despite having two cats in the house at the time; so much for apex predators! We thinkContinue reading “Too Many Superstitions!”

The Smell Of Bacon.

I carried on today with the miniprint design I started a few days ago. I transferred it to a block of traditional grey lino and started cutting with my Flexcut tools. There’s a way to go yet. The design has been developed from a photo taken by Husb when our little rescue cat Bill (akaContinue reading “The Smell Of Bacon.”

A Happy Accident…

I was down at Swansea Print Workshop for an hour or so today, preparing some Bockingford paper with cyanotype chemicals for new work I hope to do this weekend. There was a fair bit of the solution left over and I happened to have some white cotton cloth with me, so I soaked the clothContinue reading “A Happy Accident…”

A New Design for Lino

I’m teaching a short workshop on linocut printing later this week and I’ve been working on a new design. It’s in Miniprint format, 10 x 10 cms and at that size, it needs to be kept fairly simple, especially for beginners. I’ve started with a photo of our Little Bill, the rescue cat, and shovedContinue reading “A New Design for Lino”

Out Gallivanting – Again

Husb and I were gallivanting again last evening. That’s a great word, my Nana and her generation would use it all the time, but it seems to have fallen out of use. I think it’s time it came back. Anyway, we were out gallivanting at a gig, so I had to have a scribble, didn’tContinue reading “Out Gallivanting – Again”

Birds And Rubbish

I’ve been sorting out my files and I came across some birds I painted in acrylic paint onto clear acetate for a screenprint project a while back, and also a scan of some old fruit netting that I was going to throw away in the rubbish. I’m thinking about how to use them in someContinue reading “Birds And Rubbish”

Sketchbook Archives: 35 – Ankle Biters!!!

Here are some Golden Oldies from my sketchbooks in December 2013, I seem to have drawn a lot of rug rats and ankle-biters! I must have been to some family birthday parties, there were a lot of small sprogs in the family 12 years ago!

Anger Is An Energy…

I’ve done a small series of art on postcards for an exhibition coming up soon. I cut this little lino block a while back, inspired by lyrics from the song “Rise” by the band Public Image Ltd. “Anger Is An Energy” is also the title of John Lydon‘s autobiography. I was in a dark placeContinue reading “Anger Is An Energy…”

Writhing Strokes…

I am lucky to do quite a bit of teaching in Community Arts and I worked with a lovely group at Swansea’s GS Artists last week, teaching how to paint an imaginary landscape inspired by Vincent van Gogh. In two hours! 😀 We used canvas boards, acrylic paints and palette knives. This is a smallContinue reading “Writhing Strokes…”