Celebrity Portrait In 2 Hours.

I taught an adult education class this afternoon with the 9-to-90 Creative Community at the excellent GS Artists on Swansea’s High Street. The theme was to paint a portrait of the Divine Diva, Dame Shirley Bassey. In TWO hours! A bit challenging 😀 But we did it. The results will be in the venue’s nextContinue reading “Celebrity Portrait In 2 Hours.”

Finished Mari Lwyd lino prints.

I finished cutting my latest Mari Lwyd lino block, I’ve been doing one each winter for a few years now. I did the proof print a few days ago and I did a little bit more cutting, not much, and now I’m happy with the block so I’ve done the first few prints off it,Continue reading “Finished Mari Lwyd lino prints.”

Mari Lwyd: First Proofs With Chine Collé

I printed up a first proof from my latest Mari Lwyd lino block and then did a second proof with chine collé, using fine coloured tissue papers. I cut and ripped some tissue paper shapes than placed them on the un-inked block, just to see if they were what I wanted and where I wasContinue reading “Mari Lwyd: First Proofs With Chine Collé”

Seeing What’s Happening Again…

I’m cutting a second Mari Lwyd lino block for this week’s adult teaching session with the 9-to-90 Creative Community at GS Artists. Once again I checked how my block was coming along with a piece of tracing paper over it, rubbed hard with a block of graphite and I now have a better idea of whatContinue reading “Seeing What’s Happening Again…”

A Bit More Kitty Fun.

I had some fun with Photoshop yesterday, for #Caturday, but I didn’t want to stop so after I produced the greyscale image I whacked it through a Gradient Map to get this hot version. And today I made a pear and chocolate upside-down sponge cake for Sunday Tea. Husb and I had it hot withContinue reading “A Bit More Kitty Fun.”

#Caturday: Fun With Photoshop – More Bill…

Here’s little Bill aka William ChatNoir aka Phoebe, our new-ish elderly rescue cat. She’s been with us about 4 months now and things are settling down between her and our OG Naughty Tortie, Sparta Puss. It’s costing us a fortune in bribes – all sorts of kitty treats. Sadly, Bill’s human died and she wentContinue reading “#Caturday: Fun With Photoshop – More Bill…”

Seeing What’s Happening.

I was doing some adult teaching with the 9-to-90 Creative Community today, working up some little lino blocks from the drawings we did last week of the Mari Lwyd down at Swansea Museum. I wanted to check how my block was coming along so I put a piece of tracing paper over it and rubbedContinue reading “Seeing What’s Happening.”

Sketching The Mari.

I did a few scribbles of a Mari Lwyd to get some ideas for a new lino block. I’m running a series of sessions for the 9-to-90 Creative Community at GS Artists so I need a couple of references to work from, to demonstrate the technique. I generally start with a sketch, rather than aContinue reading “Sketching The Mari.”

It’s Mari Time!

It’s that time of year to start the annual Mari Lwyd lino cut, for my New Year greetings cards. I’m cutting two blocks this year, because I’m also running some lino-cutting sessions at the 9-to-90 Creative Community over the next few weeks, using the Mari Lwyd as our theme and I want to demonstrate theContinue reading “It’s Mari Time!”