It’s almost 4 years since the Covid19 Lockdown began. I did quite a lot of artwork, although not the things I had planned to do. Most of my work for the 18 months of lockdown was quite light, in contrast to the grimness of the pandemic. On #Caturday Saturday, here’s Sparta Puss enjoying a snoozeContinue reading “#Caturday Archive: Lockdown Sketch.”
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A Strange Thing Happened: The Covid Archives 1.
It’s nearly 4 years since the UK Covid19 Lockdown started. We didn’t know then that it would go on for nearly 2 years. A strange thing happened to me – I started to paint. I hadn’t done any painting since my early days at Swansea Art College back in the 1970s, but something about theContinue reading “A Strange Thing Happened: The Covid Archives 1.”
An Archaic Artform.
I’ve been cutting some small experimental lino blocks to try out different ideas for a new piece of artwork based on the Welsh Miner’s Wives in the Miner’s Strikes in the 1980s. I cut one based on a newspaper photograph and one featuring text from a song sung by women on the picket lines. IContinue reading “An Archaic Artform.”
Inspired By P.P.P.
Back to Swansea Print Workshop this afternoon, third day in a row, carrying on with little experimental blocks researching my next print about the Miner’s Wives in the 1980s Miner’s Strike. I want to put some text into my work so I had a bit of a play with a lino block and some letteringContinue reading “Inspired By P.P.P.”
Re-Visiting Monotype.
I spent a happy morning down at Swansea Print Workshop today, re-visiting a technique I used to do loads – it’s called the 3-Colour Reduction Monotype (or 3-Colour Stacking Monotype). I haven’t done this since before Covid19, over 4 years, maybe longer. Why does time shoot by so fast? I based this monotype on aContinue reading “Re-Visiting Monotype.”
A Simple Beauty.
I picked an ivy leaf from my garden this morning and, using a technique called “frottage” I took this image. It’s simple but lovely. Just nature, a piece of paper and a lump of graphite.
Archive: Stuffed Birds at the Museum.
Here’s another one from the archives, a sketch in my homemade walnut ink. I was at Swansea Museum, studying from the permanent collection with other members of Swansea Print Workshop and these two stuffed bitterns captured my attention.
Archive: Trees In Early Spring
I’ve been rummaging through my digital folders and looking at old sketches. Here’s one from 2018, a sharp early Spring day in Dynefor Park near Llandeilo. A group of artists had travelled from the city to work in the arboretum there. I saw this lovely tree that had fallen over, but carried on growing, reachingContinue reading “Archive: Trees In Early Spring”
A Month Of Maris #15
Here’s an unusual view of a Mari Monotype, it’s all set up before I took the print. I inked an acrylic sheet, did the drawing of the Mari Lwyd onto it with cotton buds and brushes, and then laid some pieces of mulberry paper onto the surface to act as chine collé. This is theContinue reading “A Month Of Maris #15”
Blwyddyn Newydd Dda
A Happy New Year to you. Blwyddyn Newydd Dda i chi. Here’s my latest Mari Lwyd, a linocut with chine collé using the foil wrapping of the very popular (in the UK) Tunnock’s Tea Cakes. I like the way the stripes of the foil interact with the stripeyness of Mari’s ribbons. She’s a little early,Continue reading “Blwyddyn Newydd Dda”
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