Here’s the last sketch I did at the “Cost of Living Crisis” rally in Aberdare last weekend. The old church had beautifully made Union banners around the walls. The seating was very cramped so I couldn’t move around much to see and draw, but this lovely one, from the Welsh Fire Brigades Union, was nearContinue reading “The Union Banner.”
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The Man Himself
Here’s another quick sketch from the “Cost of Living” rally I went to at the weekend in Aberdare. It was a bright and sunny, but freezing, day although the converted church venue was pretty warm and jam packed. There wasn’t much space for drawing and I had to get into all sorts of positions toContinue reading “The Man Himself”
Tightly Packed
I went up to Aberdare on Saturday to a “Cost of Living” rally where Mick Lynch, General Secretary of the RMT Union was one of the speakers. I did a warm-up sketch to get started, working with the cramped conditions, peeking between tightly-packed shoulders to get a look at the speakers at the front.
The Upper-Lip-Hamster.
Went to a 60th birthday party – going to a lot of these recently – and people were wearing fake moustaches. It was weird seeing normally clean-shaven mates with upper-lip-hamsters 😀 Of course, I had to have a scribble! I used a ballpoint pen into my A5 leather-bound sketchbook.
The Columbian
I had a quick scribble this afternoon, trying out a mixture of white conté crayon (used dry) and black Derwent Inktense (used wet) into a black paper sketchbook. The white worked well, but the black Inktense was lost and it made a bit of a mess with the white conté. So I went back inContinue reading “The Columbian”
Having A Doodle
Having a bit of a play with my Inktense blocks by Derwent onto black paper. I wanted to see if they would actually show up on a dark background and they did, really strong coverage too. I was just having a doodle, it’s not meant to look like anything.
Going Psychedelic!
I’ve swirled a final watery paint layer onto my two girls – this time in Pthalo Blue (red shade) from Liquitex, tipping the canvas so the paint ran across randomly. I dabbed at parts with a paper kitchen towel to reveal the yellows, reds and oranges beneath and threw more rice onto it, forming aContinue reading “Going Psychedelic!”
Layering Transparency.
After laying down a translucent ground of Indian Yellow acrylic paint (Liquitex Heavy Body), I brushed some watered down transparent Naphthol Red (a hot, bright red) and tipped the canvas so it formed runs and drips across the yellow areas. As an experiment I threw some grains of rice across it to see what wouldContinue reading “Layering Transparency.”
The Start Of A Painting.
I did a sketch at a fundraising event last week and I like it so much that I’m going to have a bash at making a painting from it. I don’t normally paint from sketches, although I often develop printmaking projects from my sketchbooks, so I’m going to have to approach this in a veryContinue reading “The Start Of A Painting.”
Rough and Irritating.
I’m working on my niece’s eyes and I’m now finding it difficult because the canvas is rough and it’s hard to control my brushstrokes. I only re-started painting again, after a 4 decade break, at the beginning of lockdown in Spring 2020, and I’d forgotten how irritating canvas can be. But it’s a challenge andContinue reading “Rough and Irritating.”
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