Just back from life drawing at Swansea Print Workshop and it’s late, so I’ll just post the first sketch I did, a 10-minute one in graphite. And now to bed with a cup of tea and a couple of cats. See you tomorrow. Nos da.
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That Boy Band Vibe
This is a longer pose from the recent life drawing session at Swansea Print Workshop, around 30 minutes. This model is definitely giving off boy-band vibes. I used graphite onto a heavyweight vintage paper (not watermarked). I’ll be running a weekend course based on Dewi Bowen and Olwyn Pritchard’s book, “Hunting The Wild Megalith” onContinue reading “That Boy Band Vibe”
Carving the Portrait: 1
Here’s another small block of grey lino that I’m turning into a portrait. The original sketch was done during a life drawing session at Swansea Print Workshop and I’ve traced and reversed it onto the block and started cutting. I’m using traditional lino with Flexcut carving tools and the Flexcut Slipstrop system to keep theContinue reading “Carving the Portrait: 1”
A-HA?
The model I worked with at last week’s life drawing session is a young man with the look of a 1980’s band about him. A few of the artists reckon he looks like he could be from the Norwegian band A-ha. I guess he could be. What do you think? I’ll be running a weekendContinue reading “A-HA?”
The Sensitive Line
This is a slightly longer, 15 minute pose at last week’s life drawing session at Swansea Print Workshop. I had a great view of his profile and I concentrated on the quality of the lines I was making. I really like this, I think it’s very sensitive and I might develop this in some way. IContinue reading “The Sensitive Line”
Portrait Drawing: Week 11
Last night was my 11th life drawing session since I started back at Swansea Print Workshop after a long break (see here), I’m aiming to improve my portrait drawing over the next year. I was a bit late so I missed the first 2 short poses and went straight into a 10 minute pose. I used aContinue reading “Portrait Drawing: Week 11”
Cornflour And Vinyl
I carved a few small vinyl blocks today, based on my field drawings a few years back when I travelled around South Wales with pre-historian Dewi Bowen and film-maker Melvyn Williams. Dewi was researching his book, “Hunting the Wild Megalith“. I used cornflour sprinkled onto the blocks today, to get an idea of the carvingContinue reading “Cornflour And Vinyl”
An Angular Approach
This is one of the longer poses I drew at a recent life drawing session. I really like the angular approach I took, it helped me to analyse the face of a model I hadn’t worked with before. I think this one shows a lot of promise to take forward as a linocut.
Getting Used To A Face
Working with a new model at last week’s life drawing session, and most of my time was spent analysing and measuring and trying to get things right. She has fantastic hair.
The Process Of The Portrait: 3
I did a first proof of my new linocut portrait this week. I did as much carving as I thought necessary, following my decision to almost treat the flesh like a geographical feature (see here), and decided to print one to see what I had. I’m not 100% happy with it but I think I’mContinue reading “The Process Of The Portrait: 3”
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