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Drawing With Colour: 2

Following on from yesterday’s post, here’s another recent life drawing in colour, instead of my normal black and white. I’m going to try and do at least one colour drawing each session. I’m using Derwent Inktense blocks here onto a heavyweight white paper partly overlaid with a brown speckled Mulberry paper.

Drawing With Colour: 1

Mostly I draw in black on white, but now and again I mix it up a bit and get out some pastels or watercolour drawing blocks (like Derwent Inktense) and use a combination of fine line sketching (Faber Castell Pitt drawing pens) and watercolour drawn on and then wetted using a water reservoir brush.

Trying Out A Different Style

I was late getting to life drawing last week so I didn’t get to do the 3 quick poses that start each session. Here are two at 15 minutes and one at 20 minutes. This is a model I’ve worked with many times over the years and it’s easy to slip into a visual shorthandContinue reading “Trying Out A Different Style”

A Full Figure

I’ve been concentrating on portraiture at life drawing sessions for the past few months, but I was really taken with this pose, especially the patterns on the throws and cushions that contrasted so much with the cool, pale skin of the model.

These Three In North Wales

I recently posted about the Miniprint Cymru exhibition in Mostyn (gallery) in Llandudno, North Wales (see here) and here are the three linocuts I have on show there. They’re each 10 x 10 cm (about 4 x 4 inches). The top one, “Should Bill Get Some Bacon” is printed using the chine collé technique toContinue reading “These Three In North Wales”

Miniprints In Mostyn

I have three linocut prints in the Miniprint Cymru Wales exhibition which has now travelled to Mostyn in Llandudno, North Wales. It opened yesterday (14th March) and continues until May 2nd. There are 270 original prints of all kinds – silkscreen, etching, drypoint, collagraph, linocut, woodblock, monotype, letterpress and cyanotype – the whole range ofContinue reading “Miniprints In Mostyn”

From Pakistan To Pentre Ifan

I’ve been posting a lot recently about my Pakistan trip in 2007, but when I came back I was inspired to go out and look at my Welsh heritage, visiting our ancient stone monuments over three years, in all weathers. Here are some of my photos from that time and if you want to seeContinue reading “From Pakistan To Pentre Ifan”

A Painterly Photograph

During my trip to Pakistan back in 2007, I realised the extent of creativity in that part of the world, creativity that had been flourishing for centuries if not millennia. Buildings and gardens were covered in beautiful paintings, mosaics, carvings, marquetry. I photographed a part of a mirrored mosaic on a ceiling, it looks likeContinue reading “A Painterly Photograph”