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A Happy Accident…

I was down at Swansea Print Workshop for an hour or so today, preparing some Bockingford paper with cyanotype chemicals for new work I hope to do this weekend. There was a fair bit of the solution left over and I happened to have some white cotton cloth with me, so I soaked the clothContinue reading “A Happy Accident…”

A New Design for Lino

I’m teaching a short workshop on linocut printing later this week and I’ve been working on a new design. It’s in Miniprint format, 10 x 10 cms and at that size, it needs to be kept fairly simple, especially for beginners. I’ve started with a photo of our Little Bill, the rescue cat, and shovedContinue reading “A New Design for Lino”

Birds And Rubbish

I’ve been sorting out my files and I came across some birds I painted in acrylic paint onto clear acetate for a screenprint project a while back, and also a scan of some old fruit netting that I was going to throw away in the rubbish. I’m thinking about how to use them in someContinue reading “Birds And Rubbish”

Anger Is An Energy…

I’ve done a small series of art on postcards for an exhibition coming up soon. I cut this little lino block a while back, inspired by lyrics from the song “Rise” by the band Public Image Ltd. “Anger Is An Energy” is also the title of John Lydon‘s autobiography. I was in a dark placeContinue reading “Anger Is An Energy…”

Drawing In The Dark

Drawing at a performance usually means drawing in very restricted light. Sometimes it’s too dark to see my sketchbook, but often it means that the performers, especially at the smaller gig venues, are partially or wholly in poor light.

Herstory: Kollwitz

I’ve been playing with my linocut blocks, some postcards and bits of shiny foil. I’ve combined my “Herstory” block with my small portrait block of the late German Expressionist artist Kathe Kollwitz. It’s getting harder to find coloured foils for the chine collé these days. Many sweet (candy) manufacturers have switched to plastic. Ychafi !!!

And Another Gig Goer…

Honestly, you’d think I spent my entire life at gigs! Well, it’s my main source of socialising and entertainment, so I suppose I do. Here’s someone else enjoying the music.

Musicians In Hats.

I don’t half make things hard on myself. As well as having a liking for drawing musicians, who have the nerve to be always moving around, I also have a thing about drawing hats. So…musicians with hats. Not easy. Not easy at all. Fun though. This was at a gig a few nights ago byContinue reading “Musicians In Hats.”

Drawing at gigs is good. Plenty of opportunities to scribble people in the audience and on stage, in relation to the interiors or to their instruments. I find that drawing instruments is the hardest thing. Of course, musicians move around which makes sketching harder, but the instruments are usually constantly on the move too, changingContinue reading