I’m concentrating on drawing heads for the next couple of weeks. I need the practice so last night at the life drawing group, I focused on getting a likeness of the model. I drew with a Derwent sketching pencil size 4B into an A3 Daler Rowney sketchbook. Our model has a very distinctive face andContinue reading “Taking The Plunge”
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50 Shades Of Pink!
What is it about we pale skinned Brits that whenever the temperature rises to anything hotter than lukewarm, we strip off as many clothes as we can legally get away with and broil ourselves under the hot sun? I went for a stroll on Swansea Beach this afternoon and it was pretty full of peopleContinue reading “50 Shades Of Pink!”
A Happy Accident
Husb and I spent most of today down the allotment, digging, harvesting, weeding, laying slabs, pruning, watering. It was boiling hot and we’re shattered. A hot bath with Epsom Salts helped to ease the aches. I wasn’t in the mood to do any drawing but I’ve set myself the goal of drawing every day soContinue reading “A Happy Accident”
Action!
Went to the beach earlier today to take part in the Fresh West ‘Make Your Mark ‘ public art event. I did some mark making stuff in the sand but unfortunately, after weeks of wonderful sunshine, the weather turned and it was cold and wet. Miserable. But a scribbler must scribble so I did someContinue reading “Action!”
A Thousand and a Quickie On The Beach
Apart from a quick sprint to the post office and local Co-op, I spent most of today slaving over a hot computer; Premiere Pro, Photoshop and Comic Life. So I was stir crazy by this evening. I grabbed Husb after dinner and we went for a trot down the beach, Swansea Bay is only aContinue reading “A Thousand and a Quickie On The Beach”
Romantic Rosehill
A hot sunny British Bank Holiday. Inconceivable! But here it was so Husb and I went for a stiff walk up to Rosehill Quarry, where I stopped awhile to draw the view over the Cretan Labyrinth, was cut into the turf in 1987 by Bob Shaw and a team of local volunteers. I don’t findContinue reading “Romantic Rosehill”
Drawing A Big One
I’m making a drawing installation for the Commensalis collective’s new show which is opening at Fringe Arts Bath (FAB2014) next Friday. It’s made up of five sections and this is the first, a large drawing (about 150 x 200 cms) in carbon, graphite and charcoal. It’s based on drawings I’ve done from photographs taken duringContinue reading “Drawing A Big One”
Preseli Rain
Husb and I set out from Swansea this morning to visit friends living in the Preseli Mountains in Pembrokeshire. It was a glorious warm, sunny day when we left but within a couple of hours of reaching the Preselis, we were hit by severe gales and torrential rain. We managed a quick walk before theContinue reading “Preseli Rain”
Punjab Sunset
The drive back from Crazy Lahore was completely different to the torrential rain, hail and thunder we’d endured on the way down. The calm, sunny afternoon over the plains gave way to a beautiful sunset as we approached the mountains on the final leg of our journey back to Pindi. I sketched these quickly, justContinue reading “Punjab Sunset”
Rain. Hail. Thunder. Picnic.
Travelling down to Lahore from Rawalpindi on my birthday, we hit a huge storm, so heavy that we had to stop on the motorway verge so we had our picnic of egg sandwiches and crisps in the car while the torrential rain and hail – yes hail in Pakistan – thundered down on the roofContinue reading “Rain. Hail. Thunder. Picnic.”
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