Tag Archives: Welsh artist

Cat Among The Tulips: 3

A bit more work on my painting of Sparta Puss with tulips today, doing the white areas and starting on the facial features, which I did freehand with a small brush and white paint. It’s not a bad likeness, her eyes are a bit close together but that’s easily corrected. I began the details onContinue reading “Cat Among The Tulips: 3”

Cat Among The Tulips: 1.

I have had a nasty cold the past few days and I wanted to do something to occupy myself that was fun so I decided to paint Sparta Puss from a photo where she’s posing in front of some beautiful tulips. I started with the canvas I recently covered in an opaque Magenta ground (here).Continue reading “Cat Among The Tulips: 1.”

#StandingStoneSunday: The Book Launch

“Hunting The Wild Megalith“, the book of the journey of the Boar Hunt (Y Twrch Trwyth) is being launched this coming Friday (March 31st) at Swansea’s prestigious GS Artists gallery. The book is based on the theory that the route of The Boar Hunt in the Mabinogion includes most of the major Neolithic and Bronze Age stone monuments acrossContinue reading “#StandingStoneSunday: The Book Launch”

Prepping in Pink

I’m starting a new painting so the first thing to do is to prepare it by getting rid of the intimidating white that’s on a fresh new canvas. During the Covid19 lockdown, which went on for nearly 2 years, I took up painting after a break of about 4 decades – I hadn’t painted sinceContinue reading “Prepping in Pink”

A Quick Sketch In A High Wind.

Husb and I spent a few days with friends on the South East coast of England last week. It was cold and very windy but mostly sunny too, great walking weather and great walking country. We strolled over the South Downs with the Seven Sisters in the distance. Of course, I had to have aContinue reading “A Quick Sketch In A High Wind.”