Husb and I went to see some musicians last night, Tom Emlyn and Sarah Passmore, in the Elysium Gallery Bar. Of course, I had to have a scribble. I used a ballpoint pen into an A5 leather-bound sketchbook. Raising Funds. My family is raising money for Phil, a younger relative of mine, to have life-changingContinue reading “Scribbling In The Bar.”
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Playing With Drawings 1.
I’ve been looking at some of my sketchbooks and having a digital play with some of the drawings. I don’t normally do that, I usually scribble and then leave them, but lately I’ve been thinking about working from them, lots of other artists do. Trying Different Effects I take digital photos of all my sketchesContinue reading “Playing With Drawings 1.”
Colour Theory Mandala Finished.
I’ve finally finished the colour theory mandala I started a few weeks ago. I’ve only been working on it one afternoon a week but I’ve been totally absorbed in doing it, really getting into the zone. I constructed the design with a pair of compasses and a pencil – and someone reminding me of GCSEContinue reading “Colour Theory Mandala Finished.”
Doing It Upside Down.
I did a bit more work on a portrait I’m painting, time to do the fine details in the head and get the likeness nailed. I learnt a while ago that it can help, when you’re using a reference photo, to paint upside down, so you can see the image as a group of shapesContinue reading “Doing It Upside Down.”
Portrait Prelims
I’m working on a portrait painting and most of it is done. Now’s the really hard bit, getting a good likeness. I did an underpainting of the face and then some preliminary sketches to really study the face in detail, the proportions and angles. I drew these from a photo, the one of the rightContinue reading “Portrait Prelims”
#StandingStoneSunday 2
Here’s one of my many sketches from my travels with pre-historian Dewi Bowen and filmmaker Melvyn Williams about 6 years ago. We tracked many of the Neolithic and Bronze Age standing stones across South Wales as Dewi was researching for his new book. This was the very first of our outings and we visited twoContinue reading “#StandingStoneSunday 2”
#Caturday Archives
It’s Saturday / #Caturday so here’s another from my kitty archives. I went through a phase of doing digital drawings on my Samsung Galaxy 8 tablet a few years back and the cats were good subjects for the programme – a free app called Markers which is great for sketching. Here’s Little Ming, our fluffyContinue reading “#Caturday Archives”
Scribbling The Shadows.
I was sitting in a sunny polytunnel in the GRAFT Garden, wondering what arty stuff to do and I saw a lovely plant – fennel I think – right by me. But I was feeling a bit lazy and wanted a short cut so I balanced my sketchbook onto the edge of the raised bedContinue reading “Scribbling The Shadows.”
Scribbling At The One Man Show
Husb and I took a trip to Cardiff Tuesday evening to see the writer and broadcaster David Sedaris perform his one-man show – he’s hilarious. I had a bit of a scribble first. It’s nearly always backs of heads at gigs but sometimes there are some great textures, like this woman’s hair. That was aContinue reading “Scribbling At The One Man Show”
Colour Mandala Step 5.
I did some more work on my colour theory mandala today, finishing all the segments, with a selection of brushes and palette knives. I’ve covered Primary, Secondary and Tertiary colours, Complementary colours, Tints and Shades and now I’ve started painting in little linear patterns with bronze paint and a very fine brush. I’m using DalerContinue reading “Colour Mandala Step 5.”
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