Three pots
Ink and watercolour, 14 x 9 cm.
Sunflowers: Work in progress
29 July 2015
Sunflowers
Linocut, 18 x 18 cm.
Linocut, 18 x 18 cm.
I use far more white ink that any other colour, so always order two tins at a time, to make sure that I don't run out. But when I opened the white ink tin this morning, it was almost empty. And the back-up tin has disappeared. Or perhaps this is the back-up tin.
So this block is printed just in black relief ink, and then hand-coloured with acrylic ink.
Testing the market
14 July 2015
Linocut, 14 x 14 cm.
Test piece for a larger print of a market scene. It will be either black-and-white, or handcoloured... once I've changed the composition so that the man doesn't have an umbrella growing out of the top of his head.
Accidental pintar
11 July 2015
In London again, down to the storage place in Chelsea to pick up the leftovers from the SGFA Bankside exhibition. Strolling along the Chelsea Embankment with with my bag of bubblewrap, I see a painter at their easel. And then another, and another, and another. Turns out my visit coincides with the Pintar Rapido event: artists paint on Saturday, and then the exhibition is on Sunday at Chelsea Old Town Hall.
I'm too late to take part in that, so instead I will paint the painters.
Here's Chelsea Albert Bridge in its pastel blue and yellow and pink, with one of the artists at work.
And further down the Chelsea Embankment, where the houseboats are docked. There are two more painters nearby (but out of range of my pencil).
Each: Ink and watercolour, 42 x 13. Click to enlarge.
I'm too late to take part in that, so instead I will paint the painters.
Here's Chelsea Albert Bridge in its pastel blue and yellow and pink, with one of the artists at work.
Each: Ink and watercolour, 42 x 13. Click to enlarge.
Under the road again
09 July 2015
A month after my previous visit, I returned to the underpass by the motorway to see what had changed. The plants have grown a bit. White bramble flowers have appeared. The big nettle in the front has grown and produced seeds, and insects have eaten holes in its leaves.
Ink and watercolour, 31 x 23cm.
(Second in a series: Click here to see the rest)
Ink and watercolour, 31 x 23cm.
(Second in a series: Click here to see the rest)
SGFA exhibition in London
30 June 2015
Society of Graphic Fine Art
Bankside Gallery, 48 Hopton Street, London, SE1 9JH
(next to Tate Modern)
Bankside Gallery, 48 Hopton Street, London, SE1 9JH
(next to Tate Modern)
Tuesday 30 June – Sunday 5 July 2015
11am – 6pm (every day)
11am – 6pm (every day)
Falcon Point Piazza, London
29 June 2015
Falcon Point Piazza, London
Ink and watercolour, 42 x 13cm. Click to enlarge.
Hoardings around the building site for the Tate Modern extension.
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Man (pushing a tuba on a trolley): "There's not a single German artist that I don't know."
Woman: "That's probably intentional, isn't it?"
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Girl on mobile: "You're in Stratford, aren't you? When I heard you drop the money, I thought, she must be in Stratford."
Tenby
27 June 2015
Tenby, from the Castle Hill
Ink and watercolour, 42 x 13cm
Great view of the town and harbour, but really needed another half-hour to finish it properly.
Click to enlarge.
Cwm yr Eglwys
26 June 2015
This morning: rain and wind over Strumble Head and grey drizzle at Fishguard; this afternoon: hot sunshine and clear blue skies. Steep road down to the coast: grass touches the car on both sides. Honesty box in the car park. Ruined church at Cwm yr Eglwys; only the west wall still stands, the rest swept away by the sea which is just below the bench on the left.
So hot now, my watercolours are going soft in their pans.
Ink and watercolour, 42 x 13 cm.
Fishguard
The Old Harbour, Fishguard
Ink and watercolour, 42 x 13cm
Up on the hill, rain and drizzle. Hot chocolate, with whipped cream, a giant marshmallow, and a chocolate spoon.
Down to the harbour; the sun comes out. The bus goes up the hill. An American asks if the road is wide enough for their car.
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