This drawing in mixed media made it into one of my sketchbooks that I’m preparing for an unusual event: a sketchbook exchange, initiated by Perth Visual Arts Forum, a group of artists who organise events in Perthshire in order to network local artists with each other and internationally. Continue reading Drawing: mixed media
I like woodblock printing because it incorporates in the printed image the texture of wood grain, adding some unpredictability to the print. After taking a class at Dundee’s DCA I cut this woodblock, using plywood board and various cutting knives together with some standard linocutting tools.
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A new mixed media drawing: I’ve always been fascinated by the greenish light that you get when the sun briefly breaks through a sky laden with inky dark rain clouds. So I’ve started trying to capture these colours in a series of drawings. Continue reading Drawing: mixed media
Another one of my paintings prepared for Perthshire Open Studios 2016. It is a still life, called Candlelight Dinner. I don’t place items for a still life in front of me when I paint, I remember or invent them and arrange them so that they tell a story. The viewer is invited to find their own stories when looking at the image.
