industrial history – cornwall

a drawing of a disused serpentine stone mine which I drew in 2010 while walking on the lizard peninsular, cornwall. just found it among my papers!

pen, ink and watercolour on 185 gsm watercolour pad

portrait of bob dylan for sale at worcester arts workshop

my submission to the current “dylan inspired” exhibition at worcester arts workshop. acrylic and oil pastel on deep canvas 40 cm x 40 cm. price £120.00. contact worcester arts workshop, email cy[dot]p[at]me[dot]com or comment below if you are interested in purchasing or would like more information

worcester life-drawing at worcester arts workshop

some of my drawings from the session on 18-01-11 at worcester arts workshop using a variety of media:

graphite pencil on cartridge paper. 3-minutes and 8-minutes

graphite pencil on cartridge paper. 10-minutes

graphite pencil on cartridge paper. 3-minutes

graphite and conte pencils on cartridge paper. 20-minutes

graphite pencil and ink on cartridge paper. 7-minutes

gillott 404, brush and ink on bockingford 140 lb xr paper. 20-minutes

worcester life-drawing at worcester arts workshop

more of my drawings from the session on 11-01-12 using graphite and carbon pencil:

graphite pencil on cartridge paper. 10-minutes

carbon pencil on bockingford xr 140 lb paper. 5-minutes

graphite pencil on cartridge paper. 10-minutes

graphite pencil on cartridge paper. 5-minutes & 3-minutes

graphite pencil on cartridge paper. 2-minutes

graphite pencil and ink on cartridge paper. 2-minutes

graphite pencil on cartridge paper. 7-minutes

life-drawing with diamine inks at worcester arts workshop

at my worcester, uk life-drawing session on 11-01-12, I tested some diamine drawing ink mixes that I had pre-mixed in small jars. the mix of full strength emerald and english red produced an interesting result when diluted with local tap-water. the other mix of  ultramarine and warm grey was more predictable:

gillott 404, brush and ink on bockingford xr 140 lb paper. 20-minutes

gillott 404, brush and ink on bockingford xr 140 lb paper. 20-minutes

diamine inks

here is a quick copy of a recent life-drawing using diamine orange, warm grey and sepia from my original purchase of  inks direct from diamine:

gillott 404, brush and ink on 200 gsm cartridge paper

my blog in 2011 – statistical exploration

the WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. they did a good job in co-ordinating my current blue/brown graphic theme.

Here’s an excerpt:

A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 4,000 times in 2011. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 3 trips to carry that many people.

Click here to see the complete report.

testing some different ink – acrylic from diamine, uk

I recently bought a number of diamine inks direct from diamine, liverpool, uk. these are uk-produced, waterproof drawing & calligraphy inks in 30 ml glass bottles. the drawing below was made with a gillott 404 nib and diamine sepia and a mix of diamine ultramarine and warm grey.

these diamine inks are competitively priced and the inks arrived next-day,  carefully and protectively packed. I shall certainly order more from the interesting range of colours produced.

pen and ink on 200 gsm cartridge paper with added background collage

more life-drawing in worcestershire, uk

these drawings were photographed with shadows on my balcony:

graphite pencil on cartridge paper. 25-minutes

pen, brush and ink on cartridge paper. 30-minutes

worcester life-drawing on 14-12-11

here are a couple of quick drawings from the most recent session at worcester arts workshop:

pen and ink on prepared board. 7-minutes

pe, brush and ink on prepared board. 5-minutes