life-drawing the male nude in worcester, uk

cy — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:06:40 +0000

some of my own drawings from the drop-in session at worcester arts workshop on 25-01-12. these sessions are every wednesday in january and february 2012, 7.00 pm – 9.00 pm in the cellar gallery. for more information please go to the worcester life-drawing page and follow the link

gillott 404, brush and ink on cartridge paper. 20-minute drawing

gillott 404, brush and ink on prepared board. 5-minute drawing

gillott 404, brush and ink on prepared board. 7-minute drawing

graphite pencil and watercolour on cartridge paper. 20-minute drawing

industrial history – cornwall

cy — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:59:45 +0000

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

cy — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:40:20 +0000

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

cy — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:03:27 +0000

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

cy — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:29:16 +0000

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

cy — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:02:38 +0000

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

diamine inks

cy — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 14:58:17 +0000

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

cy — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 12:49:07 +0000

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

cy — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 13:05:51 +0000

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

cy — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:51:49 +0000

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