This is my second new wire sculpture. I’ve made it for the Self portrait show at the Hastings Arts Forum, from 18th July.
‘Self portrait – wire’
Iron and bronze wire
37.5 x 27 x 9 cm framed
This is my second new wire sculpture. I’ve made it for the Self portrait show at the Hastings Arts Forum, from 18th July.
‘Self portrait – wire’
Iron and bronze wire
37.5 x 27 x 9 cm framed
Here’s the first of my new wire sculptures
‘Parent and child’
Iron and bronze wire
34.5 x 32.5 x 9 cm framed
Here’s my latest self portrait. I started it in mid February, so it’s taken about 4 months. Definitely my most ambitious to date. I will be showing it at the Hastings Arts Forum Self Portrait Show starting 18th July.
‘Self portrait (swimmer)’
Oil on canvas
145 x 60 cm
I’ve just done this drawing of Xav on the iPad.
‘Xav II’
iPad drawing
I’ve just been framing up my latest wire sculpture, ‘Looking’. I did the drawing for this one at the Jerwood Gallery, Hastings.
Looking
Iron and bronze wire
36 x 20 x 9 cm framed
Here’s a photo of my latest wire sculpture, Walking and smoking.
‘Walking and smoking’
Iron and bronze wire
38 x 23 x 9 cm
Xav’s home from uni, and he’s going to sit for me this summer. Here’s the first of my preparatory drawings. He really does have green hair!
‘Xav’
iPad drawing
I’m trying to teach myself to draw faces. As part of my efforts to try to learn to draw faces, Nicky suggested that I try some without looking at the paper. I think the idea was that it would make me focus on what’s important on the face.
I’ve done 5 or 6 drawings without looking, and here’s my attempt to draw Nicky without looking at the paper. I think that this one works the best.
It’s so variable how long these drawings take. Sometimes it just flows on the first attempt, but other times, like with the drawing of Mum, I have to redo each line countless times.
‘Mum’
iPad drawing
I’m wondering how much more to do on my portrait of Pauline. It’s got to the stage where I’m taking it off the easel, looking at it in the mirror and then making tiny changes that don’t really notice! That stage usually goes on for a week or two.