Graphite Fine Art
Is a picture a piece of art if no-one ever sees it? I think it is, actually, but it’s a sad and lonely piece of art that is not being given the opportunity to fulfil its destiny. Art is meant to be seen. Sketches, doodles, experiments, ideas, not necessarily so. (I love seeing other people’s…
Having rambled at some length last week about why I use pencils almost exclusively for my art, I thought perhaps this week I’d ramble about which pencils I use. This blog having once been all about pens and pencils, it feels a little like coming home. Pictured is my pencil block, made from walnut by…
I’ve been dabbling a little with silverpoint. This is what it says: drawing with a silver wire. The paper must be prepared with gesso first. The technique differed from pencil in that darker shades are built up with layering marks on top of each other rather than by pressure. This took me a little getting…
I recently visited the Tracey Emin exhibition, “I Followed You to the End”, at White Cube in Bermondsey. It was extremely good and if you can get there before it finishes on 10 November I highly recommend you do so. I found the work quite overwhelming, emotionally. It’s directly connected to Tracey Emin’s soul and…
The 119th open exhibition of the Bath Society of Artists began on Sunday and runs until 11th January. It’s at the Victoria Art Gallery in the heart of Bath, a wonderful space with a lot of fantastic art. This is the third year I’ve had work in this exhibition. This year it’s All the Things You Are. It feels…