Portraits and dance

Quick update on my group Sunday Life Drawing, which runs on (most) alternate Sundays, and is open to artists of all levels of experience. Last week we did a little...

Great to have another studio session with National Dance Company Wales dancer Riz, experimenting further with hoops, costume, lighting and various other variables. Love collaborating in this way, discovering poses...

Great studio session with Faye Tan - the dancer/choreographer behind National Dance Company Wales's extraordinary In Tandem and Infinity Duet , which inspired some pictures a year or so ago....

Always a treat to deliver the portraiture workshop at Machynlleth Comedy Festival - this year with marvellous performers/writers/podcasters Margaret Cabourn-Smith and Benjamin Partridge modelling. Margaret's dynamic poses were inspired by...

Great to run another couple of figure drawing workshops for Ballet Cymru - part of of their Dance to Move programme for children with paediatric rheumatology and other health conditions,...

Life drawing remains a central part of my practice, and although I regularly tell myself I ought to experiment with chalk, pastels and other materials, I keep reaching for willow...

Great to work with dancer Indigo Tarran again - now with a few studio adaptations to allow more options for suspensions from walls and ceiling, which is becoming a theme...

Lovely session playing with props and shadows with Riz Golden of National Dance Company Wales. Further inspired by Drtikol, I've made a range of hoops of various sizes - some...

Great to work with dancer Isaac Lewis, continuing to use improvisation in exploring interactions between the figure and geometric forms, shadows, etc, and this time introducing a more vibrant backdrop....

Fun studio session with dancer Indigo Taran, experimenting further with the figure interacting with plinths and dangling from the ceiling, and now introducing a hoop, to bring the geometry of...

Great to have spent some time with National Dance Company Wales developing/rehearsing In Tandem - a beautiful, multidisciplinary production, featuring Infinity Duet , created by choreographer Faye Tan and artist...

Lovely portrait session with Gaia Cicolani and her playful alter ego Miss B. Recently. Experimenting with the improvisation techniques I more often use when working with dance, Miss B. responded...

Was very lucky to spend some time bobbing around Europe visiting friends and museums this September. A most inspiring trip, which included the discovery of some wonderful artists I’d never...

Very happy that Sunday Life Drawing has settled down into a (fairly) regular fortnightly event. Sessions are not formally tutored, though the space is very supportive and open to artists...

Great to have been able to work with dancers Amy Groves and Kasia Sambrook during their time with Ballet Cymru’s Pre-Professionals Programme. Moving very slowing, the dancers improvised together, responding...

An assortment of recent sketches made variously with Ballet Cymru, lifedrawing with Cardiff Umbrella, and Zoom portraiture sessions with Singulart - the latter involving artists around the world posing for...

Based on text prepared for Criw Celf’s online summer school, 2020, supported by Arts Council of Wales, I’ve written a few tips for young artists looking to develop their figure...