• Photo sketches

    There is ease and immediate sense of gratification with photography. I find this even more the case with a phone in hand. Moments are captured quickly and become sketches for drawings that rarely materialize!

    Last week provided the opportunity for some quick documentation of the hoarfrost that gilded our City – stunning against the clear blue sky.

    In the garden, the still standing remnants of Cimicifuga ‘Chocoholic’ seemed to bloom again. Below are photos from last week’s frosty show and the Bugbane’s September blooms – all taken with an iPhone.

    Cimicifuga Jan 16
    Cimicifuga ‘Chocoholic.’  January 9, 2016.
    Cimicifuga Sept 15
    Cimicifuga ‘Chocoholic.’  September 25, 2015. All images iPhone 5. B. Wanhill

     

  • Dainty Blue

    In August, my grandmother gifted me an exquisite set of tea cups and I have now just finished a rendition of one to give to her as a thank you card.

    Drawing remains for me, an activity loaded with conflicting mind states: apprehension, contentment, concentration, judgement, excitement, disappointment, dislike… could this be the year where I turn that all off and just draw?!

    For the sake of my students and my career in the visual arts, I think this would be a place worth moving towards.

    2016: to a year of building concentration, perseverance and full time contentment in the process of creating.

    Dainty Bue pc Wanhill16
    Drawing. Pencil crayon on Strathmore print paper. 10 x 10 cm.

     

  • Chuck’s Calendula

    Based on a photograph I took from this past summer’s Calendula. Grown from seed harvested from Chuck’s garden.

    calendula
    Linocut. Oil based ink. Strathmore print paper. 10 x 10 cm. Copyright B. Wanhill 2015