My Lion – progress report 7
The last leg finished– now just the head, tail and feet to do!
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The last leg finished– now just the head, tail and feet to do!
It is always interesting to study an artist’s work throughout the years and notice how they progress or change their style. Modern artists such as Picasso and Matisse learnt how to draw and paint during early life and at art school in quite a traditional and realistic fashion. They went on to develop their own…
It is said that the Irish Saint Brigid (of Kildare) visited Beckery chapel just outside Glastonbury in the 5th Century AD. Although the chapel is no longer there I went to find the hill (Brides mound) where it once was. I wish I had been in on the recent excavations where they re-found seven skeletons…
Having decided I like the gold glass, I have to wait for a bigger order of it. So in the meantime I am working on the body.
I am working on the second part of the Catching the Sun series (if you missed the first part then have a look at my last post) The series is about harnessing the sun. This time I wanted to illustrate the city harnessing the power of the sun. It is partly present and partly futuristic,…
I spent some very long hours finishing my lion at the end of this week. A 12 hour shift on Tuesday completing the face, followed by a further 10 hours on Wednesday grouting and a final 6 hours cleaning remaining grout and bloom. The grouting was extremely hard work. I used an epoxy grout which…
… mind their own business as they are walking down the street! My eldest son has just left home and got a job in Walsall, near Birmingham. I went up with him to help him look for a flat and I wondered what the chances were of finding a mosaic in the town when lo…