May 12 2012

Old and New

A recent scraperboard>> of some buildings in Harolds Cross, Dublin.


Apr 21 2012

Malham

A scraperboard of Malham Dale>> North Yorkshire


Apr 12 2012

The Dublin Painting and Sketching Club Exhibition


I’ll be showing four pieces at…..

The Dublin Painting and Sketching Club>> 134th Exhibition
Opening- Sunday 15th April 2pm-5pm

15th – 29th April 2012

Venue:

The Concourse Gallery

Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Hall

Opposite Pavilion Theatre

There is a feature about the opening on Liam Madden’s site The Irish Art Blog>>


Feb 4 2012

Step by Step

Here is a simple step by step of my scraperboard technique. This is the initial pencil drawing of Gort an Choirce>>

Once I’ve transferred it to a piece of black scraperboard>> I begin scraping out the white areas

More white is gradually revealed……..

Adjustments made, the piece is now finished.


Jan 23 2012

Judge

This is another one from a series of Legal books I worked on just before Christmas.