National Drawing Day 2020 https://www.nationalgallery.ie/ex…/national-drawing-day-2020 #nationaldrawingday The United Arts Club’s artist members have been keeping themselves busy in the current lockdown with their work. Drawing is fundamental to their practice. As the current restrictions have limited the already planned face to face workshops, they have made short films of them selves working to give an…
Culture Night Thanks to Peadar Mc Daid for including me- “When I was a child” is an exhibition that explores the lives of 50 artists through paint, pencil, photography 3D and the written word. Memories of places, people, objects and events. All capture on the same size 8″x10″ wooden board. United by size and subject…
“Cabinet of Curiosities” Display of work by Brian Gallagher I have a mini exhibition currently on display in the “Cabinet of Curiosities” in the hall of The United Arts Club. Work featured includes figures commissioned for the GPO-Witness History, Thomas Hardy Cottage for the National Trust and the Cromford Mills work that won me the…
Spent the past few days working on this Wood Engraving. Almost there, will post up the finished print when done. A much slower process than my usual Scraperboard work.
Here is a step by step of “In the Glade 2”- Charcoal and pastel on paper On the first stage, you can just make out an earlier life drawing that I rubbed out with a soft cloth. The head is over on the left side and it was in portrait format.