Cwmyoy Church Linocut Proof

A 6" x 4" proof print of Cwmyoy Church. According to the printed guide the tower leans more than Pisa at 5.2 degrees as opposed to 4.7 degrees. 

LLanthony Proof

Linocut proof of Llanthony Priory view of the West towers. In order to get the detail of the blind lancets  the drawing was scaled up so final image is about 7"x 5".

Llanthony Ideas

I am starting to think about some more lino cut designs based on sketches of churches done in August. I want a simple 2 colour image that can either be done from one block and then hand painted or using 2 blocks. After I did this I immediately remembered looking at Richard Guyatt's  Ralph Allen's sham castle design for Shell which he did in 1936.

Cwmyoy Church

This sketch of Cwmyoy contains some of the vitality that I wanted to get into the final painting but it didn't work out that way.

Llanbedr ystrad yw

This mixed media painting never made it into the exhibition at Neville Hall, although I do quite like it despite its sombre feel. There are some really massive yew trees in this churchyard which I would like to incorporate next time. 16" x 12".

Llanfihangel Crucorney Sketch

Following the initial sketch on site I like to do a rough sketch of the sort of colours and techniques I want for the final painting. Often the rough sketch has more immediacy and life than the finished painting. In this case the camera has lied as the marks under the paint are not as bright as suggested here.

Neville Hall Exhibition

The Neville Hall hospital exhibition is now up in the outpatients department. It features 11 new paintings done especially for the exhibition. The exhibition space is run by GARTH (Gwent Arts and Health), a voluntary organisation promoting art in healthcare settings. 

Llanthony and John Craxton

John Craxton 1942

This is John Craxton in full neo reomantic mode. The tree could easily be a massive monitor lizard. The priory is almost irrelevant.

Hodges and Llanthony

William Hodges the great explorer painter, and his view of the central tower.

Edgar Holloway and Llanthony

This woodcut is from 1948 and shows the  West towers with some degree of accuracy. There seems to be a fence where the present wall is in the foreground. 

Richard Colt Hoare and Llanthony

Llanthony by Hoare 1800

Here the West towers seem the worse for wear. Trees are growing almost everywhere and the building to the right has disappeared.

Llanthony by Hoare

The tower on the left has almost totally collapsed and the buildings on the right have re appeared but lower down. Meanwhile the main  central tower  seems to have grown.

More images of Llanthony Priory

Denis Constanduros

Shell poster from http://vintageposterblog.com/2010/10/27/thats-shell-that-was/

1850's Lithograph



Ian Phillips Linocut

 

Gastineau's Llanthony



Llanthony by Gastineau

 Its hard to see this amount of the towers today because they are partly hidden by garden. Gastineau was a romantic artist but this seems a pretty accurate representation of the building. This engraving was done by H.W. Bond. From Woodward, B.B.,(1853) 'History of Wales'

Piper's Llanthony



Llanthony 1940 by Piper



This is the same view that I chose to sketch the West front. In between the 2 towers used to be a large window. The arches visible on the left supported the roof over the nave. The large grey structure was part of the central square tower.



Llanthony 2011 My sketch



 What is interesting is what Piper has left out, namely the details such as the arrow slits to the corner of the nearest tower and  any decoration. He has concentrated on simplifying the building so it becomes a series of monoliths. Colour and contrast are used to create a sense of drama.   



Llanthony 1941 by Piper



In this study the towers have become even more like concrete blocks. The proportions of the tower and the shapes of the arches have been changed, they even appear a little bit face like. Again the emphasis is on colour, contrast and drama.

Llanthony Priory

Mixed media 16" x 12" on watercolour paper. Squared up from original sketch.

New sketches

Capel y ffin

LLanthony Priory



Llanthony Priory



Merthyr Issui in Patricio

Mixed media on watercolour paper. 16" x 12".

Llanfihangel Crucorney

Mixed media painting of this church taken directly from the sketch done on site earlier this week. Trying to avoid use of photos for reference material. Wax resist, oil pastel, ink on watercolour paper. Approximate size 16" x 12 "

Latest sketches.

St Peter Llanbedr Ystrad Yw

Llanfihangel Crucorney

Llanfihangel Crucorney

St Peter, Llanfihangel Crucorney

St Martin Cwmyoy

St Martin, Cwmyoy

Merthyr Issui

Merthyr Issui at Patricio

St James Llangua

LLangua Church, Mixed Media

Mixed media on 12" x 16 "watercolour paper.

Market Hall, Crickhowell

Work in progress, 6"x4" linocut of market hall and adjoining shops.

The Bear, Crickhowell

Black and white linocut, 6 x 4 inches approx of The Bear public house in Crickhowell. This is in preparation for the celebration exhibition at the Cric Resource Centre which I am taking part in from next week.

http://www.willowarch.co.uk/gallery_367649.html#photos_id=8183713

Aberdare Montage

This linocut print shows from top left to right;
The Constitutional Club its 'precipitous pavilion roof in the centre surmounted by an enormous ironwork crown'. 1894.
Trinity Presbyterian Church, 1867, remodelled 1894.
Temperence Hall. New facade. Originally1858.
Statue of Griffith Rhys Jones(Caradog) in Victoria Square. 1920.
Old Court House, 'an agressive and rather ugly neo-Baroque facade'. 1914.
Second row (l-r);
The Black Lion Hotel
National School 1848?
Midland Bank, Grey Newbridge rock-faced stone and Bath stone ashlar. Barryesque palazzo style.1857.
Bottom row(l-r);
Higher Standard School. (Now girls comp) Pennant sandstone dressed with red Wilderness ashlar .1905.
St David's Presbyterian Church. Geometrical gothic. 1878.
Market 'an ashlar pedimented temple front with paired Tuscan pillars'  1853
Quotes from Pevsner Buildings of Glamorgan.
http://www.willowarch.co.uk/gallery_367649.html#photos_id=8183739

St Mary's Priory Church, Abergavenny

A3 size, mixed media on paper.

Bethany English Baptist, Abergavenny

Mixed media of , about A3 size
http://www.willowarch.co.uk/gallery_295563.html#photos_id=8184375
For more information about this chapel visit this link
http://www.capeli.org.uk/uploads/local_29_yfenni.pdf

Pandy Chapel

Pandy Chapel just off the A465 between Llangua and Abergavenny. Mixed media, about A3 size.

Change of plan

Have decided to repeat the Aberdare Museum axhibition at Dare Valley Country Park. This is an ink sketch of a chapel in Abergavenny.

Raglan Castle

Whitecastle

Beech Tree

Above Punchbowl, Abergavenny

The Darren

Latest sketches Whitecastle and Raglan Castle