These are some of my sketches. I use all kinds of things to make marks on the page; charcoal, pencils, brushes, feathers, sticks, seaweed, string, lino prints. Some of the drawings are direct sketches of what I see, some are from memory, some are drawn without looking at the page. I work on paper mostly and recently I have enjoyed making my own sketchbooks with handmade paper. Making the sketchbooks in a concertina format has been a most enjoyable and freeing method for me. The practice of drawing regularly in this way has helped me to loosen up with my work in general. These drawings & paintings are as equally important as my other paintings, if not the most important, as this is where my ideas flow .
Streptacarpus Pencil on Paper A6 Sketchbook
Roches Point Lighthouse
Ink on Paper
50cm x 18cm
Drawing from memory
Tugs turning an Oil Tanker , Cork Harbour
Pencil on paper
10cm x 15cm
Study of my hand
Ink on Paper
24cm x 18cm
Down to the beach for a walk, Weavers Point.
Sketch from memory
Pencil on Paper
10cm x 15cm
My Biniculars Pencil on Paper A6 Sketchbook
The Boat House, Howe Strand
Watercolour & pencil on Paper
24cm x 18cm
The Old Head of Kinsale from Howe Strand
Watercolour & pencil on Paper
50cm x 18cm
Alfie & Honey
pencil on paper
40cm x 30cm
Alfie
30cm x 20cm
pen on paper
Scots Pine
Pencil on Paper
30cm x 41cm
Old Changing Hut , Graball.
Lino Print/Mixed Media on Handmade Paper
12cm x 16cm<br.
From my concertina sketchbook
Coastal Study 1 Ink & Acrylic on Paper 70cm x 20cm from my concertina sketchbook
Coastal Study 2 Ink & Acylic on Paper. 70cm x 20cm from my concertina sketchbook
Old Changing Hut, Graball
Lino Cut /Mixed Media on Paper
36cm x 13cm
from my concertina sketchbook
Streptacarpus Pencil on Paper A6 Sketchbook
Roches Point Lighthouse
Ink on Paper
50cm x 18cm
Drawing from memory
Tugs turning an Oil Tanker , Cork Harbour
Pencil on paper
10cm x 15cm
Study of my hand
Ink on Paper
24cm x 18cm
Down to the beach for a walk, Weavers Point.
Sketch from memory
Pencil on Paper
10cm x 15cm
My Biniculars Pencil on Paper A6 Sketchbook
The Boat House, Howe Strand
Watercolour & pencil on Paper
24cm x 18cm
The Old Head of Kinsale from Howe Strand
Watercolour & pencil on Paper
50cm x 18cm
Alfie & Honey
pencil on paper
40cm x 30cm
Alfie
30cm x 20cm
pen on paper
Scots Pine
Pencil on Paper
30cm x 41cm
Old Changing Hut , Graball.
Lino Print/Mixed Media on Handmade Paper
12cm x 16cm<br.
From my concertina sketchbook
Coastal Study 1 Ink & Acrylic on Paper 70cm x 20cm from my concertina sketchbook
Coastal Study 2 Ink & Acylic on Paper. 70cm x 20cm from my concertina sketchbook
Old Changing Hut, Graball
Lino Cut /Mixed Media on Paper
36cm x 13cm
from my concertina sketchbook