Saturday 31 Jan 2015 from 10am.

Looking for somewhere warm to spend a Saturday morning?
Then join us at the National Museum, Cardiff.
Pursue your own interesting projects or take up the drawing challenge
of the day - TEXTURES.
Animal fur, crystals & rocks, paint on canvas, polished metal, scaly skin, 
tree bark, draped satin fabrics, cold smooth marble, soft mossy mounds?
Meet at 10am, draw, coffee and a chat at 11:30am.
Free entrance, bring your own sketch book, etc.

Hello 2015

Saturday 10 Jan 2015 from 10am

Wishing a Happy New Year to all sketchers everywhere.

Join us for our first drawing session of 2015 at the National Museum Cardiff.

You can find inspiration among the thousands of fascinating exhibits at this wonderful museum or, if you like a little discipline, then the subject of the day will be EYES!

Human eyes, insect eyes, strange octopus eyes.
Sculpted eyes, painted eyes, drawn eyes.
Egyptian eyes or eye of the tiger.

What will you draw?

You'll miss all the best things if you keep your eyes shut.
See yourself through the eyes of others.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
The eyes are the mirror of the soul.
Eyes wide open, eyes wide shut.
The night has a thousand eyes.
You are the apple of my eye.
Can't believe my own eyes.
I'll keep an eye on you.
Turn a blind eye.
The I's have it.

Season's Greetings

Wishing a Happy Christmas and New Year to all sketchers.
Put a date in your diaries now for our next drawing session at the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff on Saturday 10 January 2015 from 10 till 12.

Saturday 6 December from 10 till 12

Remember to join us for another lovely drawing session at the museum.

National Museum of Wales, Cardiff
Meet in the foyer at 10am.
Free entry - everyone welcome

Saturday 1 November from 10am

Lots of things to sketch at the National Museum, Cardiff ...

We meet in the Main Hall reception area at 10:00
We draw
We drink coffee and chat at 11:30
Free entry, see you there ... bring your sketchbook and a friend

Cardiff Open Studios Weekend

Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th October 2014
Artists are everywhere but not often visible!
( Don't miss The Broadway Drawing School with work by Jac Saorsa and Anna Polya )
Visit the Cardiff Open Studios website for information .....

The more you go, the more you find..

We've had excellent drawing sessions at the National Museum of Wales - nice to see new people at the last 2 visits.

The museum is a godsend in the winter months (dry, warm, free) as well as being a huge resource area for inspiration.

Everyone’s drawings showed the benefits of working as part of the group and also in isolation - knowing others will see your work puts an extra spur into one’s efforts!?!

The coffee and chat afterwards provided a further chance to look at our different working approaches.

So another two sessions have been arranged at the museum -
Saturday 1st November and Saturday 6th December 2014
Meet in the main reception area at 10am.

Museum sketching

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Saturday 4 Oct from 10am at Cardiff Museum

Lots of things to see and draw at the National Museum of Wales Cardiff

Handle specimens and use microscopes in the Discovery Room ...
Look at the I Spy.. Nature exhibits and sketch the insects ...
Visit the Richard Wilson landscape show and see his sketchbooks ...
Get inspired by the Prints of the First World War exhibition ...

Meet in the Main Hall reception area from 10am to 10:15am.
Free entry, see you there ..... bring your sketchbook and a friend.

Cardiff Life magazine

Issue 121 September 2014 of the Cardiff Life magazine has mentioned us as part of an article on being creative in Cardiff. Take a look at page 33.

Saturday 27 Sept 10am - 12 noon drawing at the National Museum of Wales Cardiff

Things to do – visit the Richard Wilson landscape show and see his sketchbooks / visit the I Spy.. Nature show and sketch the insects ...

Meet at the Main Hall reception area from 10am to 10:15am and then upstairs to the Wilson show ...
Coffee at 11:30am
Free entry, see you there ..... bring a friend.

Two mornings at the Museum

We love drawing at the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff
Join us on two mornings, Saturday 27 September and Saturday 4 October, for an exhibition of work by the Welsh artist, Richard Wilson, who exerted a powerful influence upon the art of Constable and Turner. See his sketchbooks and draw from his landscape paintings.

Afterwards, sketch the gulls and birds of prey in the Nature Gallery on the ground floor! They hang suspended and don’t fly around annoyingly, as when outdoors .......

Meet in the foyer at 10am.
Free entry - everyone welcome
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Drawing at Cardiff Bay

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Drawing at Cardiff Bay Beach 2

Monday 18 August from 6pm

Here we go again ………..

Meet after 6pm inside the Wales Millennium Centre. Same as last time, by the ground floor performance stage (there will be a free music session from 6:15pm - Youth Orchestra performance) so we could sketch again from inside the cafe, looking outwards to the Cardiff Bay Beach or looking inwards to the performance.    .... more information ....

Drawing at Cardiff Bay Beach

Tuesday 12 August from 5:30pm

A variety of things will be happening at Cardiff Bay that we can sketch - people at the funfair, seaside rides, food and craft stalls, giant deckchairs in the sand and volleyball tournaments on the beach, starting at 5:30pm and continuing until late. Free to watch (and draw!!!!).
 
Zumba taster sessions.
A free jazz performance at the Millennium Centre.

Lots of cafes and outdoor/indoor venues in case of changeable weather.
Meet 5:30 to 6pm inside the Millennium Centre by the ground-floor stage.
Or join us later in the evening, outside at the Cardiff Bay Beach.
Will you be there?  .... more information .... 

Drawing the landscape

Five A4 panels make up this joint landscape drawing by Anna and Linda
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Wednesday 30 July from 10am

All day drawing session at Coed Craig Ruperra, Lower Machen.

more information ......

Sketching in the museum

10am Friday 23 May - draw at the Museum

Anna has arranged a drawing session at the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff on Friday 23 May.

Free entry - everyone welcome

Meet in the foyer at 10am then go to the upper gallery for the exhibition by Andrea Büttner looking at parallels between the drawings of Gwen John and mosses.

The exhibition features over 80 drawings and watercolours by Gwen John selected by Andrea Büttner – many on public display for the very first time. These feature in the installation alongside new work by Büttner across a range of media including photography, drawing, sound, and sculpture.

Artist in Australia

Richard has been visiting his daughter in Sydney and couldn't resist the challenge of sketching the Harbour Bridge.

"Sydney Harbour Bridge is ideal for drawing: painted dark grey and made up of box-like sections with huge cross spans.

From the ends it appears as a gigantic piece of meccano. 
Seen from the side it is a graceful arc.

My first attempt, a painting, failed and was destroyed. My second attempt, now shown, has a poetical element.

The moon is really in that position down under. And the little boy was really there at the water’s edge, fishing.

I would like to make a third attempt just to capture the sheer massiveness of the structure".

...oops...

... our meeting at the Lansdowne on Thursday has been postponed ... a new date will be arranged in March.

Before the end of the month ...

Thursday 20 Feb - 11am to 1pm - at Turner House Gallery, Penarth.
Everyone welcome to meet at the gallery and get inspiration from the current exhibitions We Make the Path by Walking and Clear of People
Free admission
Tables, chairs, tea and coffee provided.

Thursday 27 Feb - meet and draw at the Lansdowne Pub
The Lansdowne Pub, Canton, Cardiff, CF5 1PU Tel: 02920221312
A regular CDG get-together spot.
Arrive about 7pm
Bring sketching materials.

Museum sketches

At the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff.

IMPORTANT CHANGE OF DATE

The second drawing session at the National Museum, Cardiff was previously planned for a Saturday but this has now been changed to the morning of Sunday 2 Feb.
See new information below -

A double dose of drawing ....

Friday 31 January 2014 from 10am to 12pm
Sunday 2 February 2014 from 10am to 12pm

Come to both mornings if you can, or choose just one session of drawing at the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff
Meet in the foyer before going to the upper gallery of the Natural History department with the whale, slippery things in bottles and the Alfred Wallace ‘Evolutionist show’!!!!

-     maximum size boards / paper is A3

-     drawing materials only - no paints

-     chairs provided

FREE admission

Read all about us

Visit the OSSJAY website for a write-up about our current exhibition.

WE DRAW 16 Nov 2013 - 5 Jan 2014

WE DRAW 2013 Member Catalogue

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Read online or download the pdf-bo file (2.6MB)

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WE DRAW

16 November 2013 to 5 January 2014

Cardiff Drawing Group - CDG - will be holding an exhibition at Butetown History and Arts Centre (BHAC) in lower Bute Street, Cardiff Bay. The exhibition WE DRAW presents fifteen drawings selected and curated to show something of the range of work produced by the members of the group.

 

Cardiff Drawing Group was established in 2002 with meetings being held in various locations including arts centres, museums, pubs and parks. The group has previously exhibited at Cowbridge Arts Centre, The Hayes Old Library Building, Art Central in Barry and other local venues.

There will be a digital catalogue featuring the work of current group members to accompany this show.

Hats on for The Gower

Monday 9 Sept 2013 at 7pm

Aimee has volunteered to model for a figure sketching session on Monday 9 September from 8pm to 9pm at THE GOWER PUB, Gwennyth Street, Cathays, Cardiff, CF24 4PH

Since this is one week before the current 'handing in' date for the BHAC drawing exhibition, it is a good opportunity to discuss proposed or completed drawings before handing in.

Please bring your work along, we'll be meeting in the lounge one hour earlier, at 7pm.

Richard has visited the pub and discovered that a small group of musicians with banjos etc. will take up the lounge from 9pm onwards.  
We could stay on for a while to draw these music makers!

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Web links

Follow these links to interesting web stuff found by Aimee -

Busy Mockingbird
All about an artist who collaborates with her 4 year old daughter, resulting in some amazing drawings!

Real Beauty Sketches
A "Dove" advertising campaign, but fascinating, a forensic artist working from only verbal descriptions.
YouTube video 3 minutes
YouTube video 6 minutes

Llandaff Fields

Monday 9 Sept 2013 at 7pm

A recent CDG request for a figure sketching session resulted in Aimee kindly volunteering for clothed model poses on Monday 9 September from 8pm to 9pm at THE GOWER PUB, Gwennyth Street, Cathays, Cardiff, CF24 4PH

This is one week before the current 'handing in' date for the BHAC drawing exhibition and is a good opportunity to discuss proposed or completed drawings before handing in.

Please bring your work along, we'll be meeting in the bar/lounge one hour earlier, at 7pm.

Click for: GOWER PUB
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Cardiff Museum

National Museum Cardiff - free entry
Current exhibitions include Visions of Mughal India and the Crawshay Portraits.
As well as art (paintings, drawings, sculpture, silver and ceramics) the museum has archaeology, geology and natural history collections.

Cosmeston

A little sketching session at Cosmeston Country Park, Penarth.
Lakes, medieval village, nature, wildlife, bird-watching, walking.
Open all year, free of charge.

Tuesday 20 August 2013 from 6pm

This month, instead of an evening in the Lansdowne Pub, we will be meeting by the Café Castan, Llandaff Fields for a park drawing session (landscape, trees, people at play, strollers, dog walkers, sports & games).

An hour or so sketching and then into the Halfway Pub about 8pm for a drink.
We will do the drawing THEN the drinking!!!
Also a chance to plot some CDG drawing events that may supply the subject matter for our upcoming exhibition at Butetown History & Arts Centre.

Cafe Castan is at the top of Cathedral Road, Pontcanna, just at the south-east corner of Llandaff Fields (car parking available).

The Halfway Pub is nearby, on the other side of Cathedral Road.


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Sunday 11 Aug 2013

We're drawing at the National Museum, Cardiff (free entry) this Sunday morning from 10:30 to 12:30

What's On at the National Museum : Crawshay Portraits
A small exhibition of portrait paintings from the 1830's of workers from Francis Crawshay's ironworks at Hirwaun and tinplate works at Treforest. The subjects include manual workers as well as managers, all depicted in working dress and with the tools of their trade.

Meet near the coffee shop in the Main Hall.

25 July meeting

A busy, chatty evening, discussing venues for future sketching events and information about a CDG members' show this autumn, at the Butetown History & Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay.

Evening drawing work included this portrait study by Jan.