Day 8

Day 8

Today was a good day. I have been working on the Talk I will be giving on the 21st September at 2pm in Oriel y Parc’s discovery room. When I went into the Tower, it was great to see the paintings I have started again. I put them on the wall and looked at what...
Day 7

Day 7

Fortunately it wasn’t busy at work yesterday, so my accomodating colleague let me go to the Tower in the afternoon. I didn’t do anymore work on the other canvases, only on the piece which was more literal in its depiction of the rape. This painting, true...
Day 6

Day 6

Saturday I got into the Tower at about 10.45am. I had felt really ill on Friday and felt like I needed to take it slowly and not rush to get into the Tower. I took photos of what had been done on Friday before starting anything else so I could log the progress of...
Day 5

Day 5

Day 5 Today I have a cold. I started the day by sketching the standing stones in the field of St Non’s Chapel. A beautifully sunny autumnal day, the light at the birth place of St David was clear and bright and the shadows were sharp. Many people were walking around...
Day 4

Day 4

Day 4 Today I was able to get up and into the Tower bright and early. Having done some more research on St Non, the themes I have found which have interest me are; the rape of St Non, the birth of St David in the storm, the rock that broke, the rock on which her...