"If You Say You Can't Draw, Try This!" The workshops!

There are two workshops coming up next week in Cornwall. There are no pre-required qualifications. You don't even really need to not be able to draw!

The workshops are a one-time experience using effective, tried and tested methods to unlock your drawing abilities.

• Monday 26th September 7-9pm at Porthtowan Village Hall, Porthtowan TR4 8AD
• Thursday 29th September 7-9pm at Miners and Mechanics Institute, St Agnes TR5 0TQ

The workshop costs £23 per person. The proceeds go to St Julia's Hospice, Hayle as a small thank you for looking after our dear friend Nola x

To book, call Cosmic on 07970 307908 TR5 0TQ

The Art Blaster! at PARK LIVE

This oversized ghetto blaster was commissioned for Source Fm's PARK LIVE July event in Kimberly Park Falmouth this Sunday just gone.

It's a large canvas to be drawn all over and the theme was "What do I see in the future for Source FM".

Adults and children left some great images and ideas on the installation, including: "Broadcast from space", "More community news" and the art included some very bold neo-expressionism!

The sun was shining all day and the spoken word (selected by Mac Dunlop) and the live music (selected by Ryan Jones) kept everyone highly entertained.

New artwork at the beach!

The new owners of the beach cafe down at my local beach have just given it a beautiful new refit and, as well as having all the windows opened up to really enjoy the breathtaking views of Trevaunance Cove, recently commissioned me to paint all over the outside walls.

It does what it says on the wall!

I had free reign to paint what I wanted as long as I got certain words in there. So, I kept it simple and fitted the artwork and colours in with the locality and business as much as possible.

Breaking waves: Signage and beach graffiti combined.

As well as the cafe upstairs, Breakers also have the Ice Cream Joint. I painted this to look like a "surf shack" style ice cream parlour to fit in with the long surf culture and history the beach has.

The Ice Cream Joint "surf shack" hatch.

Breakers Beach Cafe can be found at Trevaunance cove, St Agnes, Cornwall and is open most days. 

The Essentiality of Nature...

When I began using spray paint to capture seascapes in 2014, I visited Port Isaac and sketched and painted at the harbour for a few days. The results weren't good. Occasionally I'd get a part of the scene to work and then pull my finger down on the cap a smidgen too hard and blow it all.
Lots of distractions too. I always happily answer questions when I'm working even this time when I really didn't want to be disturbed. Tourists and locals were stopping and asking me what I was painting with and although they'd seen spray paint they thought it must be different stuff as I wasn't using it for graffiti.

And then all of a sudden, this piece just happened. The mistakes began to work in my favour and I could see that this wild, almost untameable medium could be used to work on such small scale and achieve stunning results.

A couple of large canvases for sale.

The 11th Feb 2016- UPDATE: The whale painting has now sold.

Since I painted these two canvases in 2014 for The Heseltine Gallery's "Flow State" exhibition with Truro School, they have hung on the walls of the studio and my house.

I don't really want to part with them as I normally paint large murals that I could't keep if I wanted to. However, I need the wall space for current projects and I'd rather these were being enjoyed than being kept in storage.

On 120x100cm box canvases, painted in acrylic and spray paint, these two paintings have a presence in any sized room, much like one of my murals, except these can be moved.

Full descriptions and prices on my Etsy shop.

Hot Off The Press

Colouring books are out! Hot off the press!

"A Street Art Colouring Book from Cornwall" is available now in selected outlets around Cornwall and on my Etsy page.

32 pages for all ages!

Trewirgie Junior School Murals

The Trewirgie "Cornish Studies" Mural.

Earlier this year I completed a series of three murals at Trewirgie Junior School in Redruth.

"Creativity and Watersports" A mural about favourite leisure activities.

This was such a great project. The pupils involved chose and designed all the content and it was their choice to theme the murals on their studies.

For each wall, a design team of pupils came up with the ideas and directed me through the sketches straight onto the wall during a consultation workshop, and returned to class. I called them back when it was time to colour.

Most of the paint that was applied was the work of the pupils involved. Really, in a way, all I did was help with outlines and tidying up the edges!

Most had never used spray paint before and they responded well to a responsible introduction to this versatile medium.

The "Trewirgie Regal" playground theatre space mural. Designed by Trewirgie pupils.

These workshops are hugely beneficial in using drawing as a visual skill which supports other communication skills like reading and writing.

Here is an write-up from the West Briton newspaper.

A Street Art Colouring Book from Cornwall !!

I have put together 32 pages of my street art ideas and designs as a colouring book. Available to order now for £5 from my Etsy page with FREE UK POSTAGE on all orders by Friday.

 Look out for the designs on the street. Happy colouring! 

A Short Time-lapse.

Pulled Pork Power!

Just before heading off to Boomtown I painted this mobile oven van for Cornish events catering team, Nomad. 

It's already pootling around Cornwall to weddings and parties!

Link:

https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=164154163635080&refsrc=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.co.uk%2F&_rdr

Flow State -Exhibition

'FLOW STATE' AT THE HESELTINE 'FLOW STATE' An exhibition exploring the art and cultural connections between surfing and skateboarding.   Private View: Friday 16th May 2014  6 - 8pm Optional Dresscode: casual enough to paint in! For this event please use the parking facilities by the Ben Ainslie Sports Centre. Disabled parking is available at the front of the chapel. Exhibition Dates: Saturday 17th May - Saturday 14th June 2014 Gallery Opening: Monday - Friday 5-7pm, Saturdays 11am - 5pm & by appointment: 01326 210730   Reknowned names in the worlds of surf, skateboarding and graffiti, celebrate the artistic expression throughout these popular cultures of the South West.  Artists, board makers, ceramicists, photographers, & film makers include   Ben Cook,  Kevin Cooper,  Craig Bracefield, John Eldridge, Muju,   Russell O’Connor, Leo Sharp,  Mickey Smith, & Jed Stone.   & graffiti artist, Cosmic, will unveil his latest commission......the gallery staircase!  (sponsored by the Friends of Truro School)    Sam Lamiroy, Britain’s top male surfer, will open the exhibition and Cosmic will be encouraging everyone to participate in a live painting session at the Private view.

Art Street! At Heartlands URBAN FESTIVAL!!

This weekend Heartlands in Pool, Cornwall is holding an "Urban Festival" with skateboarding and BMX demos, DJ's, MC's, B-boy dancing and Street Art!!



ART STREET is an area that will have wall demos, shops, art pieces for sale and activities (some require a fee) which include spray paint a t-shirt, spray paint a large mural, design the wall art for Mount Hawke Skatepark's massive vert ramp, character design competition, and lots more!

So get down to Heartlands this Saturday and Sunday and get RAD!!

Aggie Surf Shop's Cosmic Wall!

From the Great British Legends of Street Art Guide:
"Look out on your next visit to St Agnes, Cornwall as you weave between engine houses, Cornish choughs, miners and pastys you will find this little gem on the side of the surf shop!" Cheeky beggars!

Drawing on Ice

Earlier this month I got up very early and, using giant paint brushes, rollers and car wash sponges added some art to Truro Ice Skate rink...

The writing on the Whale

Recently I completed a large wall at Falmouth Marine School for Cornwall College Student Union...

Besides the marine biology, there is also sailing, boat engines, boat building, kayaking, diving and marine science (weather etc) in the painting. All these subjects and activities are taught at the college.

All ideas were generated with students during an open day in the famous Cornish maritime college's fresher week in September, by sketching ideas on the wall that was going to be painted.

There were some great ideas, but when someone mentioned that the humpback whale was their favourite it sparked a whole round of unanimous approval that this was in fact everyone's favourite whale! The same thing happened when someone mentioned Hokusai's "Great Wave off Kanagawa" print, the most famous Japanese image of all time. So those two images where high on the list!

The college was open as I was working on the mural and all staff and students were encouraged to stop and get involved with more ideas and even some painting!

The turtle in the picture is based on the caretaker, Pete, who is seen as the 'backbone' of the college and the Puffer fish on the wall is based on his namesake, Pete Jnr, who lives in a tank in the Marine Biology department.

Sketches

Someone mentioned the 'wild' rubber ducks that float around the oceans of the world.

Treliske Lowen Ward Murals

Recently I created some artwork on the walls of some new rooms which are for teenage cancer patients to use while they receive treatment at Royal Cornwall Hospital Treliske.

They are part of the Lowen Ward's  £400,000 refurbishment and were funded by Young people's cancer charities Tanya's Courage Trust and LARF.

The wards were mainly brown before and very dull which, as you can imagine, is not the ideal kind of environment a young person undergoing treatments such as chemotherapy wants to be in for long periods of time.

I tried to produce artwork that would generate a natural feeling mixed with some imagination stimuli.

Singer and songwriter James Morrison (right) rocked up to open the new rooms.