Selection of paintings created with marvellous dancers Faye Tan, Indigo Tarran and Riz Golden to feature in this year’s Ffin y Parc Gallery Summer Exhibition. Show opens this Friday, Aug 7th, and runs until August 31st.
Carl Chapple
@carlchapple.bsky.social
Regular painter. Occasional decorator. https://linktr.ee/CarlChapple
Great Sunday Life Drawing yesterday. Poses by Jodi, pictures here by Tessa, Gerard and me. Next session Aug 16th with Laura. #sundaylifedrawing #lifedrawing #drawing #wing
A full house for Sunday Life Drawing yesterday. Two- to twenty-minute poses by Will. Drawings in pencil, charcoal and chalk by Nia, Zelda, Emily, Jo and me. Next session August 2nd, with Jodi. #sundaylifedrawing #lifedrawing #drawing #ing
Invited to create some drawings on index cards last week, so made these little sketches of dancer Riz Golden playing in/on webbing. A fun exercise that helped give me a feel for coming series of paintings.
Lively Sunday Life Drawing yesterday. Poses by Jodi. Drawings in pastel, pencil and charcoal by Gerard, Lauren, Corey and (v scrappy) me. See link in bio for future sessions. #SundayLifeDrawing #lifedrawing #figuredrawing
No bad thing for FB to be lost forever, but please can we have Instagram back? (Pref as it was about ten years ago?).
Lovely Sunday Life Drawing yesterday. 2- to 18-min poses by Indigo. Drawings by Lauren and me. Next session June 21st, with Jodie. #SundayLifeDrawing #lifedrawing #charcoaldrawing
Excited to be giving a talk about my work on Friday 29th (early), at Tramshed, Cardiff. www.creativemornings.com/talks/create...
CREATE with Carl Chapple | CreativeMornings/Cardiff
Thank you to Tramshed Tech for hosting us this month EVENT DETAILS Date: Friday 29th May Time: 8.30am-10am Doors: 8.30am Venue: Pendyris St, Cardiff. CF...
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Lovely Sunday Life Drawing on the 10th. Poses by Will. A few sketches here by Emily, Tessa and me. Next session Sunday 24th, with Gaia. #SundayLifeDrawing #celf
One of the lovely things about my recent show at MOMA Cymru was to have my work in close proximity to that of Bill Henderson and Kevin Sinnott - both teachers at St Martin’s School of Art when I was there from 1988 to ‘92. These two large canvases were hanging in the space adjacent to my exhibition.
Wrote a little blogpost about marvellous @machcomedyfest.bsky.social portraiture workshop, with sitters @benpartridge.bsky.social and Margaret Cabourn-Smith. Fine work! carlchapple.com/news/118-mac...
Machynlleth Comedy Festival portraiture workshop 2026
Always a treat to deliver the portraiture workshop at Machynlleth Comedy Festival - this year with marvellous performers/writers/podcasters Margaret Cabourn-Smith and Benjamin Partridge modelling. Mar...
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Great Sunday Life Drawing yesterday. Poses by Indigo. Drawings in pencil and charcoal by Jo, Zelda and me. Next session May 10th, with Will. #sundaylifedrawing #lifedrawing #celf
Lovely figure drawing workshops with artists of all ages recently. Dance to Move sessions with Ballet Cymru and Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, supported by @tnlcommunityfund.org.uk and @celfcymruartswales.bsky.social. @cavuhb.bsky.social #Dancetomove
Had a fine time with the Radio Wales Arts Show last week, talking about my MOMA Machynlleth exhibition, Portraits and Dance. (The last time I did a radio interview was in around 2010, and on the subject of UK drugs policy. This occasion was much more fun). www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Radio Wales Arts Show - 03/04/2026 - BBC Sounds
Portraits and dancers, unreadings, photography and the work of deaf and disabled writers.
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Paintings to follow, but here are a few charcoal sketches of Faye Tan hanging out in my studio (why have I never thought of that terrific joke before??).
Weirdly weekday lifedrawing yesterday. 4- to 15-min poses by Indigo. Pictures here by Sue, Tessa and me. Returning to regular fortnightly Sunday schedule from April 12th, with Indigo modelling again - link in bio. #celf #lifedrawing #charcoaldrawing #figuredrawing #sundaylifedrawing
Great poses by Gaia at Sunday Life Drawing last week. Scrappy sketches by me. Next session April 12th with Indigo. Come along! #sundaylifedrawing #lifedrawing #charcoaldrawing
Spots available for Sunday Life Drawing this weekend. www.tickettailor.com/events/carlc...
Sunday Life Drawing
Sunday Life Drawing – Life drawing sessions run by artist Carl Chapple in Barry, South Wales.
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