They put the lack of an A Level in art to one side during the selection process at the Howard Gardens campus which gave the place a rather enlightened feel on those early visits.
It seems as though a large sketchbook of pastel landscapes and nudie ladies along with a smaller selection of watercolours conveyed a suitably eager, versatile and malleable disposition for the impending Foundation Course.
It's just these two watercolours that can appear for one reason or another with 'quality control' not all that far from the top of the list, as usual.
The lower picture was done towards the Pentyrch slope of the Garth hill (or mountain, in that Hugh Grant movie).
The top one shows the rear of Castell Coch, a few miles away. It may even capture those enchanted settings from a rare perspective given that the entrance is far more visually interesting and renditions tend to be on sale at every art and souvenir shop in nearby Cardiff.
I just wanted a bit of peace to sit there with my paintbox for a couple of morose days.
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