Category Archives: Life Drawing

Life drawing 2: Sitting around the Stars.

Posted on October 11, 2019 by

Painting influenced by Pil’s ‘Metal Box’. Life drawing with some edge. Continue reading →

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Life drawing 1: profile

Posted on October 7, 2019 by

Another term of Life drawing and Painting starts at the Mary Ward Centre. The amount of joy and knowledge gained on these Friday nights really helps the rest of my life. The tutor John Close and the regulars have become … Continue reading →

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Portrait commission 1: first sketches and a Picasso-like painting.

Posted on September 23, 2019 by

Over the next week there will be a post a day about my latest work, a painting of a girl named Rose.

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At London Zoo again.

Posted on September 20, 2019 by

I’ve gone to the zoo, sketchbook in hand. Here’s what I saw. Continue reading →

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Holiday Sketch Series 5: Naples.

Posted on September 2, 2019 by

Sea Bathers, Naples. An amalgam of the previous sketches, this could well be worked up into a painting. It made all those life drawing classes make sense in the real world. All body shapes out for sunbathing and swimming fun … Continue reading →

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Holiday Sketches Series: 1 Travel & Pisa.

Posted on August 26, 2019 by

I love drawing on planes. A captive audience.

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The Archer / ORION

Posted on August 3, 2019 by

The Archer / ORION. Oil on canvas. 75 x 75 cm.Painted over two life sessions with the model at the fabulous Mary Ward Centre, two sessions preparing the canvas, sketches, a session painting the fabric and four further sessions, finalising … Continue reading →

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