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Life drawing. Robin, tie, skull.

Posted on November 8, 2018 by

Robin, tie, skull. Acrylics and pencil on board. 1 hour. This was a fight from the off. The crop meant that the face did not coalesce easily. Texture and composition were fun. Here’s a close up of the texture on … Continue reading →

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Life drawing. Nudes on blue & green.

Posted on October 29, 2018 by

Two nudes on blue. Acrylic on canvas board. The night of the alternating poses. An exciting night where things were kept moving by a new set up. The model alternated between two poses, changing positions every 15 minutes. 
This made … Continue reading →

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Life drawing. SL.

Posted on October 23, 2018 by

SL with green and artist. Acrylic and charcoal on canvas. 6o minutes. After going to the Anni Albers show at the Tate Modern, I wanted to up my game on the colour and texture front. The painting gets thinner the … Continue reading →

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Life Drawing 25.05.18. Nearly fainting…

Posted on June 8, 2018 by
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Life drawing 09.02.2018. The Look | The shadow.

Posted on February 12, 2018 by

So, you have a scene. What do you paint? What do you leave in or take out? What colours to use? All in an hour. The mixture of decisions and the muscle memory is thrilling to me. So, here are … Continue reading →

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Life Drawing 1: The blue & red rooms

Posted on January 19, 2018 by

  A detail of the above. This figure was painted first, with a large expanse waiting for the next pose. Both took 30 minutes each. Poses in the red room. The horizontal line connects the two poses. Three figures on … Continue reading →

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Life Drawing 13.10.17. On dark ground.

Posted on October 16, 2017 by

Getting to the Mary Ward Centre early, I picked my place, set my easel up and painted both sheets of paper a very dark grey (a Valspar tester pot named ‘La Plancha’). The living, the dead and the plastic, reflected. … Continue reading →

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