Tag Archives: pencils

Pencil portraits.

Posted on September 24, 2021 by Trevor Mill

Birthday card. Faber Castell Polychromos Deep Cobalt Green 158. On A4 cartridge paper 400gsm.So, I had a nice photo of my son, a quick search for an image of the young Napoleon and Viola! Goodbye Ben. Faber Castell Polychromos pencils. … Continue reading →

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Square sketchbook. London Town.

Posted on September 2, 2021 by Trevor Mill

Here’s the view from: Prom number 20, Monmouth coffee, Chilango’s Brewer Street, A bar in Coal Drop Yard Kings Cross and Buck House lawn!

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Poppies

Posted on June 16, 2021 by Trevor Mill

Poppies in a Derbyshire garden. A bit more thought and time than a sketch, less trouble and strife than a finished work. The teeming life – see the snail in one flower, the spider in the other flower and the … Continue reading →

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Life Drawing. Giraffes.

Posted on December 21, 2020 by Trevor Mill

Giraffes. I’ve always liked drawing them. I used to draw them for other kids around the age of 10 (draw a horse and extend legs and neck, add stubby horns and sometimes a blue-ish long tongue. Now, I have some … Continue reading →

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Hands

Posted on September 11, 2020 by Trevor Mill

I’ve been on public transport and find that instead of glaring at people without masks on, I’d rather look at my hands and draw what I see.

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Drawing, drawing and more drawing.

Posted on April 11, 2019 by Trevor Mill

My wonderful sister. A birthday card.Thought it would be fun to mimic an early Lucian Freud trick. Waiting for a friend St.Martins Lane.So much fun being in the centre of the world (for me) and having some time to make … Continue reading →

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Life drawing. Just pencils

Posted on March 29, 2019 by Trevor Mill

Ms Mono. Pencils on paper. One hour pose. This model always has a regal air about her.There was an idea to keep it simpler on this Friday night. Just pencils. Not to worry about skin colour, so the figure is … Continue reading →

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Life drawing. The look.

Posted on November 14, 2018 by Trevor Mill

The Look. Charcoal, pastel and pencils on paper 100 x 72.So, there was fabric hanging from my easel to the model. I had decided to travel light and just take a range of pencils and a rubber by my side. … Continue reading →

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Sketchbook: Wales

Posted on September 5, 2018 by Trevor Mill
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Copley copy.

Posted on August 20, 2018 by Trevor Mill

A tricky composition. At the Tate Britain, having a wander, thinking about political art and depictions of war, having just seen the Aftermath exhibition of post WWI art. I’ve always liked this painting as the artist, John Singleton Copley is … Continue reading →

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A bus journey.

Posted on March 2, 2018 by Trevor Mill

The number 263 to Highbury Corner around 11am on the 26th February 2018.

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Party sketches

Posted on July 12, 2017 by Trevor Mill
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Summer sketches. Surrey Flowers & Lewes Lido

Posted on July 10, 2017 by Trevor Mill

These sketchbook pages are concerned with sunlight, interesting mark making and colour. The first three are images were made in gardens that are growing like there is no tomorrow. How to capture all this? These images were made at Lewes … Continue reading →

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Sketches made when waiting…

Posted on March 24, 2017 by Trevor Mill

A self portrait in a little mirror. I like being a bit unflattering with myself. No hairbrush, early night or shave for me. The eye is closed as the mirror was so near the two eyes were giving differnet views. … Continue reading →

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Xmas holiday sketches & paintings

Posted on January 1, 2017 by Trevor Mill

These works are mounted in black square frames that are quite recessed. A series of paintings treating the same source images in a range of different ways. Pencil and acrylics. These paintings were made side by side and at the same … Continue reading →

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Life Drawing 4. Against Stasis & Procrastination

Posted on November 14, 2016 by Trevor Mill

The lurking enemies of art are stasis and procrastination – the nearest I get to a cat poster. Continue reading →

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Des as Grimaldi.

Posted on September 12, 2016 by Trevor Mill

So, I’m having a small exhibition at the local café. All the paintings I put up are apparently too big for the space – health & safety with a little bit of politics thrown in, you get the picture? Anyway this means I have to come up with some smaller works. So I paint this local character, Des. He likes a joke, does Des, but he’s more than that. With this in mind I thrash at an old, knackered canvas board between 9 and 1, finding this in the morning, looking all colourful and that. Continue reading →

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Airplanes: inflight entertainment. Summer holiday sketchbooks 5.

Posted on August 24, 2016 by Trevor Mill

There’s a fair few of these drawings. A great way to while away the time in the air in between water and crackers. Don’t watch the Revenant on a plane next to a kid btw.   The size difference was … Continue reading →

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The airport waiting game. Holiday Sketchbooks 4.

Posted on August 18, 2016 by Trevor Mill

La Guardia. Ipads on the tables. Sharing a chair. A google based game. Indulgent Canadians helping my sons out.   Heads down. No boogie. We were talking about The Shining, hence the 70’s colouring of the airport. It was all … Continue reading →

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A black cat on Shelter Island. Summer holiday sketchbooks 2.

Posted on August 16, 2016 by Trevor Mill

This lovely black cat wasn’t allowed outside the house. For the reason that the wildlife is a bit more aggressive than in blighty. With animal works I can’t help thinking of Albrecht Dürer and his hare, the highpoint for of observational … Continue reading →

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