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Life Drawing, March and April

Life Drawing, March and April

Here's another roundup blog post with life drawing from March and April. There was a nice mix of long and short poses, and I tried mixing up my media a little as well.

Life Drawing Catch Up

Life Drawing Catch Up

It's been a while since I posted, so here's a life drawing catch up! These are from December, January, and last week. Like the last life drawing sketches I posted these were drawn at The Haining as part of the Scottish Borders Life Drawing Club. I'm still feeling...

All In Gesture – Link

All In Gesture – Link

Last month All In Gesture held a Link-themed class. I finally got around to some Link gesture drawing after seeing the new photos from the new Legend of Zelda movie! I played my first Zelda game during 2020, which allowed me to explore Hyrule while having to stay...

Life Drawing, 6th November

Life Drawing, 6th November

The Scottish Borders Life Drawing Club is back at the Haining after five years! It'll now be there every other week. Beca modelled some lovely poses. It was good to be back in the (much warmer!) Haining, and I'm looking forward to taking part more regularly again.

Equine Life Drawing in the Borders

Equine Life Drawing in the Borders

I recently became aware of EquiArty which runs Equine Life Drawing sessions in the Scottish Borders. Last weekend I went along and had a wonderful (and challenging) time sketching Bethany's beautiful Arab horses!

Morna Mouse

Morna Mouse

Lately I've taken my mouse sketches and created new character drawings of Morna Mouse. I'm still trying to work out how sketchy the final drawings should be. The looseness of the roughs is something I really like, but I find that adding colour can take away from them...

NarniaWeb’s We Love Narnia Event

NarniaWeb’s We Love Narnia Event

If you follow me on Twitter (X) or Instagram you may have already seen some of these drawings. For NarniaWeb's We Love Narnia event the site encouraged fans of Narnia to share posts, drawings, and photos across social media. I decided to create illustrations based on...

All In Gesture – Inigo Montaya

All In Gesture – Inigo Montaya

These Inigo Montaya gesture drawings from a The Princess Bride-inspired All In Gesture class were challenging, but perhaps not in the way you expect. I found Inigo's hair to be the most difficult thing to draw ... I felt I captured this character more closely than...

All In Gesture – Miss Hannigan

All In Gesture – Miss Hannigan

This Miss Hannigan gesture drawing class was a whole lot of fun. It's from back in the All In Gesture archive. I don't think I quite captured Carol Burnett from the 1982 Annie movie, but it was a good challenge. It's 'only' been two months since I posted my Moana...