Sketching
Life Drawing, 8th May

Life Drawing, 8th May

Bren modelled at life drawing on Tuesday. I enjoyed the variety of poses, and even drew part of the room using the mirror in the final drawing.

Life Drawing, 1st May

Life Drawing, 1st May

Mireille modelled at life drawing last night, holding some great twisting and leaning poses. I also enjoyed drawing her hair!

Sketchy Trees

Sketchy Trees

The first two drawings, in charcoal, are from a workshop on an artists' retreat back in February. It was (just) warm enough to sit outside, though I remember my hands freezing. Both charcoal sketches were drawn half looking at the paper, half looking only at the...

Gesture Drawings

Gesture Drawings

I've not made it along to life drawing for a few weeks so I thought I'd better get back into practice with some gestures! I drew these from images at Line of Action, using the 30 and 60 second timers.

Giraffe

Giraffe

This is a little ink illustration I drew for a friend's birthday card. I coloured it in Photoshop, but I think I prefer it in black and white.

Life Drawing, 20th February

Life Drawing, 20th February

It's taken me a couple of weeks to put these online! A lovely session with Ana modelling. This time I felt a bit more comfortable using conte pastel to draw.

Study Squares #5

Study Squares #5

The snow is beginning to melt, leaving icy pools of water and slush. As I struggled through it on a walk this afternoon I thought it would be a good subject for today's study.

Study Squares #4

Study Squares #4

Here are some quick pen studies of the views from the train today – mist in front of trees, stubble in the snow, hedges, ploughed fields, footprints, snow melting.