Here’s the final pose I drew at life drawing last week, it’s the full one-hour after the break. I tried very hard to keep the figure within the edges of the paper, I often go over the edge but I was disciplined with this one. I used sanguine conte crayon onto vintage paper. A ChanceContinue reading “Keeping Inside The Edges”
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Cutting My Losses
Sometimes things just don’t work and you have to decide whether to carry on struggling or cut your losses and pack it in. That’s where I am with this copy of Claude Monet’s “Landscape on the Ile Saint Martin (1881) that I started with Ed Sumner’s Cheese and Wine Painting Club on Facebook last week.Continue reading “Cutting My Losses”
The Hands!!!
This is the 30 minute pose from last week’s life drawing at Swansea Print Workshop. Because of Covid19 restrictions, we have designated spaces in the drawing studio so we stick to one spot, no moving around to get different vantage points. I was stationed to one side of our model but I didn’t mind thoughContinue reading “The Hands!!!”
Little Vistas
Husb and I went for a coffee and scribble to the cafe above Waterstones bookshop in Swansea today. It’s a gorgeous place, it used to be the old Carlton cinema and Waterstones renovated it very sensitively. There are a lot of interior classical features – pillars, friezes, floor to ceiling windows – which frame littleContinue reading “Little Vistas”
Head And Hand
After the quick poses at the weekly life drawing sessions at Swansea Print Workshop, we move to longer poses of around 25/30 minutes. This was a great one, with brilliant foreshortening – yes, I’m a glutton for punishment. We had 25 minutes so I thought I’d concentrate on our model’s hand and face. I findContinue reading “Head And Hand”
Some Quickies
Just back from life drawing at Swansea Print Workshop this evening, great session. I really like to work with this older model, so interesting to draw and very experienced. These are the quick poses, two @ 5 minutes and one @ 10 minutes. I used black and sanguine conte crayons onto vintage paper. A ChanceContinue reading “Some Quickies”
Faking A Vincent
Finally finished faking Friday’s masterpiece, Sunset at Wheat Field by Vincent van Gogh, painted in 1888. I started it with Ed Sumner’s Cheese and Wine Painting Club on Facebook. Ed’s been running these sessions since lockdown started in March last year, to help people find a focus in these weird times. I’ve now completed overContinue reading “Faking A Vincent”
This Was Awkward…
This was an awkward pose to do, lots of twists and turns, like the left arm and hand twisting around to settle awkwardly on top of the right hand. and the twist of the left leg and foot away from the right. Just those little adjustments in stance can make for a whole lot ofContinue reading “This Was Awkward…”
The Beautiful Quilt
Here’s the one-hour final pose at Thursday’s life drawing at Swansea Print Workshop. I broke out the Daler Rowney Artist’s soft pastels and worked onto a heavy vintage paper. I had enough time to work up some of the details, especially in the model’s own beautiful quilt. A Chance To Own One Of My ArtworksContinue reading “The Beautiful Quilt”
Simple Pleasures
This. This is what I’ve been waiting to do since lockdown started in March 2020. Just sit and drink a cup of coffee in the cafe in Waterstones bookshop and sketch. That’s all. No fancy holidays or anything like that. Just sit in my favourite cafe. Simple pleasures. A Chance To Own One Of MyContinue reading “Simple Pleasures”
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