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Analysing…

I’m working with a new model at life drawing group, this is only the second session I’ve drawn her and I’m struggling to get a good likeness. I’m trying to analyse her features, but it’s not working out too well. She has exceptionally large eyes and I keep thinking my measurements are wrong. I’ll getContinue reading “Analysing…”

Sleepy Heat

The last of my life drawings from the other week when the heatwave was at it’s worst. The final pose for our model was a nice comfy lying-down one on some soft cushions. He had a bit of a doze, which is fine because he went above and beyond the call of duty by modellingContinue reading “Sleepy Heat”

Life Drawing: Blocky Outlines

I tried something different with this pose, using solid blocks of colour and very thick outlines, trying out a different style. I used black, sanguine and white conté crayons onto a heavily textured re-used paper prepared with a green acrylic ground.

Life Drawing: Mirrored Pose

At the life drawing session last night at Swansea Print Workshop, we had two mirrored poses of 15 minutes each. I enjoy these, it’s interesting to draw the same pose from a different angle. I used conté crayons in sanguine and black onto a smallish piece of vintage paper. What a difference a week makes.Continue reading “Life Drawing: Mirrored Pose”

Life Drawing: The Heatwave

It was very hot last Thursday at the life drawing session at Swansea Print Workshop, the hottest day of the year so far and a bit of a record breaker. We were careful not to overload our model, having some sitting poses so he could rest. I have cropped this quite a lot because itContinue reading “Life Drawing: The Heatwave”

Life Drawing: Slightly Built

Our model at life drawing session last week is very slight and I sometimes find it difficult with slightly built people to get their proportions right. I’m quite buxom myself, so it’s a challenge to draw someone much thinner, I keep expecting to see fat where there isn’t any. The drawing is in black, sanguineContinue reading “Life Drawing: Slightly Built”

Life Drawing: A Portrait Sketch

Went to the life drawing session at Swansea Print Workshop earlier in the week and I think for the first time ever, there was no need to switch on a heater because of the insane heatwave. In fact, our model had an electric fan to keep cool. I did a portrait sketch with black andContinue reading “Life Drawing: A Portrait Sketch”

More Stopover Sketching…

Here’s another scribble I did during my hour and a half stopover in Manchester Piccadilly train station on the way back from visiting in the Lake District the other week. This chap was totally engrossed in his phone. I was drawing from a mezzanine about the main station concourse.

Stopover Sketching

I was visiting in the Lake District the other week and travelled by train. I had an hour and a half stopover in Manchester on the way back so I had a picnic and a scribble in my sketchbook. The lad on the right had an interesting hairdo; like a pudding basin cut with flick-upsContinue reading “Stopover Sketching”