I love to draw reclining poses, I’m a bit of a glutton for punishment and I like the challenge of foreshortening. This one was challenging! I think I’m going to work on this with acrylic paints and really make a feature of the patterned throw. A Chance To Own One Of My Artworks I haveContinue reading “I Like A Challenge”
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Why Didn’t I Do This Before?
I don’t know why I haven’t done this before, carry on working on top of an existing life drawing. I must have thousands of them, and I never think of continuing to develop them once I’m out of life drawing group. So last week I did. It’s a bit rough and ready and I needContinue reading “Why Didn’t I Do This Before?”
A Thick Border
Here’s another 30 minute pose from last week’s life drawing session at Swansea Print Workshop. I’m working directly onto the paper (heavyweight vintage) with ink (home-made walnut husk) without mapping the drawing with a pencil first. The result isn’t as accurate but it’s pushing me out of my comfort zone, which is a good thing.Continue reading “A Thick Border”
Physicality And Personality
Here’s one of the 30 minute poses from the life drawing session at Swansea Print Workshop last night. It’s good to be back, even if the numbers are so restricted. I tried doing an online life drawing class once during lock down but I couldn’t get on with it at all. Our models are aContinue reading “Physicality And Personality”
The Pensive Pose
Here’s the last of my recent life drawings, a longer, 50 minutes, seated pose. I worked mostly with my home made walnut husk ink with conte crayons at the end to firm up some of the lines and highlights. I really like our model’s pensive pose. A Chance To Own One Of My Artworks IContinue reading “The Pensive Pose”
30 Minutes With Walnut Ink
Here’s a 30 minute pose from life drawing at Swansea Print Workshop earlier this week. I like the lying down poses, there’s often some challenging foreshortening, although not this evening. I managed to get the form down on the paper pretty quickly then I had time to just play with the ink – my homemadeContinue reading “30 Minutes With Walnut Ink”
Twenty And Ten
Here are a couple more life drawings from the other night, at Swansea Print Workshop, one for 20 minutes and one for 10. I’m using my home made walnut ink onto various heavyweight vintage papers, with a large round squirrel brush. I’ve used conte crayon right at the end to add a bit of fineContinue reading “Twenty And Ten”
I Like Dribbles
I had some vintage paper prepared with my home-made walnut ink knocking around in my folder the other night at life drawing so I used it for a portrait study of our model. I prepare the paper by wetting a very large piece of Fabriano 200gsm and stretching it onto a board. When it’s dryContinue reading “I Like Dribbles”
2 x 30 In Walnut Ink
Life drawing sessions restarted at Swansea Print Workshop this week, it was great to be back. I’ve been working with this elder male model for years, I really appreciate his professionalism. I did two 30-minute poses on the same piece of vintage paper with walnut ink, and put in some highlights at the end withContinue reading “2 x 30 In Walnut Ink”
Portal To The Otherworld
On our last day in North Wales, earlier in the week, Husb and I visited Pistyll Rheadr, a magnificent waterfall near Llanrheadr ym Mochnant in Powys. On the edge of the Berwyn Mountains, it’s the longest single drop waterfall in the UK and is also reputed to be one of the six portals to Annwn,Continue reading “Portal To The Otherworld”
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