Not pretty

Crosshatched ink sketches of a tapeworm and a dog-scorpion

Waspish

Crosshatched ink sketch of a wasp lady trapped on a vine

I’ve been metaphorically and illustratively diving into ink this week, playing with ways to energise background textures. I liked this … More

I stipple, I scumble, but one thing I don’t do, I’ve never done with ink … cross hatching. I love … More

The portrait group I sometimes draw with didn’t have a model this week, so we all took turns posing for … More

The silver-lining that was discovering online art classes last year continues – currently a weekly Anatomy Art Studio with UK-based … More

One nice thing this sometimes stinkypoo year has been the chance to take online classes with people who like the … More

From a weekly 2 hour group portrait group session, ink on A3 toned paper

I foolishly/recklessly signed up to a ‘one week challenge’ for digital portrait painting, via @paintable.cc . I call this finished … More

More digital painting on the Surface Pro, working from a live model over 2 hours or so, and using Autodesk … More