Just another Thursday sketch

This week, the wrong side. The friendly portrait group I draw with for a couple of hours most weeks is often nearly … More

Fluffy wolf charcoal technique revisted

I said I’d try some more with the recently learnt slow-wolf approach to using built-up layers of black and white … More

The thing with making art is that you get used to using favourite tools in a certain way. It’s good … More

A3 brown paper, opaque white gel pen as well as coloured fine tip markers, 2 1/2 hours. Next week, … More

This morning was well spent, looking and drawing and looking and trying and failing and nearly succeeding just a bit to … More

Where stippling = making an image with tiny dots of ink, recklessly applied to paper for fun. I spent today life … More

It was a strange experience and I felt like a time traveller, actually drawing on paper to make a poster. The Empire Strikes … More

People have been drawing with charcoal as long as people have been people. It is strangely soothing to look and … More

15 mins warm up, A3. Trying to keep the drawing loose . . .

Life drawing, 15 minutes, black and watered ink applied with a brush on watercolour paper, A3