Drawing from life

I’ve started spending a couple of hours in a life drawing group once a week; working from a photograph just isn’t … More

Worrying about the year ahead . . .

Am I really disciplined enough to post a piece of m’art here where anyone can see, once a day, every … More

So, today, starting the process for a painting, with some charcoal studies. This one resisted my attempts at likeness to the original … More

Modelling for a life class is tough and often uncomfortable; models work hard for not much money. The model today was … More

I recently spent a day in a tattoo design class. The sketches on the left are some initial playing with … More

I’m spending a whole week drawing, with 5 days of figure-focused classes. Day 1 was proper old school instruction on what … More

Ink dots – stippling if you want to use the correct term – are one of my favourite ways of … More

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qZ8EnJoJMY Still working out how to do this! The end result (and thanks as always to m’lovely friends who let … More

More inky scribbles, and more trying to figure out how wrinkles work.

Pen and ink, with a dip pen … I always forget how much I enjoy using the stuff, and then … More