Some summer afternoons you idle away in pleasantly pottering in the garden doing minor tasks and routine chores: washing dogs, … More
Category: portraits
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
A preliminary sketch going DoE
So, today, starting the process for a painting, with some charcoal studies. This one resisted my attempts at likeness to the original … More
Stobe snap
I was taking sensible photos of friends performing improv onstage last night, when the lighting tech decided to use a … More
Movember mask
Mask using Instamorph painted in acrylics, and made over this clay sculpt. Now mostly finished bar some necessary sinister moustache twirling and eyebrow trimming. … More
The Wishing Tree opening night
Improvisors are the loveliest people to photograph – they tend to have desperate twisty faces, which get pushed to extremes, … More
Life drawing with added life
Modelling for a life class is tough and often uncomfortable; models work hard for not much money. The model today was … More
Working up a mask from life
I spent last weekend in a portrait class that focused on understanding how faces twist to express emotions. On Sunday we worked … More
Going dotty
Ink dots – stippling if you want to use the correct term – are one of my favourite ways of … More
Opening night show photos – The Young and the Witless
A Little Art 