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“Back to Life”
The title of this post comes with a multiple message… the first refering to my recent return to life drawing /painting and a chance to share some of my latest nudes! Drawing from a live model is one of those disciplines that I have come back to over and over since art school as the…
Helen and Michael – vintage car portrait in gouache and oil pastel
Helen and Michael – vintage car portrait in gouache and oil pastel Sitting in the recently restored Riley vintage car after it’s very first outing (if not under it’s own steam quite yet!) Sketched in oil pastel and coloured with gouache… An unusual pairing of media, but I like to experiment. * Update 24th October…
The Whole Rainbow
In an attempt to stay warm this winter, in an inadequately insulated Edwardian house, I have been layering up undergarments, clothes and scarves – to a colourful extreme. I could easily be wearing the full rainbow in separate, single-colour items at this time of year. Contrasting colour combinations take the tedium out of getting dressed…
Downton Portraits – Lady Edith and Lady Sybil
Another double dose of Downton Portraits! I haven’t been feeling well for the last couple of days and painting felt like too much of an effort… but I couldn’t actually keep away from my drawing board and I found that, although I didn’t have patience for paint, I did still want to draw. My short…
Daily Faces for January
Daily Faces After a month of sticking to my commitment to post a painting every day for the whole of Advent and creating a collection of paintings of animals and birds that I loved working on, I set myself another task… In lieu of New Year’s Resolutions I decided that I would choose something that…
Portrait in Progress
Portrait in Progress Today was one of those days when everything less important than painting seemed to take over… I did mean to make my Daily Face a quick sketch, but somehow was lured by the paints. This one’s from a photo of my friend Nem, who lives in Austria, taken the last time she…