John series

John #3 (Wine) - detail, Derwent XL Charcoal and Graphite, A3

John #1 (“The Ghoul”), Derwent XL Charcoal and Graphite, A3

John #3 (Wine), Derwent XL Charcoal and Graphite, A3 — John #1 (“The Ghoul”), Derwent XL Charcoal and Graphite, A3

A series of drawings of John in his element – including the first drawing I did with the Derwent XL blocks (#1 – ‘The Ghoul’). He called it ‘The Ghoul’ so the name stuck – but oddly that is my favourite of the four . These will hopefully lead to a proper portrait in future, maybe oils. Needs to be a proper sitting for that! And something that will make him sit for more than the 5-10 minutes each these were done in…