Mike (detail), Portraits At The Pub, Brush and ink, A3 Daler Rowney Watercolour Paper.

Portraits At The Pub 42: Mike

Back again at the Portraits at the Pub at the Lamb, and this time we have a country theme – sorta. Yee-ha! Mostly ink pieces this time, with a paint-stick portrait for old times sake, it was great to see the old gang who had been away the last session – it had been six months since I’d seen them. Plan to come more often in future…the sitter must’ve been a sinister left-paw because he’s facing left n 3/4 of the poses! Nice to do a paint stick piece, I had forgotten how much fun they were, and had solved the goopy paint-stick problem that bugged my last paint stick piece.

Mike, Portraits At The Pub 42, Paint sticks and sgraffito, A3 Daler Rowney Watercolour Paper
Mike, Portraits At The Pub 42, Paint sticks and sgraffito, A3 Daler Rowney Watercolour Paper

The first piece was the ink piece below, just a quick 20 minute piece, The other pen piece was only 10 minutes – I work fast! Oddly I prefer it.

I also did this ink brush piece when the model put a cowboy hat on – it fit him, and we got a real Wild West Sheriff feel. So I did a brush and ink piece – I think again using the Artway synthetic mop brushes which still get used from time to time. Love them, and they really work well for a Japanese/Chinese style ink brush piece.

Mike, Portraits At The Pub, Brush and ink, A3 Daler Rowney Watercolour Paper.
Mike, Portraits At The Pub, Brush and ink, A3 Daler Rowney Watercolour Paper.

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