Portraits at the Pub: 43

I have been very lax in posting my portrait sessions now I have resumed them – and of course, as is traditional I have forgotten the names of the models (and Jon doesn’t go anymore so I can’t ask him!) This is from the last but one session, over a month ago – time goes so fast! As always it seems that the quicker pieces are best, everyone else wants 20+ minute poses but I’m likely to screw those up.

I tried a watercolour piece for the first time in ages – difficult to get a good colour fidelity when they have these disco lights in the pub that are always changing colour! I had to sort of guess…not bad for a guess. The first piece was below, I like the feel but it’s more like a cartoon. The contemplative ink piece above is good, has a good mood, not sure about the proportions, also not a totally great likeness!

Portraits At The Pub 43, Fountain Pen and Watercolour, A4 Fabriano Watercolour Sketchbook.

Portraits At The Pub 43, Fountain Pen and wash, A4 Daler Graduate Mixed Media pad — Portraits At The Pub 43, Fountain Pen and Watercolour, A4 Fabriano Watercolour Sketchbook.

My fave was the quickest, 10 minutes at the end so I did a quick Lyra crayon piece with wash, it weirdly feels like the most accurate drawing and has a real vibe.