Category: Pastel
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Portraits at the Pub 5: Aniela
Back to Portraits at the Pub at The Lamb for a festive Christmas portrait with a great model with a red and green checked Harlequin suit and a cracker in her hair! The black and white pastel came out very heroic, like Rosie the Welder and she kept that smile for 30 minutes, which is…
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5PM Challenge Highlights day 9-24
It’s been a busy few weeks for the 5PM Challenge, which if you’ve not seen my Instagram or my previous post is a self-set challenge where I draw or paint (the rules of the Challenge formerly known as the 5PM Drawing Challenge are intentionally loose) every 5PM for at least 5 minutes – but as…
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Life Drawing #46 – Hugh
Otherwise called ‘I can draw if I want to, I can leave my painting behind, cos if I don’t draw, my paintings won’t draw, and they’re no work of mine’. Yes I can draw, it depends on my mood and subject, and whether I am on a ‘back to basics’ kick or not. I think…
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Life Drawing #38 – Boyko
Sometimes a session is made by a great model – usually someone who is a professional. Boyko was one of these, both older, bearded and male – all of which tends to be rare in these sessions sadly. Not sure what the rope/string was about (he’s a bit young to be a goatherd with his…
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Life Drawing #27 – Hugh
Some life drawing sessions can be slim pickings, and even more frustrating if they are one of the rare male models because I feel I have to make the most of it – as there is something like a 80:20 ratio female/male in life models at the session. Tonight it was Hugh, who I have…
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