Tag: Cloud

  • Portraits At The Pub 31: Petra

    Portraits At The Pub 31: Petra

    Another fortnight, another Portraits At The Pub session. This one was a little strange, I couldn’t get into it (it reminded me of some of the life drawing sessions where I was unhappy with what I was doing and started to experiment) hence the various media I used during this one. And indeed drawing the…

  • Queen’s Promenade Dance at Sunset

    Queen’s Promenade Dance at Sunset

    Last time we visited the Queen’s Promenade it was night time – this time we have Prom dance in the daylight, mostly at sunset with new materials and new techniques such as the tempera paint sticks and the Inktense paints. Working at sunset speed is the order of the day – and unlike slow old-fashioned…

  • Skyscapes

    Skyscapes

    When I was an art student in the 90’s you’d expect me to have been into Hirts and all that, but I actually was just as much into Monet’s Haystacks and the skyscapes and oil sketches of John Constable. The latter, especially his Cloud Studies and Skyscapes left a very big mark on my psyche…

  • Life Drawing #47 – Izi

    Life Drawing #47 – Izi

    I don’t remember much about this session apart from my excitement in trying a new medium: Stabilo Woody pencils. They are apparently ‘multi-talented’ and so am I! 😛 Intended for kids, they actually are a lot of fun as they are like large ‘unbreakable’ pencils so good for a large clumsy child like myself. They…