Tag: Sketchpad

  • Portraits At The Pub 39: Katie

    Portraits At The Pub 39: Katie

    Katie was the model at Portraits At The Pub nearly two weeks ago – lack of sunshine and missing the brief window when it wasn’t raining meant I kept not being able to post these portraits because I needed a photo of the A3 piece. Eventually I did this after last week’s Canela, so I’m…

  • 5PM Challenge 88-106

    5PM Challenge 88-106

    This highlights roundup has been much delayed, although I have been busy drawing with new pens, new ink and new pads. I’ve been continuing to use the FPR Himalaya v2 Ultraflex for months and loved it, but found it does railroad quite a lot with R&K Sketchink especially when flexing, and my unique FPR ink…

  • Online Life Drawing #3

    Online Life Drawing #3

    I’d forgotten to post this set, there were some really dynamic poses chosen again by Kate and I loved drawing almost all of them. ‘Leap’ shows you exactly what you can’t do in a traditional life drawing class, freeze a moment in time like that as with a photograph. This works to the strengths of…

  • 5PM Challenge 53-69

    5PM Challenge 53-69

    I’ve not posted an update of the 5PM Challenge since January (all of them get posted on Instagram) – when the world was very different. Firstly there was a lot of abstracts – especially in ink and inktense blocks – a lot of abstract landscapes, I tend to do that a lot – start as…

  • Life Drawing #67 – Annabel

    Life Drawing #67 – Annabel

    Recently someone said about my last portrait session ‘did you do all these?’. I can see why, my styles and media jumps around somewhat. I mean take the jump between these works – you have a gentle dip pen piece featured above with accidental watercolour background toning – I did a wash and realised the…

  • Portraits At The Pub 10: Rick

    Portraits At The Pub 10: Rick

    Ink work in the portrait and life drawing sessions has recently worked the best out of any media – and this session is no different. Rick arrived in his welding gear and after an initial sketch with Stabilo All pencil (making him look rather like John Major!) I tried out the new Pitt pens and…