Here’s a 5 minute pastel warm-up sketch and today’s painting from life group. It was a good morning, about 10 of us drawing and painting, all with very different styles. We do three five minute warm ups then settle down for a pose lasting until the end of the session (it’s 3 and a half [...]

Here’s my life painting from this morning. Again, oil, again about A4 in size. The face isn’t quite finished. I struggled somewhat with that - the balance of too much detail, too little detail. It’s loose though, how I like it, so I’m pleased on that account.

Here’s my latest life painting and work in progress images. As previous ones, it’s from the life group I attend and probably took around two and half hours to complete. It’s around A4 in size, in oils. Unfortunately the work in progress images aren’t great, plus the flash is reflecting on most of them, sorry [...]

Here is the latest life painting in oils. Again, it’s a relatively quick study from the life drawing group. It must have taken about 2 hours all told, maybe 2 and a half. I am posting some work in progress shots too. I started with a mid-tone ground, a mix of white & raw umber [...]

Here’s my painting from Saturday, produced in oils in about 2 and a half hours. I struggled badly with this but I think it came right in the end. I can see some areas that need redefining, but ultimately I like it. It’s 14 x 10 inches on oil paper.

I do a lot of life drawing…every other Saturday for three & a half hours…for the past nine years. I daren’t do the maths. So, it stands to reason I’ll have a lot of paintings & drawings from the sessions.
Here’s a recent selection of my 5-minute sketches. I tend to use pastel for the warm-up [...]