Thursday, 21 August 2014

Isle of Wight: part five

Last update for this one:


Sketch of the St. Catherine's Oratory (a medieval lighthouse). 6"x4" acrylic.


Wednesday, 20 August 2014

Isle of Wight: part four

Still need to add more texture on this one and balance the colours but the paper is now all covered.


Tuesday, 19 August 2014

Isle of Wight: part three

Work in progress. Acrylic on A3 watercolour paper.


Saturday, 16 August 2014

Isle of Wight: part two

Tree on Tennyson Down, near The Needles. Hard pastel, about A2.


Friday, 15 August 2014

Isle of Wight: part one

Painting on the Isle of Wight (though from photos taken earlier in the day rather than plein air). First a gun carriage from the old battery at the Needles. A2 water colour and oil pastel.


Then some acrylics, 6"x4". The Needles for the first two and the last is Alum Bay.




Friday, 25 July 2014

Good Friday

Managed to fit an extra session in. First some short poses. They were supposed to be 10 minutes each but the middle one (back view) stopped after 5 minutes which was an interesting experiment. Charcoal and charcoal pencil on A2.



30 minutes same materials


One hour, pencil on A2.


Saturday, 19 July 2014

Calm before the storm

Posting from my phone. All drawings A2 charcoal and charcoal pencil. First three 10 minutes drawings.




Long pose was about 90 minutes.