Category: Diary

Portrait Class Castlefield, no model on Tuesday so Chris stepped in and posed for us.

Started to discipline myself and paint a portrait in three and a half hours.  I’m more focused and efficient painting this way.  The biggest problem is putting the brush down when the time is up.  Wipe your mouth and move on. Liberating.

Sophie, Jadore Models. Painted this portrait of Sophie last Thursday, really need to start updating my work more.

Sophie Jadore Models>>>

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Tuesday Portrait Class at Phoenix House.  People were early and the class was full so there wasn’t enough room on the easels.   I had to sit on a Donkey, an Art Donkey.   Didn’t know what the result was going to be like as I’m used to standing up and stepping back from the easel to check proportions.   I enjoyed the angle of looking up at the model.

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Used a sealed canvas so paint was skidding all over the place,  it gave the portrait a more painterly feel.

 

Figure drawing manchester. Monday night drop in class, charcoal and conte 90 mins.  There’s never enough time.

 

Portrait Class Manchester, held in Phoenix house.  2 hour charcoal drawing of this old man, sadly forgot his name.

More charcoal portraits >>>

3.5 hour study of David, a student on my 6 week course.

Oil painting tutorial of Bilal

Used stand oil for this portrait which is like painting with treacle.

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Set myself a time limit of 3 hours from start to finish.  Its suprising how the brain adapts.  If I allowed myself all day I would have just taken more time about everything.