Figures

Felicia

It's still raining here and more's due tomorrow.  I know I'm overdue a watercolour but I can't be going outside in this weather, so I'm stuck...

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Thea’s Back

More angular figure drawing and today's model was Thea. You know the drill by now.  Put down the drawing with lots of straight lines, put on lots...

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Niecy

It's been a while but the weather today was just right for oil pastels.  No rain, warm enough to paint outside, not so hot that the pastels melt....

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Sam

It's raining outside, which is a big frustration because I have a great idea for my next watercolour.  Instead I'm stuck indoors and thought I'd...

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Miriam

Only half the day available today for painting so I reached for the coloured pencils.  It's a modelling debut today for Miriam.  Please make her...

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JenH In Coloured Pencil

It was still raining today, so no watercolours.  Instead, I went for the experiment at the top of my list.  I know that angular figure drawing of...

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Cammie

The weather wasn't looking good today so I stayed indoors.  After a run of straight edged figure drawing s with the coloured pencils, I'm back to...

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JenH

I headed out to my local Hobbycraft yesterday to do some shopping.  I bought replacements for seven or eight colours that seem to be shrinking down...

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KathyB

It's an indoor job today while I wait for the rain to arrive.  I thought I'd have another go at a figure drawing with the coloured pencils, again...

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CharlieK’s Back

I won't be going outside to paint during this latest heatwave, so I'm back on the coloured pencils and doing some figure drawing: my first go with...

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Candle

Back on the inktense pencils today.  Got to keep all those plates spinning.  Today's model is Candle, making her debut on theses pages.  Colours...

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Sarah Ann, Pensive

It's just too hot outside to paint this week, so I'll be having a run on the inktense pencils.  Today I picked a pose by Sarah Ann, someone I've...

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Adrina In Inktense Pencil

After that last painting, I wanted to have another go at painting Adrina in this pose, so it was back to the inktense pencils.  It's quite good...

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Adrina In Watercolour

My plan today was to play things fast and loose by putting down a random colourful underpainting and then to convert it to something else with some...

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Charlie K

Wasn't feeling up to a landscape today so I reached for the inktense pencils for a bit of figure drawing.  Today's model is Charlie K, making her...

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Wake Up Kevin!

The second series of Drawers Off started on Channel & this week.  I didn’t watch much of the first series: requiring the artists to all take...

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EvaE Again

A day off today.  Or a day off from watercolour anyway.  There's something about using inktense pencils that makes painting less tiring than using...

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Jenni With Her Foot On A Box

This is Jenni's fourth appearance as a model on this blog.  She does some great power poses but I've not yet managed to do her justice.  Let's see...

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Daniella

I would have been back on the watercolour today but there were various things breaking up my day and watercolour requires a bit of focus so I...

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Raven S

I was in the mood for drawing today and if I've learned anything over the last couple of months, being in (or not in) the mood makes a big...

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