Figures

The Return Of Thea

It's been sixteen days since my last bit of artwork.  Sorry about that.  I've been playing some correspondence chess, watching the T20 cricket and...

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Katya

Ok, it's been a while but I'm back painting again today.  I suspect that it's going to be too cold to paint outside until the Spring, so there...

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Thea

Still pouring with rain outside: I think I might be done with watercolour and oil pastel until the new year.  So it's more figure drawing today and...

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JenB, Taking A Breather

Not feeling inspired enough to dig out the watercolours or oil pastels today, so I've been doing some figure drawing with the inktense pencils....

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Ann And Rebecca On The Shiraz

With England poised to score an innings victory over India at Headingley, it was never going to be anything but the inktense pencils today.  I'm...

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Aubrey, Getting A Tan

The second and final inktense painting of the day is a third appearance for Aubrey.  My plan with this one was to use a lot less colour and have a...

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Mika M

Got to keep those plates spinning.  Today I was painting with the inktense pencils.  This is a new model for me, Mika M. For colours, I started...

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JenB, Sitting

It's absolutely roasting outside.  I promise never again to claim it's too cold outside to paint.  But this weather!  Too hot, too sweaty and too...

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Gabrielle

More inktense figure drawing as promised.  This is a new model for me: Gabrielle. For colours today, I used bark, baked earth, leaf green,...

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Kristina Marie

It's been raining for a few days and there's a lot of wind predicted for tomorrow morning, so the gazebo's down and I'm not painting in the garden....

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Jazmine

I've not done my artwork lately.  Too busy with a correspondence chess tournament - these things tend to take over your life.  But with one game...

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Margaret

Inktense pencils are just too much fun to draw with, so here's another.  It's a debut for Margaret.  I've cropped her so I get no hands or feet. ...

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Kevin At The Interview

It's too hot outside today: watercolour paint will dry far too quickly.  So I'm indoors with the inktense pencils. It's back to one of my...

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Michael, Kneeling

There really needs to be a Sky Naked Figure Drawing Of The Year program.  I'm sure I could make a decent crack of it.  Inktense pencils are the...

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Mandy

I've had a few days off and I really should get back to making the most of this break between jobs and doing some painting.  Today I planned five...

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Kevin, Annoyed

So after the disaster that was Brie In A Chair, I did another drawing straight away.  It's back to another old favourite, Kevin, who I've painted...

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Brie On A Chair

I'm taking a break from the watercolour for a day or two, so I've moved back to figure drawing with the inktense pencils today. First up is one of...

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Cathy Jean

Back to the inktense pencils and figure drawing. All these different artistic styles and media are like spinning plates and if I don't keep...

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Becca And Daniel

Too much swatching, time for some artwork.  I wasn't feeling up to going the full watercolour today so decided to do my first bit of inktense...

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Gestural Heather

Another go at an expressive, gestural bit of figure drawing.  I picked a pose by Heather for this one, wanting something simpler and quite liking...

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