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Stephanie R

I'm finding it hard at the moment to get the time to paint but I'm determined to take advantage of any opportunities that come my way.  I'm not...

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Felicia In Coloured Pencil

Before I start talking art, a bit of news.  I retired on Tuesday.  Eighteen months without a contract and the likelihood of my father's will being...

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Bailey

After a few days off dealing with all sorts of other stuff in my life, I'm back to work again.  Today it's some figure drawing in coloured pencils...

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Felicia In Inktense Pencil

It's raining again and three successive days of drawing with coloured pencils would see my standards really drop, so I'm back to inktense pencils....

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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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David Bowie

In the mood for a coloured pencil drawing today, so looked at the CD collection and decided to go for Bowie.  The CD collection is pretty good...

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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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Neil Young In Coloured Pencil

I've had a couple of days off doing a bit of retirement planning but am back on the painting again now.  After discovering how my figure drawing...

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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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David Gilmour

Back on the coloured pencils and I thought I'd try doing a portrait of David Gilmour. I tried something different today: as well as using a grid,...

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Paul Shane

I've had my eye in the late Paul Shane for a while.  In particular the Paul Shane who turned up on Pebble Mill that time to sing You've Lost That...

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