She was right in front of me but my confidence soared. Sometimes you take big risks when you are addicted to sketching, I had to take one this time I took the bull by the horn while listening to music.
On my way back from work yesterday night I had to stand up, With my sketch pad in hand I made one sketch of a woman standing then when I had the opportunity to sit down I sketched this lad in front of me. He has some interesting features and I enjoyed the feel of the conte I used as I normally use biros this was a change for me. I showed him on his way out at Abbbey Wood, he looked a bit stunned!
I have a got a friend(Chrissey) at work, she always loves my pictures, she brought up this picture of a little boy she said was her grandson.
I loved the play opf light on his features and I made a 2 hour sketch of the picture she provided.
This seemed to be one the first times that I didn't need to scale the picture but I just went direct with intuitive measurements and it came out quite ok.
I got into painting a summer scene of Tottenham Court Road area this month, it seemed to be one of my first watercolours this year and I really enjoyed the outcome.
I love figures in the street, clusters of people although this one wasn't that crowded it still gave me that thrill to experiment with.
I took pictures. loads of pictures and I had a hard time looking through to find which one really...
I have always struggled with self- portraits and this one was no exception - I often always get the top of my head wrong or some line or the other.
This time I had it in mind to do three heads in one piece. I have been inspired by Robert Liberace and and Alex Powers, when it came to taking this work on. I kept on loooking for the right technique or composition plan to tie the three heads toghether...
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