Here is the first batch of my sketches done at the PensNBrushes life drawing session a few weeks ago. Each pose was about 2 minutes and I used some Sailor ink. The model took some pretty dynamic (and difficult) poses!
Sun-18-Jan-2026
I convinced my wife to come with me to Art Caravan in BGC for this figure sketching session. The model was Mia Aquino – she was a good model and it was a nice session. We even got some freebies from Art Caravan (pencils and a sketch pad).
I used an Ulson pencil (5B), given by Art Caravan as a freebie (along with a sketch-pad), for the second sketch. She looks a bit too skeletal I think!
On the third sketch I tried out one of my Sakura Glaze gel pens. I like the way I get very luminous lines.
For the last sketch I went back to my comfort zone – using watercolour pencils, watercolour and a little ink.
Sun-7-Dec-2025
At the end of November I joined a different life drawing group in Cubao. Each of the first two poses was 30 minutes then we had 45 minutes for each of the last two. I had to leave a bit early to get home for a video call with my mum on her birthday, so the last one was a bit rushed. I think the third drawing was the most successful…even if her head does seem a bit too small!
Sun-23-Nov-2025
Here are the sketches I did at the Silaw Artists Collective life drawing session earlier in November. I arrived a bit late for the first post but otherwise the model held the poses for about 15-25 minutes each. The first was the most rushed, but it’s the one I ended up being most satisfied with!
Thu-6-Nov-2025
Here is the last batch of sketches I did at the #PensNBrushes life drawing session on 3 May, of the two models together. Both of these took about 15 minutes. As before I used water soluble ink in an old #Rotring pen and added watercolour washes.
Sat-3-May-2025
Here are some more of the sketches I did at the @PensNBrushesArt life drawing session on 3 May. These are the ones of the male model. I found it difficult to draw him because he wasn’t great at staying still and because of the added accessories (hat, fishing net and water gourds), which I find a bit distracting. Even so the last sketch in this batch (done in 20 minutes) was the one I was most satisfied with over the whole session.
Sat-3-May-2025
Here are some of the sketches I did at the #PensNBrushes life drawing session on 3 May. As usual we started with quick poses of 2 minutes and then had a few of 5 and 10 minutes each. These are the ones of the female model. Unfortunately I didn’t bring my watercolour pencils to this session, so instead I used my ancient #Rotring ArtPen with water soluble ink, then added some watercolour washes. As is often the case I was most satisfied with the sketches that I took the least time on!
Sat-3-May-2025
Here are the sketches I did at the @KyusiSundaySketchers #LifeDrawing session. The pace of drawing was a bit more relaxed that in other life drawing sessions I have attended – we had 10 and 15 minutes for each pose. I used my #Derwent #WatercolourPencils for the line-work and then added some watercolour washes.
We also had a challenge to do a non-dominant hand sketch and mine (the third one in this post) was one of the two that was picked out by the models – so I get a 50% discount on the next session!
Sun-27-Apr-2025
Here are the last two sketches I did at the #PensNBrushes life drawing session on 15 March. I think we had about 15-20 minutes for each of these poses and as before I started with #Derwent #WatercolourPencils, then added some watercolour washes and a bit of ink.
Sat-15-Mar-2025