Here are the last two sketches I did at the @PensNBrushesArt life drawing session on Friday 19th April. The two models put on some headgear (kind of crowns made from sticks and dried plants) and did some 20 minute couples poses. These were done using a mixture of #Derwent water soluble graphite sketching pencils and watercolour pencils, watercolour and ink. The last one is the sketch I was most satisfied with from the whole session.
Fri-19-Apr-2024
More life drawing from the @PensNBrushesArt life drawing session on Friday 19th April. These are all 20 minute poses done using a mixture of #Derwent water soluble graphite sketching pencils and watercolour pencils, watercolour and ink.
Fri-19-Apr-2024
More life drawing from the @PensNBrushesArt life drawing session on Friday 19th April. These poses varied from 2 to 5 minutes each and were done using a mixture of #Derwent graphite sketching pencils and ink.
Fri-19-Apr-2024
Here are some more sketches I did at the @PensNBrushesArt life drawing session on Friday 19th April. These poses were 2 minutes each and were done using #Derwent sketching pencils. I didn’t catch the name of the model, but think I may have drawn her before.
Fri-19-Apr-2024
Here is the first batch of sketches I did at the @PensNBrushesArt life drawing session on Friday 19th April. These poses varied from 2 to 5 minutes each and were done using a mixture of #Derwent sketching pencils and ink. Unfortunately I didn’t catch the name of the model.
Fri-19-Apr-2024
Here is another sketch from my archive of Cambodia #UbrbanSketches. I drank a fair bit of Sra Beer Angkor – a locally made beer – when I lived there. Although I learnt to speak Khmer fairly well, I couldn’t read or write very well – though I did learn how to write Sra Beer Angkor – that’s what is written on the red sign in this sketch.
Sun-16-Jul-1995
I joined a workshop last week and after it was all done and dusted and we were clearing up, there were lots of pencils and pads of paper left by the participants. My colleague (and boss) who was the lead at the workshop collected up some of them, but said it was OK if I took a handful. Who doesn’t like a nice sharp unused pencil?
Fri-24-Feb-2023
Here is another sketch from my Cambodia archive. This one was done in pencil and pastel – my favourite media at the time. Obvously I did a lot of sketching in temples when I lived there – I always found them to be lovely peaceful and quiet places.
Nov-1993
I didn’t have time to sketch today, so here is one from my archives. In 1992 I went to the WOMAD (World of Music, Art and Dance) festival in Morecambe. As with all music festivals the campsites get pretty muddy and my car got stuck in the mud – this sketch makes the campsite look more idyllic than it was. Luckily some guys helped push me out. If I recall rightly my tent also collapsed one night.
31-May-1992