Life drawings to paintings

 A couple more drawings done from life, then worked on further in oil paint. Oils on paper.

Scream, it's Hallowe'en!

 A couple more postcard people, oils on card

Potrait Artist of the Year World Record attempt

 Joined the online crowd for this one-hour event, painting Sir Lenny Henry. The online experience wasn't great (but I suspect the in-person experience was pretty frustrating too!). Oils on paper.

First image is my final painting, after a small amount of tweaking and a with better photo in decent light. Second is my effort in the hour  :-)

 

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Working up a life drawing

 Oils on paper. I did the initial pencil drawing from life, and also blocked in the highlights using oil bars in the life drawing session. Continued with the painting back at home.

 

Life drawing

 More from the life drawing sessions

More postcard people

 A couple more quick postcard-size portraits in oils

 

 

Self portrait in the mirror

 Another mirror-based self portrait, oils on paper. Practice, practice, practice!

Postcard people

 Some postcard-size studies in oils, from photo refs - these are incidental faces in some of my photographs, people who just happen to be captured on camera, in the background or as part of the scenery.

Self portrait in oil

 Done using a mirror, and no photo reference. Used oil bars, oil paint and graphite. Really enjoyed just playing with paint, line and texture, and not worrying about the outcome!

Portrait sketches in oil

 Small oil portrait sketches (A5)

Life drawing

 Some of my pieces from the local weekly life drawing session I go to. Poses range from 10 minutes to 90 minutes.

portrait pratice JRR Tolkien

 

Pencil portrait (A4) of JRR Tolkien, drawn on the 131st anniversary of his birth, 3rd January 1892. I am a big Tolkien fan, and I'm perpetually amazed that the entirety of the Middle-Earth universe came from the imagination of one person. And it wasn't even his day job...

portrait practice

 Pencil portraits of British actors, an ongoing series

Ben Wishaw as Brutus in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar (National Theatre)

Sean Bean in Time (BBC)

Stephen Graham in Time (BBC)

Olivia Colman, National Theatre interview

Ian McKellen, National Theatre interview

Michael Sheen in Art That Made Us (BBC)

Anton Lesser in Art That Made Us (BBC)

Jodie Comer in Prima Facie (National Theatre)

Heat of Summer

 As we head into another very hot and sunny stretch, here's a painting in oil based on a ref photo of my sister sitting in the shade during the last heatwave a few weeks back...

Life drawing again

 More life drawing, and a dabble in oil paint based on a life drawing...

 

 I'm really getting back into life drawing - I'm very much enjoying these sessions!

Life drawing sessions

 I've started going to a local life drawing session, and I'm really enjoying it!