One of the promises I made to myself this year was that I wanted to attend as many of the local life drawing sessions as I could. So, on one recent snowy Wednesday evening, I loaded charcoal and paper into […]
My most recent online life drawing session from the School of Painting, St Ives focused on the folded line, and was fabulously lead by Tom Rickman. I love the way material can drape a form to show the inner shape, yet never seem […]
Last month’s life drawing session from the School of Painting was focused on the work of Whistler. I felt especially lucky this time as Julie, the model has gone to the trouble of making her dress specifically for this class – how […]
I wasn’t quite sure what to expect from this online life drawing session with the School of Painting – but then that adds to the anticipation of learning new things doesn’t it? The class focused on Picasso’s style of painting his figures […]
I experienced a way of life drawing I haven’t used in a long time during a recent online session with the School of Painting, St Ives. the session focused on shape and shadow, influenced by images from classic cinematic scenes. As […]
The latest online life drawing session run by Gary Long at the School of Painting, St Ives was a real treat! The model was dressed and posed in the style of some of Egon Schiele’s clothed models, a true privilege. Gary Long introduced me […]
Continuing the life drawing theme from yesterday, here are life drawings in charcoal. I have a passion for wind instruments and loved drawing a cello. It was also a privilege to have witnessed a life model courageous enough to show […]
I dove into my recorded programme archive today to find the BBC Life Drawing Live which was shown in May. Lesson learned, it’s easier to draw from when one can watch the pose cam, but with the pause button and […]
Continuing the David Park-inspired life drawing session outlined in yesterday’s blog post, we turned our attention to the application of colour. Gary Long showed us some of his paintings, as well as those of David Park and the other San Francisco […]
I delighted in treating myself to an online life drawing session with my favourite art school this week: St Ives School of Painting. The session was hosted by Gary Long, who regards the life drawings of David Park, one of the San […]
This month’s online life drawing session was Klimt-themed from the St Ives School of Painting. Our Tutor, Tom Rickman had organised a fabulous series of poses with Kerry, our model. It felt as if I hadn’t used pastels for such a long […]
In responding a Madge Gill commission proposal I became a little obsessed with making drawings of Madge.The more I did the more I enjoyed it and experimented.I have found that using ink and wash with soft oil pastel really lets […]
This small painting is part of a body of work from Yorkshire’s premier painter of crowds. Neil McBride has a well deserved place among the contemporary artists living and working in god’s own country of Yorkshire. The painting is very small but […]
The paper for this was so absorbent it was really hard to work with and I am so impatient I didn’t wait for all the layers to dry but I am actually quite ok with it. I did wait overnight […]
Well I said last time that the Clematis painting had worked and I thought it had. But after walking away and coming back two days later, I hated it. A BAD painting too fussy, too figurative too awful. So it’s […]
To comprehend the subject of cultural sexual exploitation and visually decipher it’s many constructs; I started drawing, experimenting with ink, form, the age of the girl and her poise. In figures XXXVIII the girl is alone and younger. The spots […]
Have decided to abandon this. It was meant to be part of my final MA project but somehow didn’t fit into my Learning Agreement. Have been really struggling with writing this document but having discovered a very useful book – […]
This work attempts to expose and retell ‘her-story’ over-ruling the past and present cultural guidelines of what was important and upheld.
