Suzie in the Captain's chair

The last Sunday morning session was on 10 April 2011. Suzie, a new model, had beautiful definition and was a real joy to draw.

This is the best of the pieces, completed in around 45 minutes, using Conte hard pastels on W&N coloured paper. It measures 12" by 14" and looks really good double mounted and framed. A possibility for the Lancing Art Club exhibition, although it might be a little racy!

Oscar

The task at Art Club last week was to paint a horse's head. My attempt on the evening was not bad, but had a number of anatomical errors! One of the members also recommended that a black background would be better than the gray used for the original. Here is the result of the second attempt. Thanks Mary, you were right about the background.

It measures approximately 12" by 18" and is painted with Conte hard and soft pastels on W&N pastel paper. This is one for the exhibition, I think.

Segovia

The task at Art Club last night was to paint a musician. This man was an inspiration to me, as I struggled as an 11 year old to master the fiendishly difficult classical guitar. Segovia seemed effortlessly to make that instrument sing. Long before Hendrix, Clapton et al he was my original guitar hero.

This was drawn with charcoal and conte pastel on coloured W&N paper. Not a bad likeness, and it brought back some super memories.

Cristella_22March2011

The final lesson of the third term of my life drawing course was a personal response to the model. Cristella was the model - we have seen Cristella once before.

The piece was a pretty drastic crop of the pose, using a viewfinder. It was finished in hard and soft Conte pastel in approximately 45 minutes. It measures around 12" by 20" on coloured (leather) W&N pastel paper.

As a final piece, I am pretty pleased with it.

The Wave

This painting was started at Art Club on 08 March. The aim was to apply the techniques demonstrated by Stephen Foster at the previous week's demo, i.e. oil on board applied solely with a palette knife and without mixing the paints on the palette.

It measures 16" by 20" and as a painting it achieved my objectives. However, the terrible events in Japan that followed , make it inapproporiate to exhibit or sell this picture at the moment.

Ken - 15 March 2011

For the penultimate lesson of the term, Ken was again the model. During a number of warm up sketches, Ken wore the infamous muslin tube, and the second image is the best of my attempts in Conte crayon.

Ken then posed for around 40 minutes and we painted him in acrylic on an A2 sheet. It would have been great to have longer to further develop this, but the back is pretty good IMHO.

Francesca _ 13 March 2011

The second Sunday morning session of the year, and the change of format resulted in a series of shorter poses. Both of these were drawn in a period of around 20 minutes each. Both are drawn with Conte pastel on W&N coloured pastel paper.

Francesca is very beautiful, and I hope that these do her justice.