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Tag Archives: drawing
A Portrait of Charlie
This portrait of Charlie began last summer following his retirement as Head of Putney School of Art & Design. The painting continued through to the autumn, having eight sittings in total. Last year I set out to paint a few … Continue reading
Posted in Drawing, oils, Painting, Portraiture, Uncategorized
Tagged drawing, oil painting, portrait painting, portraits
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A Portrait in Progress – Alan
Two sittings in… oil on linen 40 x 50cm
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Tagged drawing, oils, painting, portrait painting, portraiture
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Playing in the Gallery: A Weekend of Drawing & Music
I was thrilled when earlier in the year I was asked by the Royal Academy to teach a course on drawing musicians in it’s beautiful historic life room. Drawing and painting musicians in rehearsal has been a subject which has … Continue reading
The Quartet – A work in progress
For a number of months now I have been working on a large-scale painting of a string quartet, piecing together information collected during rehearsal in the form of drawings and oil studies of both the individual players and of … Continue reading
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Tagged Artists & Illustrators, drawing, masterclass, music, musician drawings, painting
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Two Young Sitters
Recent portrait commissions of two young ladies Isla oil on linen 2016 Alejandra pencil on paper 2016
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Tagged drawing, oils, painting, portraiture
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Drawing & Music: Picturing Movement at the Royal Academy
This weekend course is an exciting opportunity to study the human figure, whilst being able to observe and analyse the shapes and relationships between musicians and their instruments. Study of Violinist, Wagner Rehearsal Drawing and painting musicians in rehearsal is … Continue reading
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Discovering drypoint
My article on the wonderfully expressive medium of drypoint etching is now available in the September ’16 issue of Artists & Illustrators magazine. This article discusses the techniques of drawing on and printing from a metal plate without using acid. … Continue reading
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Drawing Essentials: Understanding the Human Form and Anatomy at the Royal Academy
Learn the essentials to drawing and understanding the human form and anatomy in the Royal Academy’s historic Life Room, a space purpose-built for life drawing, with practising artists Adele Wagstaff and Andy Pankhurst. Week 1 – The Male Form Week … Continue reading
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Drawing the human form and anatomy at the Royal Academy
Learn the essentials to drawing the human form and anatomy including the human head and upper and lower body in the Royal Academy’s historic Life Room – a space purpose-built for life drawing, with practising artist Adele Wagstaff. The representation … Continue reading
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Tagged anatomy, drawing, figure drawing, Royal Academy of Arts
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