Multi-head portrait commission

Ooof - 20 heads in one portrait! What a challenge. Great fun to do though, and the end result is very pleasing. The more I do with watercolours the more I love them!

Life drawing - Session 12

After two weeks off, I was worried I'd be rusty but happily this proved not to be the case! The warm-up sketches were great fun. I continued the theme of painting the shadows rather than the outline and got to work with wet on wet, using the paint straight from the tube.

The final piece was a lovely position. It is pretty apparent that I got more confident as I worked down the body. I'm really enjoying this new method, lots more to learn I think!

Portrait Commission

Post-humous portrait of Derek Inman for his wife and children. This portrait was very hard to do as it was just so sad looking at all the photos of someone who must have been a very loveable chap. Hopefully it will serve as a positive reminder for the family of his presence in their lives.