Illusion

 Charcoal pencil and coloured chalk. Only yellow, green and a dash of blue. The flesh tints are an optical illusion. 

Exhibition: The Nude 2021

 

One of two of my drawings accepted for The Nude 2021 exhibition at The Candid Arts Trust. 

It runs from June 4th to 14th (Except Mondays and Tuesdays) at 3 Torrens Street, London EC1 1NQ.

Cubism

At the Tuesday session of the The Jolly Sketcher. Model Faith.

On the other hand....

The life room was crowded, so I decided it would be more convenient to draw left handed rather than across my body. I've drawn left-handed for short poses, it's quite a common exercise, but never attempted a long drawing as far as I can remember.
I think one of the difficulties of drawing with the other hand is that all we change is our hands. Otherwise we stay in our habitual stance and shortly afterwards lose our balance. I find it helpful to find where my feet are, and switch the position around.

As I have written elsewhere Jimi Hendrix was an artist who was highly ambidextrous.  

In repose

Model: Carla

1960s Feel

Loulou is an anarchic model who pulls me into unexpected places. On this occasion she landed me in Post_War London.

A Begonia in winter

I did this in early January, the first week in fact. Pleased as I was with it, I couldn't help reflecting that it is probably the best thing I'll do all year.
Model: Begonia