During the last week I have been sketching hands and feet. 6 to be precise, 3 studies of each. Running a guesthouse and maintaining everything is often a juggling skill that keeps you on your toes. There is always something that needs replacing, repairing or fixing. We just did the roof which took a rather…
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Portraits – A brother and sister
I love drawing portraits, and these two beautiful children were such fun to draw. I got their Mom to take the two of them to the beach where Phil took some magnificent photos of them running, and playing along the shore in the shallows. The result was I had plenty of bright animated faces to…
Portraiture Challenge
School was probably the last time I drew a face with any degree of seriousness, and that was 3 plus decades ago at the very least! About a month ago I decided to give it another try. I have always been fascinated by faces, how different light affects the expression and how to use tonal variances…
Hands, hands and more hands
At about the time I decided I needed to improve my drawing skills I started becoming discontented with our en suite bathroom. We travel a fair amount, and seeing this is the 5th country we have lived in, and it is unlikely we will settle here the house we live in is rented. It is…
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