‘Miss Me’ - Ready I think. Time to varnish and frame

Photos from my lifedrawing session at candid arts in London a couple of days ago

A 6k wander around the Walthamstow marshes and the Ley valley and I found myself a nice canal spot to paint. (16x12 inches) It’s been a while and it’s a relief to find a place around this new living area

Josh reclines - My 40 min acrylic from Thurs night went abit Sargy Mann, except I currently have all by faculties. I’m back #🤦‍♂️

Lower Middle Coombe Farm from upper. Feeling great about this. Starting to feel like something I want to put down on paper rather than just a learning exercise. Nice to get some buildings in. No longer

Last nights life drawing long pose - with progress shots. I did have the 20 min painting in there on the top right BUT I decided against it. Just as well I might have ended up with something like the

Miss Me - Two days visiting this spot and daring myself to paint this boat. Exhausted after this weekend and feel like maybe I should have just stuck to seascapes and foliage. I only did this because I’ve

Miss Me - Two days visiting this spot and daring myself to paint this boat. Exhausted after this weekend and feel like maybe I should have just stuck to seascapes and foliage. I only did this because I’ve

Almost recovered from the weekends pleinair painting in Aberystwyth. This ones back home now for completion. Fingers crossed folks. Thanks to all the passers by for not the kind words needed them for it

So with lifted confidence from the previous days paint I set out to paint a spot I’d seen the day before. This time I was going to use oils because knew I was ready. What a lolz that turned out to be.

Josh reclines - My 40 min acrylic from Thurs night went abit Sargy Mann, except I currently have all by faculties. I’m back #🤦‍♂️

Tuesdays lifedrawing square (40 min) Oh the thrill of foreshortening 🤦‍♂️. Had to shift that head around but got it positioned nicely in the end. Love how the knee turned out aswell. Now I’m considering

Last nights dream - I went back into experimenting during life drawing. Focusing on one sheet I decided to put every pose on #🤦‍♂️ This was a nightmare for composition. . As a result the quick poses are

‘As cold as the snow outside’ - #acrylic on paper. I went to the Royal Drawing School in Shoreditch this afternoon to get some #painting in. The weather was absolutely brutal for this time of year, so

Warming his back on the fire. The 25 min painting from tuesdays @candidartstrust lifedrawing session and now I have it back home and dry I’m really quite happy with it. It’s easy to identify my grappling

The darkleg moment I had at life drawing last week. Before starting the dive into painting I wanted to visit my oil pastels a bit for a 25 mins. It was a great return, I’m very happy with it and I’ll be

Apparently is Yellow Wednesday so here I’m looking back to when I drew these flowers last year whilst in Aberystwyth, Wales. Can’t wait for spring to spring again.

Getting my eye in, 10 mins in prep for a days oil painting last weekend . It was perfect weather to be inside I was abnormally obsessed with getting the legs right today #🤦‍♂️ - Thanks for the tutoring

Getting my eye in, 10 mins in prep for my days oil painting @candidartstrust. Perfect weather to be in aswell. . I was abnormally obsessed with getting the legs right today #🤦‍♂️ - Thanks @kimbo_s for

This was a tricky tucked in pose that I haven’t posted much but it does deserve the light of day I think. So here it is...