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'Male Nude Kneeling'
Executed using mechanical pencils on A4 sketchbook paper. Created in December.
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'Male Nude Back'
Executed using willow charcoal on A3 cartridge paper. Created in December.
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'Male Nude Cross Legged'
Executed using mechanical pencils on A4 sketchbook paper. Created in December.
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'Crow'
Executed using willow charcoal on paper, measuring approximately 21 x 29 cms. Created in November.
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'Male Nude Crouching'
Executed using willow charcoal on paper, measuring approximately 40 x 50 cms. Drawn in November of 2023.
This was done using a reference photo of friend Matty which I took a good few years ago, so thanks to him for posing!
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'Male Nude'
Executed using willow charcoal on paper, measuring approximately 29 x 20 cms. Created in November of 2023.
This was done using a reference photo of friend Matty which I took a good few years ago, so thanks to him for posing!
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'Male Nude Squatting'
Small pencil drawing measuring 14 x 14 cms, done in October of 2023.
This was done using a reference photo of friend Matty which I took a good few years ago, so thanks to him for posing!
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'Brimham Rocks'
Small A5 sized, gouache sketch done in October of 2023.
I used a reference photo taken on a drizzly day visit to Brimham Rocks in Yorkshire while on holiday with a friend. I did the sketch on an even wetter day sheltering from the rain in the holiday cottage for the day!
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'Male Nude Crouching'
Pencil sketch on A4 paper from October 2023.
This was done using a reference photo of friend Matty which I took a good few years ago, so thanks to him for posing!
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'Horse Chestnuts'
Another small oil painting sketch, completed while on my first ever painting holiday up on the Furness Peninsula near Aldingham.
I collected the horse chestnuts and leaves on my way back from the central lakes, but took a photo of them to use as reference for painting in the evening.
Its executed in oil paints, and is painted on Arches Huile paper measuring approximately 19 x 14 cms.
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'Ingleborough From Aldingham Beach'
Another Small oil painting sketch, completed while on my first ever painting holiday up on the Furness Peninsula near Aldingham.
I used a reference photo taken on a walk along the beach in front of the Shepherd's hut where I was staying, that morning.
Its executed in oil paints, on Arches Huile paper measuring 17 x 12 cms.
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'The Duddon Valley'
An oil painting sketch, completed while on my first ever painting holiday up on the Furness Peninsula near Aldingham.
I had planned to paint en plein air more, but the weather was very windy and rainy most of the week. So on a rare drier day, I took a drive up the Duddon Valley into the Central Lake District to take some photos as reference to paint in the dry of the Shepherd's Hut where I was staying.
This painting is executed in oil paints, on Arches Huile paper measuring 29 x 20 cms.
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'Male Nude'
A coloured pencil sketch executed on A4 coloured paper in September 2023.
This was done using a second reference photo from the photoshoot of Kevin that I did a good few years ago.
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'Decaying Boat'
A gouache painting executed on A4 Daler Rowney Aquafine watercolour paper in September 2023.
Unusually, I used a reference photo that a friend sent me while on holiday in Christchurch area, though I altered it quite a bit to create this painting.
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'Male Nude'
This pencil sketch was created on A4 paper in September 2023.
I used a reference photo that I took during a photoshoot of friend Kevin a good few years ago, so thanks to him for posing! Its good to be finally using the reference photos from back then!
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'Staffordshire Landscape'
This gouache sketch was created on A4 Daler Rowney Aquafine watercolour paper in September 2023.
I used a reference photo that I took while doing the first day of walking along The National Forest long distance footpath with a friend.
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'Greek Bust'
This coloured pencil sketch was created on coloured A4 paper in early September 2023.
I used a reference photo that I took while at the British Museum with a friend. It was an experiment in using coloured pencils, which I've never really used, and using a midtone ground to add highlights and shadows to indicate form.
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'Young Man'
This gouache portrait was painted on A4 Daler Rowney Aquafine paper in August 2023.
Unusally, I used a reference photo of someone else's from Instagram or Pinterest. I usually only use my own reference photos for creating my work.
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'Male Nude Seated'
This gouache painting was executed on A4 Daler Rowney Aquafine paper. Very unusually it was done in two sittings! It was begun in March 2023 and finished in August 2023.
The reference for this painting came from a set of photos I took of a model a few years ago.
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'Male Nude Lying on Front'
This pencil drawing was executed on A4 sketchbook paper in August 2023.
The second drawing made from the same set of photos I used for the previous sketch.
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'Male Nude Seated'
This pencil drawing was executed on A4 sketchbook paper in late July 2023.
The reference for this drawing came from a set of photos I took of a model a couple of years ago.
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'Older Man Portrait'
This pencil drawing was executed on A4 sketchbook paper in July 2023.
This was the second sketch done from the youtube video of timed poses used in the previous sketch.
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'Older Man Head Study'
This pencil drawing was executed on A4 sketchbook paper in July 2023.
The reference for this drawing came from a youtube video of timed poses, though I paused the video rather than use the actual time suggested in the video!
I was trying to improve capturing a likeness rather than working on speed at this point.
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'Dice'
This ACEO sized tiny oil painting was executed on Arches Huile paper in early July 2023.
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