This was my drawing from last nights life drawing class. I used vandyke ink to block in the major shapes, then once that had dried I did my drawing over the ink. I used charcoal initially then conte to get a nice strong dark. I finished by putting some pastel colour to indicate the blanket she was lying on.
This study was inspired by our trip to Mull in our campervan. This was the view from our campsite at Fidden Farm! At night the sounds of the wind across the water were awesome. We had this beach all to ourselves. Shared only by a few wandering sheep.
Yesterday I got my watercolours out and topped up my paint tray with fresh colours. I started the day doing colour mixing studies. It can be quite time consuming but once done can give some new combinations of colours to experiment with. I really enjoyed doing this figurative painting.
This pastel landscape was painted on Pastelmat pastel paper. The paper grips the pastel really well. It also blends nicely to give a soft effect to the painting.
Today Andrew and I are celebrating our 20th Wedding Anniversary. My present to Andrew is this portrait of him and our cat Xena, who has been with us now for 10 of those 20 years.