Conte and Pastels

Sketchbook Drawings of a young girl and a portrait of my daughter before orthodontic work, interesting to look back and see the difference in her jawline

Portrait Drawing – Blake

Willow charcoal, and coloured conte with black acrylic paint…

Turn Your Wheels

The Turn Your Wheels exhibition continues this weekend, displaying a range of acrylic paintings on paper in a range of sizes, having trouble finding the time to get to the gallery? DM me or Annie at Studio 408 for opening times and artwork still available for purchase 😊🎨

Interior and figure studies

Previous months have seen me painting utilising more traditional methods and using raw vibrant colours in acrylic on various papers, canvas, acrylic, watercolour over original graphite drawings Helping me along the way I’ve been referring back to my collection of life drawings as well as some of my favourite expressionist artists like Kirkner and Matisse

Portrait Drawing – Kate

Thinking about the composition of a drawing, what do you think makes an interesting portrait? I have been pleasantly surprised at the results of doing the quick 2-minute studies at the beginning of a portrait sitting, finding the need to focus deeper on the face and shape of the head with more accuracy, to draw

Small Works on Paper

Attending events has been a enjoyable way to meet other like-minded artists a people. I take along with me a selection of small works on paper (A5 and no larger than A4) for display and for selling… and they are a great conversation starter, pleasingly Seated Nude I recently sold during my weekend residency at

Coloured Drawings

What do you think? On occassion I add colour to my large charcoal drawings using conte and coloured pastels, I’m interesested as to whether the large 40 minute portrait drawings (below) have been improved by the addition of colour compared with previous black and white drawings, or should I stick with the Black and White?

Portrait Drawing – Jim

An absolute pleasure to meet and draw Jim today, taking the opportunity to switch from life drawing to portrait drawing is an interesting challenge Medium – willow charcoal and white conte and pastel

Open Garden Residency

This weekend I had the privilege of spending a couple of sun-filled days painting and chatting to visitors in the beautiful Eurambeen Homestead Gardens, the pleasant sounds of music mixed with the sound of water gently splashing into the old pool from the water fountain made for a very relaxing environment Unsold works will be available for

Garden Artists Residency

Thanks to Sarah and Ian, this weekend (10-11 November) I will be one of five privilaged artists to be working around the beautiful and inspiring Eurambeen Historic Homestead and Gardens, built in the 1850s, Eurambeen has a three acre garden designed by Edna Walling which was commissioned when the home was extended in 1927, there

Drawing the female figure

Short sketches allow the artist to get to know the figure prior to drawing longer studies, large drawings often serve as reference material for other artworks