Old Stuff...

I find portraits challenging but a great exercise for recalling facial dimensions. After talking to a old friend recently it reminded me of a few pieces I have sitting in my folio. It's funny how your style doesn't really change over the years, it just improves with practice.

Ready to go back...

In cleaning up my files ready to start back again in a weeks time I came across some of the work completed for a drawing unit last year. Focussing on three dimensional forms and the human body it was a great lesson in teaching your brain to switch off and only draw what the eye can see.

I spent some time viewing some of Henri Matisse's work which I found beneficial when working on these compostitions. Each image was completed in a matter on minutes with the top one being done by only looking at what you are are having to draw and not the paper you are drawing on.

Self portraits are one of the most complicated things to accomplish. When you have to add in a dark space and working only by candlelight you begin to focus only on what the eye can see and not what your mind tells you should be there.