I mentioned a few months ago that I was planning to have a sale to clear out my studio, which is getting full of paintings. Part of me likes to hang on to them, but I’d much rather they were being enjoyed in someone’s home instead.
So I’ve added a handful of paintings for sale at very affordable prices on my Daily Paintworks page, and will add more soon: Check out the clearance sale. Continue reading
I recently had the great pleasure of attending Sean Cheetham‘s 5-day portrait painting workshop on the Spanish island of Menorca. Continue reading
Wow, almost a year since my last post here, and the end of the 100 heads challenge, during which I was solely working on my drawing skills. Almost immediately after that, I started painting again, and it’s been nice getting to grips with colour again. Continue reading
People, and specifically faces, have always been one of my favourite things to draw, ever since I first attempted to reproduce Beatles album covers in oil pastels in my high school art classes. I became fascinated by caricature in my teenage years and throughout my twenties, then gravitated back toward realistic portraits, but the challenge of capturing someone’s likeness in a convincing way has always drawn me in. Continue reading
Here’s a few recent sketches from my toned paper sketchbook.
tl;dr – Stop writing blog posts and start drawing… a lot.
Anyone who draws or paints portraits has most likely done their fair share of self portraits. While it may seem to some like an exercise in narcissism, it is in fact mainly a matter of convenience. It’s not easy to find people willing to sit still for several hours while you draw them, so it makes sense to draw the one person who is guaranteed to be sitting still for as long as it takes!
It also makes for a decent profile picture!
I drew a new self portrait recently, and I thought I’d share a few others that I’ve done over the years, in a variety of different styles and media:
It’s always interesting to see with each new self portrait, how I’ve developed in my drawing/painting ability, as well as how I’ve aged! Look at those long flowing locks I used to have 😦
I think it might be fun to do a new selfie every year around my birthday. Maybe I’ll try an oil portrait next time.
