Bensdraws

The 5 min charcoal sketches from last weeks candid arts #lifedrawing #charcoal #sketchbook #bensdraws

The life circle this week @candidartstrust - forgot to post

Me and my folks with the paintings, with my fellow painters and then the paintings alone. A great preview evening despite the ‘learnings’ I have made about hanging solutions etc. There’s some gems on the walls there which I look forward to perusing tomorrow

My Andrew Crawford (@andrewcrayford1) quickish poses from @candidartstrust lifedrawing just now. Lovingly photographed, ripped up and binned 😳

Needs some work at home I reckon

Got out for the first time this year and it’s back to sketching in oilpastel. The sun was out in this Plovdiv park and yes I really did decide to bite of more than I could chew. I’m pretty happy with it but only in the light of the park. I took it back home and it just looked odd. At least my composition selection has definitely improved

Yearning for comfort - Better viewed under low light because I inadvertently got myself trapped in the studio dark spot. The pose really lent itself to the circle. That hunch flowed around to the stick, which segments the image. I’m happy with the sense of fragility in this painting

Second 1hr on this and I spent it in a oil filled mess of hands and face. That’s it now time to move onto the next lesson and we’ll be doing composition and then ‘the project’. This is the part I was looking forward to 😳😳😆😆💡💡

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Last nights painting techniques course at The Art Academy was a pleasant. The model pose helped a lot though. Choice of clothing top notch and I found myself a pleasant angle. Next week the tutor wants me to add a face and hand although I’m more bothered about getting some purple into that table cloth.

Wednesdays long pose candidartstrust. Laid in a wet acrylic medium before applied strokes made for a messy undertaking. Think I preferred the half way though progress over the final piece

My colour and light oil study from @theartacademylondon , painting techniques exploration course last night. Not the best in class by a long shot but I pushed it for something that looks ok ish - if not a little ‘my first painting’ esqe. This is why I put myself through these mini courses but I always curse it during them. Barriers broken down once more I move forward to see how to build on it. lolz

My life square painting was a circle at Candidarts #lifedrawing yesterday. There was some great guidance from the host/tutor Dolph on working the tone up and on the curtain in the background. Finally some depth! Great causal pose as well, credits due .

‪My lifedrawing square yesterday evening @candidarts - not sure our I mixed so badly with that pink colour pop on the chest and that maze of arms and legs was tricky. Need to pick my compositions and perhaps focus in on an interesting section from now on #fineart #contemporarypainting #bensdraws #acrylicpainting #picoftheday