#bensdraws

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

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.

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

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

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