2 hour painting

A painting of the woods where under-age drinking galore takes place. Also the location of the worlds greatest rope swing.
I've wanted to paint an elderflower bush for a while now having been inspired by some of David Hockney's paintings of the East Yorkshire Wolds.

So i finally succumbed to temptation and bought a couple of 'Ken Bromley Perfect Paper Stretchers' and it is true what i've heard about them, they make the job of stretching paper so easy. whilst trying out my new toy I discovered a new bane of my life. Painting trees. I'm really gonna have to practice a lot.

Both of these landscapes are really near to my house. The one on the right is from a place where i usually go to clear my mind and find inspiration. I am considering doing a larger painting of it later on this summer.

This second landscape is a location that i asociate really with my mid-teenage years but I didn't really have time to do it justice due to the England match starting later that afternoon. I think the time would have been better spent if I'd have just carried on with the painting

My weekly dose

I think I have drawn and painted John more than any of the other models and drawing him so frequently seems to have paid off and I finally feel as though I have captured his likeness.  I am also realising that 90 minutes is just not enough time to do a proper job. I usually have enough time to get some good detail on the face however as you go further down the page it all gets a bit more scruffy. I also still struggle in describing chest hair.
My weekly dose of life drawing is  the best way of winding down I know of, it also gives me a great opportunity to not do revision. Not that I really need another excuse, what with TFLN to keep me busy for days at a time.

The Hoyle Family Portrait

This is the Hoyle family portrait at roughly a half way point, the only face that i would consider finished is Ellie's on the far right. I have found this painting very frustrating and since taking this photograph I got the turps out and erased Josh's (the lad's) face.
Any constructive criticism would be most welcome at this point.

Life drawing 10/6

You might think it a bit boring of me just doing pencil drawings every week but I find it has become very addictive and I can still see a long way for me to go. Deciding to go for a profile view this time  made the challenge of tying to create the illusion of depth a bit more difficult but I hope I succeeded. Next time I will treat myself to some new drawing equipment; the limitations of 3 pencils, a graphite stick and a fat, dirty rubber are beginning to become quite evident.