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.