Recent sketch book stuff

Life Class with Donn Evans at Stamford Arts Centre

I attended a workshop yesterday for the day at The Stamford Arts Centre, hosted by the Welland Valley Art Society. The workshop was tutored by Donn Evans, an inspiring man, and the day was spent discussing life drawing, specifically using stong line.

I think though that I must have been a bit under the weather, perhaps from getting so cold during my trip to Ferry Meadows the day before, because I kept getting the hot and colds and a insistant headache that wouldnt budge even with a couple of paracetamol!

Still, had great fun and learnt loads.

Life drawing classes

At last, I found a life class fairly close to where I live. I've been searching for some time now and finally I spoke to someone yesterday (Tuesday) on the phone when I got home from work, and hes holding a series of 12 sessions, which started two weeks ago. Taking place about 20 miles away, its on a Tuesday night, so after a 10 minute conversation and a very quick bite to eat, I dashed off to try my hand at life drawing.

Feeling a bit harried by the time I arrived, my initial three, 15 minute sketches, arent worth showing you, in fact they are a bit embarrassing to say the least! But the main sketch of the evening, which took me about an hour, is something I'm extremely proud of! I do tend to see some of my efforts through rose tinted glasses, especially just after I've done them, which means I dont always see glaring errors, but in this case I dont think there are too many (at least I hope not!) Your comments would be very welcome!

So here it is....