House painting commission

Hillswick

Acrylic and mixed media on canvas

80 x 60 cms

Here's a recent house painting I did for a friend last month.

Ryan

Mairen portrait study

Mairen

10x12 inches

Pencil on paper

A portrait study working on my drawing . Tried to keep to a classical drawing technique of hatching here without any smudging. All done free-hand but took time -about 3-4 hours

Ryan

This weeks life class

Female figure sleeping pose

Pastel on Sennelier pastel card

10x12 inches

This was the sketch from the long pose (about one hour 30mins). It was a bit of a struggle as the model moved her arm and shoulder position quite considerably at half time. Its part of the challenge of life drawing/painting that you are painting a living 3d thing that i not static. I had to totally re-do that section !

I forgot to post the week before's work too! again it was a toughy with a lot of fore-shortening to deal with

Male model prone position

Pastel on Sennelier pastel card

12x12inches

About one and a half hours again

Ryan

National Galleries of Scotland − Support Us − All Portraits

National Galleries of Scotland − Support Us − All Portraits

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The Portrait of the Nation is going to be fantastic!