Students and Model

A fast pencil study from a Grammar School session. I like the way this forces you to let go of any perceived end product and react to a scene. Single sinuous lines are dropped in as outlines, figures become cartoon-like. Great fun. If you like that kind of thing. 

Good to observe people drawing too - see how they like it. 

Dockside cafe

Another one for my students here. A demo drawing of two point perspective done down on the docks in Bristol....ok now check out the eye level...pop in the vanishing points and hey presto..its time for another cup of tea. Now that was a very cold february day. As soon as the weather picked up we stayed indoors. I'm funny like that.

Bristol Grammar school sessions

Another life drawing though more recent, from one of Will Steven's Grammar School sessions. Will is the most welcoming of individuals. Any of my Drawing Techniques students out there? Get yourselves along. Its smashing. There's people with no clothes on. Check out: www.bristollifedrawing.wordpress.com ; an excellent Blog.

life drawing

Thought it was time to upload a sample....of life drawing that is. These are some raw fast sketches made during sessions in the mid 90s at the Jamaica Street art studios. Oh heady days...I used to practice there with a band one night of the week then draw on another. So bohemian darling. They were very amusing sessions. The chap running them used to play a lot of loud PJ Harvey whilst we drew, despite the fact there were a number of retired ladies who obviously came over all unnecessary at the rather aggressive lyrical content. I bet they loved it really...got them through a hard shopping session at Iceland the next day.

diversions

on the triangle in clifton. A couple of ladies trying to decide if this was indeed the cafe they visited the previous week...I took my own advice and looked out of the window at the diversion.

shyness is nice

I am apt to agree with Mr Morrissey here. These days when we are positively encouraged to assert ourselves Alan Sugar style its always a pleasure to observe someone who does not want to be the centre of attention. Chap in the red was struggling with any sort of eye contact, but despite this his chum clearly thought he was the best thing since sliced bread.  Good man - keep shtum. Look out the window instead.

grey morning, Park street

By the Wills memorial tower. Early morning, overcast, few cars. Students chatting about the night before.

Scribbles and music

Going hand in hand with the last entry re: layers of different stimuli
building up into an image, I found this sketch of a rather forlorn looking
chap. He was in the Boston Tea Party, reading a magazine/looking right
through it. I was listening to the Dandy Warhols 'Godless' on my ipod and it
sort of became the soundtrack to his movie.

scribbles and random conversations

I do intend this blog to eventually be an ongoing document. Chronological.
That's the word. But to set the scene a little quicker here's another from
the archive. 27th Dec. found everyone looking slightly jaded and Christmas
was rather more 'plink, plink', than fizz.