Portrait progress and some painting

 

2-3hrs on board

Swashbuckling Cornwall Life drawings - Pirate and Gladiator themed

This is a selection of life drawings from a few clothed figure drawing sessions, hosted by Swashbuckling Cornwall. Poses usually last between 1 and 15 minutes. The short time really forces you to simplify all the detail down or pick individual things to focus on. 
The themes from these are, pirates and gladiators. Most are done with pen or pencil, B to 5B, but they always feel too light. 

Paintings

Heres a selection of paintings from this year.

 

Tree studies at a local park

I don't recommend painting on both sides of a sketchbook page, but I do it when I begin to run out of pages.

Oil portrait, 3hrs

I tried painting this onto a heavily gesso-ed panel. It makes an interesting paint brush effect.

Florida Paintings

I took a trip to Florida to visit my wife's side of the family, I tried to get a decent amount of sketching in. 

White chalk horses. I took a quick photo on my phone as we past it on the train

A growing pineapple