I'm very excited about my first workshop in the Back Loft.  It's a lovely roomy and atmospheric venue to paint in. Click on the...

The Moth is a pretty cool arts and literature magazine produced by Rebecca O'Connor and Will Govan. My nude study of Keshet is in th...

Some process pix of a life painting I did of Darren. The technique I use at my workshops is a simplified version of this. ...

I haven't posted this one before either as I wasn't entirely happy with the life painting in it's raw state. So I have simpl...

I've been hunting through my store of life paintings for some upcoming exhibitions. This one of Karen is from about three years ago...

I've been thinking a bit more methodically recently about my life painting process coming up to my portraiture worksho...

I am putting together a wall of life paintings in the hall outside my studio fo r Visit on  Saturday 11th May. Visit is a city-wide o...

Yesterday at life drawing I got in some practice for my upcoming portrait sketch workshop at  Kennedy Ar t. This tighter than usual stud...

I have just tidied up the background of this life study of Joanne for a forthcoming exhibition. This is one of my favourite nude portrai...

A day of life painting at the RHA is a pretty rare event for me these days, but yesterday I was  able to get in and to see some great ...

It was nice to be back painting at the RHA last week. This is the portrait study I did of Aine.

Here are a couple of female life studies from the last weeks of the life sessions at the RHA before the summer recess. Stephanie is above an...

Leo was our model last week. He is a lovely Japanese guy with an amazing physique, and a crazy hairstyle. I would love to get a chance to pa...

It has been getting quite turbulent recently at the life session I attend, which is a great shame. The life room should be a friendly sanct...

Here's one from a few weeks ago. I tried to control the overall colour scheme ( the back cloth was actually a pretty lurid green), and ...

Rudolpho is a new model for our group. I was delighted that Una posed him without any strip lights or spotlights, and the natural light sta...

Here's a watercolour I did from life at the UAC life room. It was a twenty five minute pose and I would have loved more time on it, but...

Back to the painting. This is a two hour study I did of Joanna yesterday.

Molly is another new model for our life drawing group. I spent four hours painting her yesterday. This series shows the process. .

Here are a series of shots showing my process in painting a two and a half hour study of Alicia. She is a new model to me and I am very much...