Upcoming Workshops

Here's a painting of Tony from one of my portrait sketch workshops. I tidied it up a wee bit afterwards.
My upcoming workshops at Kennedy Art are at on July 5th and August 2nd.
info@kennedyart.com
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And I will also be doing demos and workshops at "Draw In" organized by my friend Julie Douglas which takes place in my home town of Belfast from 25th August  to 5th September 2014.

Drawing Tony at the UAC

I had a good evening drawing Tony at Brian's life drawing session at the Uac Dublin last night. Here's a 15 minute portrait study and a full figure that took 20 minutes.
I drew them in charcoal and chalk on Ingres Paper.

Two Life Paintings of Tony

These are two paintings of Tony that I did on the same day.
If I get a decent painting in the morning I tend to leave it and start a new one rather than to risk over-working the first.

Two Portrait Studies

Here are a couple of paintings from the life room.
In both cases I was not too thrilled by the general pose so I went for a portrait study.
John is a model who is new to me. I loved the almost biblical look that his long hair lends him, and he is really good at holding his pose over a long period.
On the other hand, I have painted Tony many times.
Although he is extremely professional, on this occasion he was having difficulty keeping his eyes open, but his body never moved a jot. I tried to capture that sleepy look in this one hour study.