Splat

This was a day Life Drawing workshop with a circus theme.

This model is now a nurse, who had the most perfectly fitted ringmaster/mistress costume - and no wonder ... she managed to join a circus and this had been her work attire.

A long pause and cookies have insinuated themselves.

Uplit portrait in Harriet's class. The colours in the photo are not true, too bright and bleached.

Self portrait as homework over Summer. Painted from life, using a mirror, so squinting to gauge tone. I'm quite pleased with this though it's impossible for me to be objective.

This is too smooth and pernicketty.

I quite like this one.

All portraits, except the self portrait, were painted in two hours so are not finished works.

I have enrolled for 2 classes next term : Life Drawing and Oil portraits. I love it.

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