Unfinished portraits.

These are oil portraits I painted during my Friday afternoon class with Harriet Brittaine.

The one above is my most recent effort after a 2 hour session and we have one more session next week to complete our work. 

I work quite fast so it is easy to reach this stage and then spend 2 hours fiddling on and messing about with it, ending up with a disastrously overworked, too detailed portrait.

This was a one session portrait. We are allowed, with the model's permission, to take photos and so I will try to finish this one.

This painting was a two week sitting and it looks no better now than it did after the first session. But again, I have a photo and may have another go at it.

There are fairies at the bottom of my garden, .......

Life Drawing in Colour class.

I'm trying to get better at using pastels, soft and hard, but I can see that I use the hard most and simply use it as a crayon. Others blend the soft pastels into a solid ground but I'm not sure I like that effect.

Same lovely model.

She is , in reality, covered in tattoos.