I'm starting a new post today, 19th November, as my last post covered a couple of years worth of paintings...So here I go again, all new and refreshed after a fabulous painting weekend with Andrew James teaching portraits. Left click pictures to see them enlarged.

A quick demo to get us all fired up and ready to go.

Andrew's 2 and a half hour sketch..still wet.

Then we all had a go, this time painting a teenage boy. Mine's nearly done.

The finished portrait. I was really pleased with it because Andy encouraged me to keep working on it to refine the facial features but keeping the background and shirt loose and lively.