This portrait of Tony was painted in two sessions at my Thursday portrait group. The extra work gone into it has, I think, made it more complex and richer.
This painting's still being worked on.
Now that this pics on the computer, I can see all sorts of adjustments that need to be made.
Abbey, painted at the life class yesterday. Paint's still wet and shiny!
Two paintings of our gorgeous Lucy. I tried to keep the brush strokes lively and interesting.
The colours were very rich in this one.
I first painted this lady two weeks ago. The other portrait was more flattering, but I prefer this one as it has more humanity.
Amy.
Thursdays portrait class. We had a wonderfully colourful and lively model. I enjoyed the sketchy approach combined with blocks of colour.
A new painting of Theo...not quite finished yet. I'm going to have to redo those dreadlocks I think.
Last Tuesday's life class. Poor abbey looks as if she's falling asleep!
Thursday's portrait class.
This is a painting that I did of Amy many months ago...but I decided to play around with gold paint in the background. It was effective in places, but I think I need to apply gold leaf to make it really work.
This painting glows with the thin sienna colours that I left from the initial sketching out stage.
I was able to go back and finish off this painting of Theo, mostly by filling in the vivid red background.
Rachel. I loved the yellowy greens in the jumper because they teamed up so beautifully with burnt sienna and even magenta.
In this painting of Lucy I liked the patterned dress, but it seemed rather 'fussy'....so I glazed over parts of it with magenta, and the effect was lovely.
I was struggling with all the grass and background in this picture, until I took a quick peak at Andrew James's paintings and I started to break it up into chunks.
I think I've been influenced by the stormy weather in this portrait of Amy!
Tuesday class painting of John. 
Rather a 'cutsie' picture I'm afraid. 
Last week's painting of John. Its still very wet and glossy, hence the left side of the photo is reflecting light rather than the colours that are there. I'll put this picture up again when it's finally dry.
I changed the background on this one...and loosened up the dress a bit.
Portrait of Theo started this week. Hopefully I'll finish it successfully next Thursday. It's going ok so far, I like the colours ...and his pensive expression. Theo's a musician and song-writer, so he has a lot on his mind
Tuesday's life class. We painted Sue in a hat and necklace....I like her wonderfully sculptural arm.
