This page is a store-room for my sketches and studies of people. All are either drawn/painted from a live model. Some go on to be framed and sold as works on paper and others are used purely for reference.
Mediums vary depending on the subject and how much I can carry (or remember) to take with me!
A number of the works are for sale, and people often buy them direct from my portfolio. They can be supplied unmounted, mounted and ready for framing at home, or framed and ready to hang. If there is a piece below that interests you, please contact me for more information.
Stephen
Dorothy (detail)
Richard and Ruth
Ruth
Hand detail
Foot detail
Foot detail
20-minute study in pastel and chalk on brown paper
15-minute study in pastel and chalk on brown paper
5-minute study in pastel and chalk on brown paper
5-minute studies in pastel on brown paper
A1 20-minute study in charcoal and chalk on brown paper
Short 3-minute studies in charcoal and chalk on brown paper
This and below: Short studies of the same pose, exploring line, composition and tone
10-minute study in charcoal on paper
Charcoal study using pared down line to describe shape and form
40-minute studio in charcoal and chalk on sugar paper (A1)
Detail of foot
3-minute studies in charcoal
20-minute study in charcoal and chalk on sugar paper (A1)
40-minute acrylic and graphite study on paper
5-minute graphite studies
5-minute graphite study
Becky. 30-minute study in charcoal and chalk
5-minute studies in charcoal
5-minute studies in charcoal
30-minute study of light and shade. Pastel and chalk
30-minute study of light and shade. Pastel and chalk
Detail of 20-minute study in charcoal and chalk on sugar paper
Detail of 20-minute study in charcoal and chalk on sugar paper
40-minute study in charcoal and chalk on sugar paper
Detail of shoulder. Charcoal and chalk on sugar paper. 40-minute study
Detail of back. 40-minute study in charcoal and chalk on sugar paper
Full standing pose with scarf. Charcoal and chalk on sugar paper. 20-minute study
Study of hands. Charcoal on paper
3-minute studies, with tension. Charcoal
40-minute study in acrylic and charcoal on coloured sugar paper. A1
20 minute study in charcoal. A1
20 minute study in charcoal. A1
15 minute acrylic and graphite study on paper.
Detail
15 minute study. Acrylic and graphite on paper
Detail
5 minute studies in water soluble graphite
Acrylic and graphite study. 30 minutes
Acrylic and graphite study. 20 minutes
Graphite line study. 5 minutes
This and below… Repeated studies of the same subject, approached in a variety of different ways to explore line, form, simplification and exaggeration.
20-minute study in charcoal
2-minute study in pastel
20-minute study in pastel and chalk
20-minute study in pastel and chalk
20-minute study in pastel and chalk
20 minute pastel study
15 minute pastel study
15 minute pastel study
10 minute graphite study
10 minute graphite study
Line study for painting
Black pastel study
Charcoal and chalk study
Graphic study
Charcoal and chalk on brown sugar paper
10-minute study in charcoal
20-minute study in charcoal and chalk
5-minute studies in water soluble graphite
40-minute acrylic study on canvas
30-minute charcoal study. Early evening light cast deep shadows and golden light
40-minute charcoal study. Proportions a bit out, but nice chair!
5-minute studies in charcoal
Study in charcoal
Study in charcoal
Study in charcoal
Study in charcoal
Study in charcoal
Study in charcoal
Study in charcoal
Study in charcoal
20-minute study in charcoal and chalk
Study, cropped. I like this crop. The body is like a landscape
40-minute study in charcoal and chalk
40-minute study in charcoal and chalk
20-minute study in charcoal and chalk
20-minute study in charcoal and chalk
40-minute study in charcoal and chalk
20-minute study in charcoal and chalk
Life study in charcoal, concentrating on line and shape
Life study in charcoal, concentrating on line and shape
10-minute study in graphite
20-minute study in charcoal and chalk
20-minute study in charcoal and chalk
20-minute study in charcoal and chalk
5-minute graphite study
20-minute studies in graphite
5-minute studies in graphite
20-minute studies in graphite
Quick 5-minute study in graphite. Love this pose!
Half-hour study in charcoal and chalk. A1
Quick, 5-minute foot study
30-minute study
Chalk and charcoal study. 10 minutes.
10-minute study
3-minute studies
30-minute study. Chalk and charcoal
10-minute study
10-minute study
10-minute study
3-minute studies
2-minute study
2-minute studies
2-minute study
20-minute study
Two minute study in graphite
Two minute studies in graphite
Reclined. Charcoal study
Crawling. Charcoal study
Charcoal on paper
Graphite study
5-minute graphite studies
Reading. Charcoal study
Stretching. 5-minute graphite study
Standing. 5-minute graphite study
Striding. 5-minute graphite study
8 minute charcoal study
Rae, charcoal
Stephen portrait in water soluble graphite
Squatting. Graphite
Reclined. Graphite
Graphite and chalk on pulpboard
Donderdag life drawing. Water soluble graphite and water colour
Donderdag life drawing. Water soluble graphite
Donderdag life drawing. Water soluble graphite
Donderdag life drawing. Water soluble graphite
2-minute studies in graphite
Taking human for a walk! Widemouth Bay
Walking into the wind. Widemouth Bay
10-minute sketch. Dr Sketchy’s ‘Strictly’ night
10-minute graphite study
10-minute graphite study
10-minute graphite study
10-minute graphite study
Graphite and acrylic on paper
Experiments with quick mark-making. Graphite and acrylic on paper
10-minute graphite study
1-hour acrylic study on paper
5-minute graphite study
5-minute graphite study
3 minute graphite study
Dr Sketchy’s – Salty Sea Dogs and Watery Wenches. Parrot girl
Dr Sketchy’s – Salty Sea Dogs and Watery Wenches. Mermaid burlesque
Dr Sketchy’s – Salty Sea Dogs and Watery Wenches. Pirate in fishnets
Dr Sketchy’s – Salty Sea Dogs and Watery Wenches. Captain Jack
Sleeping Beauty. Graphite on paper
Oil, thinner and soluble graphite on paper
‘Vogue’ at Dr Sketchy’s
‘Vogue’. 1970s
‘Vogue’. 1950s
Male nude. Digital drawing on tablet. Playing with colour.
Female nude. Graphite and water on paper
Graphite and water on paper
Standing nude. Graphite
Male nude seated. Graphite
Male nude stretching. Graphite
Male nude tension pose. Graphite
Mucky graphite and water on paper
Dolls and Molls. Quick scribbles at Dr Sketchy’s, York
Dolls and Molls. Quick scribbles at Dr Sketchy’s, York
Graphite and water
Detail
Graphite and water
Detail of 20 minute graphite sketch
20 minute graphite sketch
20 minute soft graphite sketch (on curly paper hence blurriness of photo!)
25 minute study in water soluble graphite
5 minute sketches in water soluble graphite
Dad watches…
Burlesque dancers and steam punks
Study for Raeven: Steam Punk painting
Study for Raeven: Steam Punk painting
Ink and stick sketch
Light on face study
Charcoal sketch. A1
Graphite sketch. A1
Water soluble graphite sketch. A1
Large acrylic sketch on lining paper