Degas and the ballet

I visited the Degas and the Ballet exhibition at the Royal Academy in London at the weekend. It was interesting to see Degas' style change towards more muscular and dynamic poses. I drew the sketch below in the gallery from a sculpture - it was near closing time so it was a bit quieter. I finished it on the coach home. I think I've captured something that was in the original. Click to zoom.

Life drawings

Posted a couple of drawings from this week's Life Drawing group at Stamford Arts Centre. All rights reserved.

Portrait Drawing

I enjoyed going back to pencil for this drawing of a pregnant model. I used an 8B pencil then moved to a 4B, with stumping and erasing. Click image for larger version.

A new perspective

Sometimes it's good to get a new perspective. For this drawing I sat on the floor in front of the easels. In pencil in sketchbook. Lots of stumping with a tissue. Bless you. Thank you.

Oxford v Cambridge

I've visited both the Ashmolean in Oxford and the Fitzwilliam in Cambridge in the past week, and sketched in both. Both galleries supply sketching stools. I enjoyed drawing the armour - a real technical exercise. See drawings below. Click for larger image.

Oxford

Cambridge