Stamford Life Drawings

Started with a life drawing group based at the Stamford Arts Centre , Stamford, Rutland. This is run by Mike Alabaster of the Welland Valley Arts Society. I've posted a few drawings made with this group.

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

Life Drawing

Drawing from a new term at the Richard Attenborough Centre in Leicester.

Charcoal pencil on pastel paper. (c) Mike Todd 2010.

Nottingham Castle Annual Open 2010

I had the good fortune of having a painting selected for the Nottingham Castle Annual Open 2010 Exhibition. Here it is on the wall.

It looks a bit small next to two large impressive paintings by Sarah R Key (who I voted for to receive the top prize). It's great to be selected however, particularly as this is a very traditional work, and it's given me motivation to be more ambitious.

Boosted by this I took two paintings to the Backstreet Gallery in Oakham. Both were instantly accepted - which was great! They are moving the gallery to within the tres chic Swans of Oakham (upstairs) this week, which should provide greater footfall as they say.

The Nottingham Castle exhibition is on until 7th March.

Life Drawing: Richard Attenborough Centre

A few life drawings from Autumn class at Leicester University, Richard Attenborough Centre with Diane E. Hall.

Tate Britain Drawings

A couple of sculpture drawings made at a recent visit to Tate Britain.

V&A drawings

After delivering some (now rejected) paintings to the Mall Galleries in London, I visited the V&A (still free!) and did some drawing in the sculpture and cast galleries. Click on images for larger versions.