In an ideal world, I would work with a life model for an hour or two at the beginning of each working day.
rapid watercour sketch.
I was most fortunate to go to art school at a time when it was recognised that daily life drawing is the best foundation an artist can receive
Rapid watercolour.
Life drawing teaches us how to see…..and how to draw what we see.
I favour fast poses otherwise I find that my images can become too laboured My goal is to capture the essence and gesture of my subject as succinctly as possible.
twenty minute watercolour of Scarlett – a superb model
In this instance, having sketched the model, I throw juicy paint into the negative space surrounding the subject. All the white you see is – dry white paper.
A Bientôt
