blog continues

Am now in work which is alright and a few quid, is always like this and anyone reading will get this first as the blog is not cronilogical. Any how they asked me to work the turner prize private view but i cant as im in germany. Is a bit of a shame but they dont pay extra and im missing eileen.

On with the nudity.



The tutour from JMU had a few things to say about my method and i agree with him i dont variy my lines enough, but he said the drawings are solid.

Had another bash with pastles after last saturdays meeting.





I like this sort of stuff and we have some degas upstairs here in the gallery. I realy could do with a bigger range of colours as you cant mix them but there about 3 pound each so it gets expensive very quickly and ive been going a bit wild with my money anyway. Went the next portraite comes in i might do it.

I like the Blue and green got that of a luicean freud DVD i was watching recently, interviews with all his sitters. She has pale skin which is difficult i think building the tones up in charcol first is the best plan and then i built the layers up ,Used a whole bottle of hairspray on it.



This is the actual drawing it was taken off. I wanted her to have a curve and there was a bit of a show down with terry over that as she was more straight. I tried to force it and it didnt work so well. The leg is to long i think but i enjoyed studying her bum (Its quite good fun to say things like that as its hard to know which way its ment and which way it should be taken) she's got fat muscle and you can see the pelvis ,is an exelent model.




I picked this lad up in the JMU life class was a little nervous at first but got into it. My portraiture still has a long way to go but all the anatomy is there, not much expression though. One of his flat mates will come along in the next few weeks.




This is yesterdays effort loved the pose, would be nice if we had a bean bag at the club.



He did a similar one straight after was good talking to the tutor about it and he said i should try and be a bit more free .hes correct but its always a problem with getting somthing thats solid and free. Most free drawings are just all over the place very few people have ever got it both ways.

october nudes

Well lets start with the first ,had a go with pastles but didnt balance my colours and ran into trouble.


Have others that im more happy with.

This next one is a very good model and i did a portrate of her that i thought was ok she looks a bit rough here which is my fault. am not going to put her portrate up as i dont think she would apperciate it next her nude.



The tate have just phoned and want me in so i will continue with this later.

bus folk

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Myspace is doing somthing so blog is here.

Have started using facebook a bit and has turned up my old flat mates from uni. Like everyone i supose we were a wild bunch of boys drinking a lot and missing classes but it will be intresting to see were there at now 7 years later im still with the girl i met in 1st year another lad lives on the Isle of man.

Hva decided to buy a data projector will cost a few pounds and there is a post stike on which has cabbaged it a little but think somthing good may come of it. This is going to be my christmass present to myself.

Have been very moody of late and am not to sure why ?Am feeling down at the minute and then sometimes feel great am not to pleased would like some consistancy (not constant missery). Am worried about painting the future and everything, have a load of new canvas's (some arnt the squarest of things) and belive that if i paint a serise of master peices that the world will suddenly be great again. The more I think of this as a job what im trying to do the more it looks like an addiction or a mental illness.

AM struggling a lot with a paying job and will meet two people about work tonight so will be intresting.

Eileen disaproves a little of me blogging about her so i wont say much but will be nice to see her. There are somthings id like to talk about but i dont think she will be in the mood with all the work she has on.