Tag: nudes

Choices, choices…

I’ve been spending a lot of time this month trying to decide which paintings I will be showing at the Norwich 20 Exhibition in the Undercroft Gallery and for Norwich Open Studios. It is rather like choosing your favourite child which, as we all know, is impossible! It is not just about an artist’s personal… Continue reading Choices, choices…

The colour of moods

I’ve been a member of the Norwich 20 Group for more years than I can remember and continue to go to their evening life-drawing workshops to hone my skills and find new ways of working. The workshops, which are run by Linda and Mike Chapman from the 20 Group, are attended by a mixture of… Continue reading The colour of moods

Horses and humans

I have just come back from a day of drawing horses in the grounds of the Munnings Museum in Dedham. Munnings was President of the Royal Academy from 1944-1949 but his views on modern art, particularly Picasso, has made him a controversial figure to many artists including, admittedly, me for a period. But I have… Continue reading Horses and humans

The magnificent human body

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I always adore drawing the human body although my earliest foray into this subject matter at the Norwich School of Art in the 1960s wasn’t the most auspicious! Life drawing was compulsory for all art students and the Principal of the Art School at the time Noel Spencer held my drawing up as an example… Continue reading The magnificent human body