I have been struggling with drawing hands recently so I decided it was time to try harder. They are not easy even with help from Andrew Loomis but I will keep trying.

At the art society last night we were asked to draw or paint from imagination after a poem was read to us. The poem was Sea Fever by John Masefield. I wandered off topic a little but at least there are boats!

The next painting in my musicians series is the keyboard player.

The model for today’s portrait session at Broadstone Art Society was Lena. It was good to paint a pretty young model and as a bonus she doesn’t wear glasses. I hate painting glasses!

This is the third in my musicians series following the monochrome sketch I did yesterday. In some ways I prefer the first version!

This is a trial sketch for my next musician painting. It is just a water soluble pen and some wash. #penandwash