I have continued with my life drawing class and am thoroughly enjoying it. Fran Elliott the tutor has really helped me develop in this hard subject and each week I see a slight improvement. Below is one picture which Fran said I should be proud of…and you know what….I am. Victoria was a pleasure to draw and with inspiration from Fran, I decided to use pastels instead of just charcoal and I am pleased with the overall effect.
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One of the students in the class, Michael Gage, had his first exhibition with a fellow artist Sheri Gee in Greenstede Gallery, Chequer Mead Community Centre, East Grinstead. Between them they had some excellent paintings and drawings and not all of them were life drawings. I am pleased to say they both sold quite a few and I would recommend checking out their websites. If I could paint and draw as well as they can I would be very happy…Michael Gage - http://www.michaelgage.co.uk/
Sheri Gee - http://www.sherigee.com/
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On a different note, a good friend of mine, Shaun Hodge, had his photo published in the critic’s section of the Amateur Photographer magazine. This can be quite daunting as the critics can pull your work apart and tell you where you have gone wrong and I am pleased to say he received high praise for his motocross action shot.
Shaun seems to have an eye for sporting events and has taken pictures of boat races, motocross, international rugby matches and was fortunate enough to have a press pass for the London Marathon this year.
Please have a look at his site which is http://www.hodgeimages.co.uk/
Shaun seems to have an eye for sporting events and has taken pictures of boat races, motocross, international rugby matches and was fortunate enough to have a press pass for the London Marathon this year.
Please have a look at his site which is http://www.hodgeimages.co.uk/
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Lastly I stumbled across the work of Adam Lazowski who is lucky enough to travel to some interesting places as part of his job. With his camera at the ready he has taken some amazing and atmospheric pictures which capture the essence of the cities.
His website is http://www.adamlazowski.com/ and I would recommend a visit, if only to find inspiration of places to visit.
His website is http://www.adamlazowski.com/ and I would recommend a visit, if only to find inspiration of places to visit.
