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3 sketches of Alan created with indian ink using a metre of bamboo with a paintbrush attached to each end. The first two were 15-min monochrome sketches .
The third image was a 1 hour pose – the first marks were gently done in Wolf’s carbon, then the image worked into with indian ink and metre long brushes, then a bit of chalk pastel and finally ink again.
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Quick sketch of a woman leaning forward.
Fired clay. Sealed with metal powder suspended in shellac. Patinated with oil paints and soft wax.
Approximate size: h: 15cm x w: 25cm x d: 15cm.
Completed 2009.
Private collection.
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I started with a quick sketch in Wolf’s carbon looking at contour rather than shadow:
Then moved on to using three coloured pencils taped together for the next 10 minute pose:
Went back to Wolf’s carbon for the next 10 minute sketch but this time was looking at the shadows and negative spaces:
Finally I spent the longer 1-hour pose working in Wolf’s carbon again:
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A quick sketch portrait of an old man. Fired clay. Patinated with oil paints and soft wax.
Approximate size including base: h: 35cm x w: 20cm x d: 20cm.
Completed 2013.
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Small sitting figure of girl, with her hand resting on her foot. Fired clay. Sealed with metal powder suspended in shellac. Patinated with oil paints and soft wax.
Approximate size: h: 35cm x w: 25cm x d: 25cm.
Completed 2013.
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Louise kept the same pose for 2 x 2-hour sessions.
I started with a 1 hour sketch in Wolf’s carbon:
Then spent the rest of that session and most of the next on this watercolour painting on an A1 sheet of paper (approximately 2 hour’s work):
Finally I spent the last half-hour doing a quick A3 sized water colour sketch:
The last quick sketch was surprisingly similar to the one before even though it took a quarter of the time to produce.
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First 2 and 1/2 hour session on a reclining figure of Melissa.
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Collection of colour life drawing sketches from the last few months in a variety of mediums.
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A small portrait of Errol. Fired clay. Patinated with oil paints and soft wax.
Approximate size: h: 22cm x w: 27cm x d: 20cm.
Completed 2014.
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Exercise 2 (10 mins) doubled Wolf’s carbon
Exercise 2 (10 mins) doubled Wolf’s carbon
Exercise 2 (10 mins) doubled Wolf’s carbon, charcoal
Exercise 2 (10 mins) 3 coloured pencils taped together
Exercise 2 (10 mins) doubled Wolf’s carbon
Exercise 2 (10 mins) doubled Wolf’s carbon, charcoal
Bamboo exercise (30 mins-ish) double Wolf’s carbon, charcoal
Exercise 3 (1 hour) Wolf’s carbon, charcoal, chalk on an acrylic tinted ground
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This is the first session modelling a small clothed figure of Lucy playing the mandolin in terracotta clay.
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Quick sketch drawing exercises.
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A sketchy portrait figure of Kit wearing a suit created from life over 3 x 2 hour sessions. Fired clay. Patinated with oil paints and soft wax.
Approximate size: h: 40cm x w: 30cm x d: 20cm.
Completed December 2013.
Private collection.
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Process of modelling the sitting figure of Richard – looking despairing with his head in his hand – in terracotta clay over 5 sessions.
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Session #1: Pamala
Session #2: Pamala
Session #3: LouiseThe last 3 life session of the semester taught by Estelle Lovatt, keeping the same model and pose for the first 2 sessions – it was meant to be all 3 but Pamala was unwell the last week so Louise modelled instead. The first drawing is in Wolf’s carbon and the other 2 are in chalk pastel.
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Result of attending a three-day workshop with Etienne Milner run by The Society of Portrait Sculptors.
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Day 1Here is a link to the armature I had to make in preparation.
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Series of quick sketches of Francis created mainly by using a reed or scratchy pen dipped in indian in – not an easy medium to control.
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Thelma relief
Thelma relief
Thelma reliefWhen I cut the head open to hollow it out I thought the piece looked much better without hair so I took a radical decision to make it into a relief instead.
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Colour sketches were each made in about 10 mins using water soluble felt-tip pens.
The b/w drawing was made using Wolf’s carbon pencil and chalk on tinted paper and took about an hour to sketch.
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Armature created in preparation for attending a three-day workshop run by The Society of Portrait Sculptors
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Thelma portrait session #2
Thelma portrait session #2
Thelma figure session #3
Thelma figure session #3Portrait: week ♯2 – Figure: week ♯3
This session I took advantage of the space and worked simultaneously on both the figure and the portrait of Thelma.
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Five hours
Three performances
Twenty one drawings
Here is a link to a post from Spirited Bodies (the models) about the event.
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Two quick painted sketches of Pamala.
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First 2-hour session on a portrait of Thelma.
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Francis 90 minute sketch of Francis. Interesting to find that after a 15-year break I default back to my college drawing style. Hopefully my mark-making will develop from here and mature under Mick’s expert tuition.
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Fired sculpture of Kit
Fired sculpture of Errol
Fired sculpture of Kit
Fired sculpture of ErrolFour sculptures all modelled last semester. Three of them have a little damage from firing but all are repairable.
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Process of modelling the sitting figure of Letizia in terracotta clay.
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15 minute sketch of Natasha using 3 coloured pencils taped together.
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Small figure of Mathew sitting cross-legged. Fired clay. Given a further smoke-firing. Patinated with oil paints and soft wax.
Approximate size: h: 20cm x w: 25cm x d: 25cm.
Completed 2012.
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Created for a conference organised by the Centre for Appled Buddhism being held at Taplow Court this weekend, this piece is a 3D sketch inspired by the conference theme “Transforming Conflict” and a nature programme that I caught recently. Majestic japanese herons were fighting (either over territory or mating partners) and it looked to me like a beautifully choreographed, thrilling dance. When I chanted about it I thought that conflict and confrontation seem to be a necessary part of life.
Medium: papier-mâché (white tissue paper and wall-paper paste) over a wire armature painted with coloured inks and mounted on a wooden block.
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Figure of Kit kneeling. Fired clay. Sealed with metal powder suspended in shellac. Patinated with oil paints and soft wax.
Approximate size (including base): h: 35cm x w: 22cm x d: 15cm.
Completed 2013.
Here are some photos of this piece being made.
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Process of modelling the kneeling figure of Kit in terracotta clay.
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Portrait of Letizia. Fired clay. Sealed with metal powder suspended in shellac. Patinated with oil paints and soft wax.
Approximate size: h: 30cm x w: 35cm x d: 20cm.
Completed 2013.
Here are some photos of this piece in the process of being made.
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Process of modelling the portrait of Letizia in terracotta clay.
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Quick 1-day sketch of Kit in a blue shirt, trousers and a waistcoat. Fired clay. Sealed with metal powder suspended in shellac. Patinated with oil paints and soft wax.
Approximate size: h: 30cm x w: 20cm x d: 15cm.
Completed 2013. Private collection.
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Process of modelling the reclining figure of Letizia in terracotta clay.
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Small reclining figure of Letizia. Fired clay. Sealed with metal powder suspended in shellac. Patinated with oil paints and soft wax.
Approximate size: h: 28cm x w: 45cm x d: 20cm.
Completed 2013.
Here are some photos of this piece in the process of being made.
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Last semester I attended a brilliant “Anatomy for sculpture” course so these are photos of modelling a small muscle-man made on an armature in soft chavant modelling wax. He was built over 11 sessions starting with the skeleton and adding all his muscles on one side of the body. As well as a life-model we used books, wall-charts, various damaged 3D models of the human skeleton/muscles, and a very useful iPad app for reference. Approximate size: h: 35cm x w: 15cm x d: 15cm.
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Process of modelling a small portrait of Kit in soft terracotta clay.
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Life-sized portrait of Kit. Fired clay. Sealed with metal powder suspended in shellac. Patinated with oil paints and soft wax.
Approximate size: h: 25cm x w: 30cm x d: 35cm.
Completed 2013. Private collection.
Here are some photos of this piece in the process of being made.
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Process of modelling the small figure of Richard in terracotta clay.
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Small figure of Richard. Fired clay. Given a further smoke-firing. Patinated with oil paints and soft wax.
Approximate size: h: 30cm x w: 20cm x d: 30cm.
Completed 2012. Private collection.
Here are some photos of this piece in the process of being made.
Here and here are other finished sculptures of Richard.
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Millie and George playing in the laundry basket. When I took this photo I had no idea if it would come out or just be an unrecognisable blur – it really captures a mad moment for me. These are my two cats Millie (left, tortoiseshell, jumping in) and George (right, ginger, jumping out) playing a game of jack-in-the-box in the double-compartment laundry basket.
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A series of intensely brightly coloured, simple square, grid-based compositions I created in the 1990s. Although framed and presented as paintings, this series was created using steam-fixed dyes and resist on silk. I was playing around with building up subtle layers of very transparent colour.
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Small figure of Phillipe. Fired clay. Given a further smoke-firing. Patinated with oil paints and soft wax.
Here are some photos of this piece in the process of being made.
Approximate size: h: 30cm x w: 20cm x d: 30cm. Completed 2012.
Art by Jess Miller 
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