People: Portraits and Sketches

I like to sketch when I'm out and about. Sit in a café watching people buzz around a busy market. Sketching faces I see in restaurants, on trains, in waiting rooms. Imagining their lives. When you do this it is amazing how many people look like characters from a Tintin book. I also sometimes like to paint portraits in oils. I like how you build a relationship with the sitter. Or can be inspired by a photograph of someone you have a relationship with.


Raputin sm
kevin sm
self-portrait small
manwithhbluehat sm
marley sm
joan abse sm
dannie abse portrait small
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woman and man laroques
man with cigs
glasses man s
Market Musicians ptg small
woman at Ganges market
man with moustache ganges market
man reading ganges market
man in hat with beard ganges market
fruit and veg stand ganges
boy at Ganges market
bearded man ganges market
bald with pony tail at ganges market
boy on chair
boycigaretteetching
elderlywomaninwheelchair
market faces sm
maininrainsmall
2peopleincafesmall
plennielwingo
musicians ganges bw
manonbench
fred drawing
deckchair man
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