Sharing some of my process. I found this one tricky. A beautiful complexion with a few visible signs of ageing (not many) means you have to tread a find line. Leslie has such a distinctive and humorous mouth and I struggled to capture it. The crayons struggled to create the dark blacks so I used some ink in the shadows. A4 ink pen and coloured pencil on Strathmore Grey.
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Practising famous faces while waiting to be rejected for Portrait Artist of the Year 2024! Ink and coloured pencil on Strathmore Grey.
Waiting For the Light
A4 acrylic on canvas board. This is the second in the series of portraits of breast cancer survivors: The Power Portraits. Read on to learn about Anne’s story (yes, Anne number two too!).
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Painted from a photograph taken at Restaurant De Kas in Amsterdam on 11.11.23. Gouache on black paper.
Self Portrait 1
On Wednesday, 25th January, a message popped into my Instagram account, asking if I had considered applying for Portrait Artist of the Year. I hadn’t. But obviously from that moment on it was an idea that I couldn’t shake. This is my first completed self-portrait, created over the following weekend and submitted on the Monday. At the time of posting, I don’t know if my application will be successful. 12″ x 9″, Strathmore paper, ink pen and coloured pencils.
On Golden Cap
Fantastic weekend art course at West Dean College with Amy Dury painting from treasured family photographs. This is one of the few images we have of Polly with her paternal grandmother, Joy Waldron. Sitting together up on Golden Cap in the evening sun. I loved painting Joy’s hands holding Polly with such tenderness, and Polly’s floppy body, totally comfortable with her Granny. This, for me, is a more grown-up type of painting. Using oil is impractical in my working space – it’s just too messy. A2, oil and acrylic on canvas.
Zennor Evening
From a photograph taken in June 2023. A perfect Cornish evening, on the road to Zennor, just outside the Gurnard’s Head. The goldfinches flew away, but the golden light remained. A5 study in gouache on grey paper.
Anne Wagstaffe
A4 ink and coloured pencil on grey paper. The first in my series of portraits of breast cancer survivors. Read on to learn about Anne’s story.
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Figure – form, shape and colour workshop with @looking_for_colour via @stivespainting . An afternoon well spent.
Mothers’ Day 2023
Coffee in The Barbican before seeing the Alice Neel Exhibition.
A4 ink and coloured pencil.
Dawn Waldron Art 