Drawn from life at The Moon and Nude Clapham, May 2019.

Sol is always so generous in these sessions, and even in longer poses will seek to offer something to latch on to and create interesting shapes. This was probably around 30 minutes, using a Derwent dark sanguine pastel pencil on an unusual piece of very thick dappled card I found somewhere. The surface was remarkably smooth but had a very nice off-white staining across it.

Available.

Drawn from life at The Moon and Nude Clapham, February 2019.

This pose felt so self-possessed, and I was lucky to have such a great diagonal angle to try and capture. This was an early experiment with sanguine pencil, and with pastel paper which created this rough dappling effect.

Available.

Drawn from life at The Moon and Nude Clapham, March 2018.

Carla is always such a vibrant and friendly sitter, and while this piece is very rough and sketchy, I do like that it manages to catch a facial likeness, and shows the effort and dynamism that she puts in to all of her poses with the tension in the back and arm.

Available.