#classicstober25 Day 30: Lethe, River of Forgetfulness References from @goodknightruby.bsky.social

#classicstober25 Day 29: "Mysteries" #classicstober

#classicstober25 Day 28: "Phobos and Deimos". Fear and Dread References: Yoni Baker via Proko

Art vs Artist 2025. Couldn't find a good photo of me, so have a self-portrait! Clockwise from top right: @goodknightruby.bsky.social @1kwordsartandphoto.bsky.social Savonarola @bellaciaobella.bsky.social Andrea Morani (IG) @1kwordsartandphoto.bsky.social Mat (IG) @sensitivityandpowr.bsky.social

Quick portrait practice: 4x5 minutes. Bottom right is ok I think... Thanks to @1kwordsartandphoto.bsky.social for these great references!

Will I finish #classicstober25 before the end of the year? 😅 Number 26: "Erinyes" Thanks to @trinidadartmodel.bsky.social for these winged references!

It was a tough angle on the hand in this reference from @bellaciaobella.bsky.social , and I'm not sure I managed it! Thanks for the great reference Bella! 😃

20-minute pose from an online life drawing session with Aneé and Claudia (borgo.anee and claudiam_avi over on IG). Thanks for these great poses 😊

Yesterday's figure drawing... Thanks to mathiasnat66 on Instagram for the reference!

Some lovely expressive poses by @sensitivityandpowr.bsky.social from a recent life drawing session, some inspired by the Graham Technique. Thanks Sol for these great poses 😊 My Derwent Arts pencils are nearly worn down, so I've bought some Faber-Castell ones. They're a little darker

Classicstober Day 26: "Punishment". Thanks to @tonyf10.bsky.social for this powerful reference! #classicstober25 #classicstober

Classicstober Day 25: "Tartaros". After a seventeenth-century illustration #classicstober #classicstober25

#classicstober Number 24: "Phlegethon". A quick sketch of @goodknightruby.bsky.social , photographed by eriksposeurs on IG #classicstober25

Classicstober Day 23: "Lamia". Thanks to @sensitivityandpowr.bsky.social @allura-luna.bsky.social and the anonymous Third Lamia for the references!

#classicstober25 Day 22: "Judge" After a work by Ludwig Mack #classicstober

#classicstober25 Day 21: "Cerberus"/"Kerberos" #classicstober

Shorter poses from a great ancient warrior-themed life drawing session with Waksmi at Silhouette and Shadow

Classicstober Day 20: "Acheron" Acheron (44) engages HMS Surprise (28), from the film Master and Commander #classicstober #classicstober25

5-minute poses from a life drawing session with @sensitivityandpowr.bsky.social Thanks for these beautiful poses Sol!

Coffee time, with a reference from @bellaciaobella.bsky.social Fantastic lighting and shadows Bella! 😊😊

Quick sketch of @povinframes.bsky.social to round off the weekend. Thanks for the lovely reference Anna! 😀

#classicstober25 Day 19: "Shade". Thanks to @1kwordsartandphoto.bsky.social for the spooky references!

#classicstober25 Day 18: "Charon" #classicstober

20-minute poses by Valentina (srta.valentina_ on IG) hosted by Tali Farchi (talifarchi on IG). Thanks Valentina and Tali for this great session!

#classicstober25 Day 17: Ekhidna Model: @goodknightruby.bsky.social photographed by @willreyburn.bsky.social #classicstober

5-minute poses from an online life drawing session with @sensitivityandpowr.bsky.social Thanks Sol for these lovely poses!

#classicstober25 Day 16: "Typhon" Got to catch up with these... #classicstober

#classicstober25 Day 15: "Terata — Monsters". Based on some half-remembered costumes from last night's Hallowe'en party. #classicstober

#classicstober25 Day 14: Cocytus. Dante and Vergil walk on the frozen river of lamentation, after one of Gustave Doré's illustrations for Dante's Inferno #classicstober

A couple of sketches from Stockholm: the Riksdag building (1905), and Sankt Johannes Kyrka (1890)

#classicstober25 Day 13: "Empousa", a kind of succubus with one copper leg and one donkey's leg. Thanks to @1kwordsartandphoto.bsky.social for the devilish reference!

#classicstober25 Day 12: "Styx". Thanks to mathiasnat66 on IG for the reference! #classicstober

#classicstober25 Day 11: "Torch" Today's lampad is damadeloscabellos2 on IG #classicstober

#classicstober25 Day 10: "Hekate" Thanks to @sensitivityandpowr.bsky.social for the great reference!

#Classicstober25 Day 9: "Lampades". Poses from one of my dance instructors' class videos (La Candela Malmö). #classicstober

Classicstober Day 8 (I'm behind): "Erebos". Persephone Queen of Erebus is reborn with the spring! Reference from the upcoming photo set from traveling.visual on IG. Thanks for the preview Waksmi! #classicstober #classicstober25

#Classicstober Day 7: "Pharmakis"/"Witch" When I saw this fantastic reference by @vilidian.bsky.social I immediately thought Medea!" And now here's an excuse to draw her! #classicstober25

Classicstober Day 6: " Moirai". Clotho the Spinner, Lachesis the Apportioner of Lots, and Atropos, She Who May Not Be Turned After a painting by Paul Thumann, 19th Century

#classicstober Day 5: "Hermes Psychopompos". Always a challenge drawing from the mirror, and hard to keep the lighting consistent 😅 I can feel I'll need to buy more fineliners next week...

Classicstober Day 4: "Shroud". Based on a 6th Century BCE Greek vase. If my understanding of weaving is correct, the woman on the left is battening, i.e., forcing the newly-woven weft up against the existing fabric. The woman on the right is passing the shuttle through the warp

Classicstober Day 3: "Graiai" Models are @vilidian.bsky.social Nicole and Mar, from their Portus reference set #classicstober #classicstober25

#classicstober25 #classicstober Day 2: "Thanatos" Big thanks to duke_1977.2 on IG for the reference!

I've decided to try #ClassicsTober to try to get back into the swing of things. We'll see how long I can keep it up 😅 Day 1: Hypnos Reference from @1kwordsartandphoto.bsky.social #ClassicsTober25

Five and ten-minute poses from a recent life drawing session with @sensitivityandpowr.bsky.social Thanks Sol for this great session! 😃

20-minute poses from an online life drawing session yesterday with @sensitivityandpowr.bsky.social Thanks for the session Sol! 😊

Seven Veils Reference from the amazing @goodknightruby.bsky.social

5–20 minute poses from a figure drawing session with @sensitivityandpowr.bsky.social Thanks so much for modelling, Sol 🙂🙂

Vivian in graphite. Hand came out well, but I cut the face off because that was a disaster 😅 I need some portrait practice this autumn...

Some recent watercolours from an online life drawing with Waksmi at Silhouette and Shadow. I went straight for the paints with no pencil sketch, and I think the results were pretty mixed

Thanks to @trinidadartmodel.bsky.social 😊 From one of her Bridgman-inspired references