Around the new year I said I'd do more portrait practice in 2026... And I've barely done any 😅 But here's @helalight3.bsky.social looking perhaps a little quizzical. Thanks for the great reference Hela! 😃

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

Finally finished #classicstober25, months late! Reference photo from @goodknightruby.bsky.social for the theme "Elysium"

A recent drawing of the lovely @povinframes.bsky.social Thanks for this great reference Anna!

Poses of 5–20 minutes from a life drawing session with @sensitivityandpowr.bsky.social Thanks Sol for these great poses! 😊😊 Sepia fineliner and brush pen on A4 paper

Not been doing much drawing recently, but here's a new figure! Thanks to mathiasnat66 on IG for the reference!

Sunday self portrait. Faber-Castell graphite pencil on A4 paper

What am I happy with? The face. It's not a good likeness but at least the features are in the right places What could be improved? Overall shape and proportions. Shoulder sticks out too much, and the bust–waist–hip curve isn't emphasised enough Thanks @scottkersey.bsky.social for the challenge!

5-minute poses from a life drawing session with @sensitivityandpowr.bsky.social I did a few close-up portraits as I want to improve this year Thanks Sol for these beautiful poses! Graphite on A4 paper

"Double Trouble": quick sketches of @povinframes.bsky.social Thanks for these great references Anna!

#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