James Flynn

Hello again.  I have been dying to share with you some photos of a great day I had back on the 4th august.

I was fortunate enough to attend a portrait painting demo/tutorial with a great artist you may know called Rob Wareing.  I had been looking forward to this for quite a while, and I eagerly turned up, armed with a bag of paints, and my best brushes.

The morning started off with a pastel demonstration with a great model named Kelley Swain. (she has a great blog, you can see it here http://kelleyswain.wordpress.com/ ) It was great to sit there and watch an experienced artist like Rob at work....

Here is a close up of Rob's portrait.  He didn't take it any further as we were all itching to paint at this point!....

Things got underway, and it was great to paint with other people for a change, as I usually paint alone, but it was good to have other people around to talk to and get some feedback.....

After about two or three hours later, I had produced something I was fairly pleased with, although I could have happily spent another couple of hours painting away!  But that is the good thing about sessions like this, having the clock ticking away behind you takes you out of your comfort zone, and you end up learning a lot more about yourself.  Anyway, here is the end result of my day of painting....

I thoroughly enjoyed myself here, and for more info about future events like this, please take a look on http://www.chislehurstartists.com/

Thanks for reading, and see you all soon.....

James Flynn