Life drawing online, 28 March 2025

Hot on the heels of working with tutor Caroline Underwood for a life drawing session at the Granville Park Centre in Lewisham, we renewed acquaintance remotely for one of Caz’s own online portrait drawing classes.

For inspiration, selected artworks from the Siena exhibition at the National Gallery in London were scrutinised at the outset. We also looked at Edvard Munch Portraits at the National Portrait Gallery. Mostly, however, I would be channelling Siena.

In addition to saintly iconic expressions of piousness and humility I also threw in a few hand gestures appropriate to the theme. Beyond my webcam, beyond the glass of my home studio, all was calm and bright in the world outside; all was serene within.

It was a nice morning with a lovely little group – focused whilst working, friendly when not. Caz is always looking for more artists to join, so if you fancy refining your portrait skills from the comfort of your home, check out Caroline Underwood classes.

Pose minutes, 10am-12pm

Part 1 : 5, 4, 6, 5, 15, 30.

Artworks

With apologies to artists I’m unable to credit.