• India
  • Faces of Rishikesh

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    In March I went to Rishikesh in the north of India to do a 200 hour yoga teachers training course at Rishikesh Yog Peeth. I took my camera with me of course and took some time to practise some portraiture. My photography style is usually quite sneaky and un-intrusive so it was good for me to practise […]

  • Art
  • Pensive Portraits

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    Back in 2009 was when I first started using the combination of watercolour and black ink / fineliner- in the non-traditional sense. I’ve always been drawn to drawing faces, usually sad ones. I should definitely practise expanding my skills to drawing full length characters, but faces are lovely things.

  • Art
  • Mermaid Hair

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    I’ve been doodling around and trying to improve on drawing hair, almost in a bit of an anime style. The only way to improve is to draw loads of it. I used a range f colours for shading in wax crayon and did my outlines with fine-liner. I wouldn’t naturally draw in such a dewy-eyed style […]