From today's portrait group at the Hawkesbury Community Arts Workshop, WSU Richmond, 40 minute and a 60 minute studies

again it is disappointing to go to a national park wilderness and find that someone has obviously painted a large painting and ;left the pristine rock covered with large areas of splashed paint!

a bit of portrait practice

and playing with a  pyrographic tool

 at our portrait practice today we had a live person sit for us, which was unexpected!

 The 'Secret Garden' on the University Campus was open today and I was going to do some portrait sketches at the 'Community Arts Workshop' stall, but it was It was a  cool and blustery day with some raindrops so I decided against it!
Our 'Piggery Lane Studios' and my studio on the University grounds were also open in conjunction with the event

in the afternoon it was the monthly portrait  group at Richmond Art Supplies...  30 minutes and perhaps 80 minutes

a portrait from today