Michael Gage

A mild start to the month turned to near-freezing temperatures today, so just a couple of very quick sketches up at the allotments.

Portrait drawing @rawumberstudios. Ten, twenty, and thirty minute poses.

Biting cold wind from the north today. A very quick sketch of a stile done on location, followed by a more careful drawing from a photo of the same subject, done in the warmth after returning home.

Quick sketches between the heavy rain showers. Pencil on A4 paper.

Sketching a detail of Jan Gossaert's "The Adoration of the Kings", at a National Gallery Talk and Draw session.

Expressions. Ten, twenty, and thirty minute poses.

 Twenty minute pose, and the thirty minute pose, twice.

Lych Gate Cottage, Hartfield, at the entrance to the churchyard. Dated 1520, restored 1946. Pencil on paper, A4.

Up at the allotments. Pen and ink, 15 x 15cm.

Misty this morning, but this afternoon there was some sunshine.