Master studies

Introduction

Sometimes trying to draw in a busy gallery can feel like an afternoon on the dodgems. However, persistence pays off when you start to see the underlying flows and connections in an artwork. Some even start to feel like old friends.

Pencil drawing of George Stubbs’ painting ‘Whistlejacket’ made in the National Gallery.

Study of Turner’s ‘Dutch Boats in a Storm’ in the National Gallery

Study of ‘The Red Boy’ by Thomas Lawrence. I drew it using an ipad at the National Gallery in London

Ipad drawing of Velasquez’ ‘Rokeby Venus’ in the National Gallery, London

Watercolour of Rembrandt’s ‘Portrait of Margaretha de Geer’. I painted this from a reproduction.