Hospital – 3

More drawings capturing NHS at work, see more…

Still life on kitchen table

I made these pictures in the kitchen, after arranging some of my Mum’s flowers in a vase on the kitchen table. I liked the look of them against the white table top, so I decided to set up and draw them there. The table top was soon cluttered with my water pots and paints, along with the fruit bowl which lives there anyway, which…

Maxine Dodd, Dash for the line - Work in progress

Drawing February: My studio

Hello! Drawing in February is going to be great if today’s weather holds. It’s so sunny in my little studio that I’ve opened the windows to let in the fresh air. The sun is casting a shadow across my drawing just now, so I thought it would be good time to pause, take some photos and share with you. Following last week’s snowdrops, I’ve been…

'Autumn race' first draft in oil, by Maxine Dodd

Experiments

Hello! It’s a time of year when things are drawing to a close but it’s a time when I like to look back over recent work and experiment with new ideas. I’ve been working on a few things lately with several themes in mind but all linked by the thread of people drawn together to see or witness something in a crowd, either willingly…

A beautiful day

Hello! Saturday was a lovely day in my part of Leicestershire. I was on my way to meet up with friends, but had to pull over as I passed this field for a quick sketch – just a peaceful sight – a field recently harvested with a distant red kite calling in the distance and a mysterious creaking sound coming from the trees – I…

Still life

Hello! Still working through the daily drawing challenge, #DrawingAugust, I’m finding that I’m drawing all sorts of things! Today, I made a little still life, something I’ve not done for a long time – Happy drawing!  

A bit of a challenge…

For a bit of fun, have a go at the challenge to do a drawing every day through August. You make a drawing, scan or photograph it and send it via Twitter to #DrawingAugust.  Here is the one I made earlier today – a preparatory study of cyclists for a new oil painting inspired by the Tour de France. Happy drawing!