Tag Archives: female nude

The Naked Truth and Back to the Drawing Board

Posted on April 20, 2018 by Simon Tolhurst

My week is a Venn diagram. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday are spent working for Haematology Cancer Care, the charity at UCLH which supports the haematology unit’s patients and staff. On Thursdays I return to my creative work and draw as … Continue reading →

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An Overdue Blog Post with lots of Pictures!

Posted on August 23, 2016 by Simon Tolhurst

  It’s becoming customary for me to start each blog post with “it’s been a while since I posted” and this time is no exception! So here’s a quick summary of what I’ve been up to with pencil and paintbrush … Continue reading →

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Drawing news, Painting news and Newsnight news!

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Simon Tolhurst

It’s been a very long time since my last post here on WordPress, about six months and during that time I’ve been continuing to work on the project for LALU at University College Hospital as well as having people pose … Continue reading →

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Drawing, drawing, drawing!

Posted on July 19, 2013 by Simon Tolhurst

I’ve been drawing a lot recently, life drawings, portrait drawings, drawings using Skype, even drawing for a tv programme. Here are some of the recent portraits:                  For the tv show I mentioned I was one of several artists … Continue reading →

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Bold, Brave and Beautiful, plus Working from Life.

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Simon Tolhurst

I had the final sitting with the model for my latest painting recently and now that the painting is finished I want to say something about the genre of the nude and also about the working process I find myself … Continue reading →

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“Stay Blessed!” Still Life, working in series and Fish meets Cat

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Simon Tolhurst

It’s been several weeks since my last post during which time I’ve been lucky to have had quite a lot of people come to pose, it’s always great to have someone who is patient and interested enough to come and … Continue reading →

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