Five life drawings of male models I don’t draw male models that often. This is not a preference, it's just that there are fewer of them around compared to females, in the same way as there are fewer older models compared to younger ones. I usually enjoy drawing a male model more, however, as the angles…

Five life drawings of one model Vilidian is the ‘Nom de Nude’ of a now internationally successful Mexican online model. Vilidian presents a slightly aloof persona in her sessions that hides a warm, generous nature. Her sessions are often themed which is why I have drawn her relatively few times…

Five life drawings of female models — With hundreds of drawings and paintings of nude women to choose from, it is quite a task to choose five I feel are worth including more than any of the others. They aren’t, of course, but I have to be selective, and find drawings that I have something to say…

Footsteps on the dance floor… — I have been known to cut a rug. Hard to believe that this shambling, almost sixty year old, part-time punk could once move his limbs relatively in synch with music, but it’s true. I loved to dance. My mother would have baby-danced me I’m sure. Tucked snugly in my Welsh…

Five life drawings of one model — Adrian is a marvel. As his Instagram profile states — “Adrian has over 20 years’ experience as a professional life model — from pubs to palaces; of cabbages and kings”. He is lithe and athletic, with a wide range of inspiring poses in his repertoire. A professional, London based model…

Rearranging the cosmos, one perfectly formed pebble at a time — My dad taught me how to do it, down Pownd Plank when I was a little boy. He showed me how to choose a nice, flat stone that sat comfortably between my crooked index finger and the meaty part of my thumb. It shouldn’t be too rounded on top or…

Five life drawings of one model — I always had a soft spot for Laura. She was one of the first models I drew using the watercolour technique I developed around 2006 and I still hold one of my early drawings of her as an example of my best work. I have not drawn her for many…

Five life drawings of one model — Valentina Carlone is an Italian actress living in Spain. I first drew her when lockdown restrictions forced a move to zoom life drawing, and for a year or so afterwards. After her initial session via a drawing group in Durham (bizarre, I know), I booked her for an hour’s one-to-one…

Five life drawings of one model — It’s not her real name of course, just one of many “Nom de Nudes” that are used by professional life models online. There’s ‘Vilidian’, ‘Olja’, ‘Trixie Divine’ and ‘Turris Eburnea’, not to mention the wonderfully named ‘Misspoisonpuppies’. Despite revealing everything else, the models understandably use their ‘Noms’ to hide their…