Observational drawing using lots of blue and orange.  Fab model !

Quick sketches to capture the moving figure - like the rhythm in this one - the model was great!

Spent the last couple of days using a pencil again - really enjoyed it!

'The straw hat' - portrait of the model using collage - really enjoyed

creating this one - lots of bright colours to cheer me up on a grey January

day!

Lots of quick sketches as the figure moved around - the model

was a fab. dancer!

'Model reading'

I washed the paper with coloured inks before drawing the figure and adding collage..  The inks ran into the drawing creating an almost abstract effect. 

'Girl in the blue dress'

Painting begun in the life studio, but added lots of collage later - had great fun with the background - found some patterned wallpaper from a magazine and copied the pattern into the collage.  Used the inside of a coffee cup holder to get an interesting print on the model's blue dress - hours of fun!

Two new paintings I produced especially for the Twickenham Carnival - Church Street, Twickenham and Twickenham Riverside - sold lots of prints of both of these!

Series of quick figure sketches capturing the model as she moves


 

Three quick studies in life class today.  The model called them 'Rainbow People' - which I think's a great name!

Richmond Bridge Cafe. Busy sunny morning by Richmond Bridge - my latest picture depicting life in Richmond. Had a great time creating this one - lots of people and dogs involved - hours of fun! Took it to Richmond May Fair where I sold 6 prints of it!

The print measures 10"x12", comes in a white bevelled edge mount, and is priced at 12 (plus postage and packing).

Red poppies - lots of bright colours in this collage! I used stained washi and rice paper, adding texture with cardboard, string, lace and torn-up magazine papers. Love the bright blue behind the red!

'Bella Reading' - the model was reading a book, which made the pose slightly different. I'd already drawn the model in previous poses in ink on the paper, but decided to keep the drawings as I liked the feeling of movement they gave.

I did some ink drawings from the life model, then worked it into a collage later, using colours torn from magazines, etc. I like the contrast of blues and oranges in the painting.

New ink drawing, from life class;


 

This was a collage I originally started when working in front of a life model in the studio – the background and straw hat were added later. It ended up looking as if the girl was living in the tropics – entirely by accident. I sold the picture at the end of last year to a buyer who said she "...liked the feeling of heat and sunshine!".

I work in a studio every week drawing from life models. The practice of drawing is essential – and life drawing is (I think) the hardest discipline of all. I love using liquid watercolours for their bright, intense colour and the effect of colours washing into each other.

Here I've painted the pink background first, before drawing over the top in shades of blue – the original colours merge into other colours – so purples, reds and browns appear – and I let the liquid colours run across the paper – an effect I love. See 'Pretty in Pink' and other life drawing ink originals on the website.

If you're interested in learning more about the techniques I use, are interested in a commission or would like to make an appointment for a viewing, please contact me by emailing [email protected] or call me on my mobile: 07767 201 710 and I will aim to get back to you soonest.

I love the vibrancy achieved by working with liquid watercolour inks. With this study of deer in Richmond Park, London, I worked from photographs taken during a walk with the family on a beautifully sunny and bright day. I then began by drawing the image in pencil first and then washing it over with the inks to create the effect of colours washing into each other. The colours are intense; the final effect is serendipitous.
 

Above: Watercolour – 'Deer in Richmond Park' by Caroline Sayer

 

If you're interested in learning more about the techniques I use, are interested in a commission or would like to make an appointment for a viewing, please contact me by emailing [email protected] or call me on my mobile: 07767 201 710 and I will aim to get back to you soonest.

Here's a collage I recently created using heavy watercolour paper as the base. I prepared the background beforehand, using stained and torn Japanese washi and rice papers, and ‘found’ papers, such as torn shapes from newspapers and magazines, cardboard, paper lace, etc. (Some of these papers are absorbent so they can create interesting effects when adding inks later.)

In the studio, I then painted the figures from life, using watercolour and acrylic inks – and acrylic paint – using the shapes from the collaged surface to help create the final figures.

Above: Collage – 'Three Figures on Blue' by London artist Caroline Sayer

 

If you're interested in learning more about the techniques I use, are interested in a commission or would like to make an appointment for a viewing, please contact me by emailing [email protected] or call me on my mobile: 07767 201 710 and I will aim to get back to you soonest.