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Model Holly Vallance, tutor Kim Plowright. The first two drawings are drawing without looking at the paper; the next two are drawing negative space; then a drawing using only straight lines (curves added in at the end); and lastly two “freestyle” drawings.

A review of Gaskell’s final novel, which was originally published in 1866.

Tutor Alice Hesketh, model Chris Rock. Most of these are pen and ink combined with ink washes, but the first one was done in chalk pastels.

A review of the third and final part of Tor Freeman’s Boss of the Underworld comic book series.

Tutor Lance Richardson, model Kim Frezell. Lance was getting us to use cross-hatching to start with, but I haven’t reproduced those drawings, firstly because they were in pencil and therefore too faint to photograph, and secondly because they were crap. The ones after I gave up on the cross-hatching were better. And yes, that’s a violin Kim is using as a prop in the last sketch.

Review of a book of short stories by the American writer Raymond Carver, who is often cited as a master of the form.

Images 1, 2 and 7 are work submitted by the local schools. Image 3 is my own submission. The exhibition is in St Dunstan’s Church, Cranbrook and runs until 6th September.

Part of the Sense of Place exhibition at St Dunstan’s Church in Cranbrook until 6th September.

2026-08-15 Life Drawing at the Hastings Contemporary Gallery

Tutor Alice Hesketh, model Judith (who had a bad back, so all the poses were short).

Edited by Nicholas Royle, published by Salt Publishing.