Marta

Our model in this week´s life drawing session in the old stone vaults beneath the cathedral was Marta.
Marta nearly drowned last August when she was swept off some rocks into the sea by a huge wave and had to tread water and swim against the current for over three hours before she was found and rescued.
She´s a very lucky girl.

Raquel sequel

Another drawing session with the fabulous Raquel in Palma.

Raquel (not Welsh!)

I attended my first Spanish life drawing class for over a year in the old stone vaults under the cathedral. I went along with my new friend Leticia and our model was Raquel who is Spanish not Welsh (feeble joke!) It differs from an English life drawing class in thtee ways. There is no music (a pity) and there is no half time break for a cup of tea and a chat (even more of a pity). Also, the artists take turns in asking for poses and dictating the length of the pose. This caused one woman to down pencils and walk out after Leti asked for 5 one minute poses. You can´t please everyone, I guess.

Michaela

Just before returning to Palma after the seemingly very long Christmas and new year break I managed to fit in a life drawing session at The Sussex County Arts Club where the elegant and statuesque Michaela was modelling. She´s a great model as I hope you can see from my daubings. Afterwards some of the usual suspects (Mark, Bill, Geo, me and Alexa) repaired to a local hostilery to imbibe fermented hops as is our wont. A good start to the year!