John Lennon WIP

I began another portrait to add to a series of musicians that I'm working on, this time of John Lennon, who is one of the most influential figures in rock music. He was recently voted eighth in a BBC poll of the 100 greatest Britons, and is ranked as the fifth-greatest singer of all time by Rolling Stone magazine. Oil pastel on paper, 17" x 22".

609 Squadron Pencil complete

This piece is now complete. It's a pretty small pencil drawing at 10" x 6.5" so the distant bogeys are just indicated in a very subtle fashion so as not to appear too heavy. If I do this one up in colour and larger, the distant aircraft will have more form to them and would be a little more recognizable.

609 Squadron Spitfire in pencil

Here's a WIP of a scene depicting the Spitfire Mk Ia flown by Pilot Officer JC Dundas of No 609 Sqn, 1940. He and his wingman have just spotted bogeys and are peeling off to the attack. I will place a squadron of He-111's in the distance just above the horizon line to finish off the piece. I'm not sure about the bottom right side of this piece as I don't want it to get too heavy so I may need to break up the cloud somewhat in this part of the composition. I would like to do this one in acrylics later on.