Author: yfrench

A rainy day in Chichester high street

Last year I went to a workshop with the artist Lindsey Cole, and I had such a great time learning new methods of painting. Some of the techniques were familiar but I hadn’t put it all together into one workflow before. It was such a great exercise to take a painting right from the start,…
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Birds, OWLS, and naked ladies

I spent the majority of 2019 attending a local life drawing class; you may have seen some of the pieces on my instagram @yasminfrench or my artfinder account. I posted some of my favourite pictures- they’re not all great, but I just love capturing expressions and mannerisms, it truly is what makes us human. I’m…
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It’s been a long time!

It feels like I haven’t posted in years. I’ve been busy – not just with the day job, but I’ve also been attending weekly life drawing classes, which has been great fun. I go to a small studio, with seats for 10 artists, so there’s plenty of room for a good view and it’s suitably…
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Summer Traffic Jams and more sweet babes

Here’s another picture up on Artfinder! This was created during the Patti Mollica colour course. Click to view more info. I went for a walk with one of my bestfriends last week and we took some pictures of her sweet boy. It is so hard to shoot in the forest, I forget how difficult it…
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