Portrait Sketches

These 'Portrait Sketches' take about 10 minutes. They are mainly done at different local church, community and charity events.  To help cover costs I normally ask for a 'Suggested Donation" of about £10. A bargain!! I prefer to use charcoal and pastel on A3 pastel paper. For outside venues  a patio-umbrella or gazebo is used to protect against bright sun or pouring rain! I have been doing these  since 1982, originally calling them 'Caricatures' and using a large felt-tip pen. Later I felt the title 'Portrait Sketches' was better as they really are 'Portraits' even though done very quickly. Here is a very small but recent sample of the hundreds done. For the sake of confidentiality only first-names are given.