Portrait Drawings

I’ve been drawing people for years and normally have a couple of commissions on the go. I love the hours spent in this intimate and intense pursuit of the essence of a person - looking, chatting, thinking, laughing. I never work from photos, so a commission involves an initial meeting to get to know someone, followed by three, maybe four, sittings. I work in charcoal or pencil and occasionally ink. Notable commissions include Sir Anthony Seldon, Lord Skidelsky and Arthur Brown ‘the God of Hellfire’.

Olly Longworth

Pastel drawing by Chelsea Renton

Paul Andrew

Charcoal drawing by Chelsea Renton

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Arthur Brown

Charcoal drawing by Chelsea Renton

Studio snaps

Portraits by Chelsea Renton

Helen D'Ascoli

Pencil drawing by Chelsea Renton

Arthur Brown

Charcoal drawing by Chelsea Renton

Claire

Pencil drawing by Chelsea Renton

Ezra

Charcoal drawing by Chelsea Renton

Fatemeh

Charcoal

Young man

Wax crayon drawing by Chelsea Renton

Nimmy March

Unfinished - come back Nimmy!

Valentine Gage

Charcoal drawing by Chelsea Renton

Burton family

Charcoal drawing by Chelsea Renton

Burton family

Charcoal drawing by Chelsea Renton

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Annie with flu

Charcoal drawing by Chelsea Renton

Croze family

Charcoal drawing by Chelsea Renton

Mike Pattison

Wax crayon drawing by Chelsea Renton

Dan Cramsie

Charcoal drawing by Chelsea Renton

Lulu Renton

Charcoal drawing by Chelsea Renton

Davies

Charcoal drawing by Chelsea Renton

Adam Renton

Charcoal drawing by Chelsea Renton

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