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Paul Shinn Draws
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Cartoonist. Illustrator. Book cover designer. Doodler.
Had a great time on Saturday morning drawing Federica in a range of different outfits at Connie Lim's 3-hour fashion illustration life drawing class at her studio in Dalaton.
November 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
On Thursday afternoon I had the unique opportunity to go along and draw at the final dress rehearsal of Moominvalley In November, a new musical at Upstairs At The Gatehouse in Highgate.

The show is on until the 16 November. You can find more details at @moominmusical.bsky.social
October 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
On Saturday evening I went along to an incredible arial life drawing class at London Dance Academy, with incredible poses by Jenny and Ting.

It was a dynamic class with lots of short poses. I can only post 4 here but there are a lot more over on my instagram: www.instagram.com/paulshinndraws
October 25, 2025 at 9:56 AM
A card I drew for my Dad's birthday
October 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
On Saturday morning, I went along to the second session of Cosplay Life Drawing, hosted by my friend Mike, with fantastic dynamic poses by Ren as Ada Wong from Resident Evil. A really fun and challenging session.
October 24, 2025 at 11:07 AM
My drawings from Sunday's Southbank Portrait Session at the Royal Festival Hall.
October 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
On Saturday morning, I went along to a 3-hour life drawing class hosted by Connie Lim in her studio in Dalston, with excellent poses Ben, with various outfit changes during the session.

It's always a fun challenge to capture both the pose and the different clothing within a set amount of time.
October 14, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Joined the Urban Sketchers on the Southbank on Saturday. As I grabbed something to eat from the food market behind the Royal Festival Hall, I noticed this view looking up towards the Hayward Gaallery - my favourite gallery in London! - and decided to draw it.
October 7, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Went along to a terrific free life drawing event at the Royal Academy Lecture Theatre on Friday evening, hosted by 2bornot2bcollective, and Inspired by the Kerry James Marshall: The Histories exhibition, with stage dressing and costumes referencing his Souvenir series.
October 6, 2025 at 9:20 PM
One of the reasons I'm not doing #inktober this year is because I'm spending too much time playing Silksong.

Although that would fit quite well with today's prompt, Weave...
October 2, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I'm not doing #Inktober this year, but I couldn't resist a quick doodle for today's prompt, Moustache...
October 1, 2025 at 9:22 PM
My drawings from last Friday's Gosh! Drink & Draw. The themes were:

Ninja penguin
Misheard lyrics
Flower
September 29, 2025 at 4:53 PM
A bumper crop of drawings from Southbank Portrait Session at the Royal Festival Hall the other Sunday. Every time I was thinking about leaving, I looked outside and it was pouring down, so ended up staying until the end of the session.
September 23, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I had fun the other Sunday morning at a life drawing class with ESEA Life Drawing.

It was fun to be experimental and join in with various prompts including drawing with my non-dominant hand, drawing without looking at my paper, using a continuous line, and even combining all three at once! Phew!
September 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Last Friday, I went along to the National Portrait Gallery to try to get tickets for the Jenny Saville exhibition but could only get a ticket for 8pm, as had 3 and a half hours to spare, I had a wander around the main collection and stumbled across a free drawing workshop in the galleries.
September 13, 2025 at 12:34 PM
My drawings from the most recent Gosh/Broken Frontier Drink & Draw.

The themes were:

1. Bunny
2. Myriad Demons of the Supermarket
3. A non-literal depiction of a scene from your favourite film

And there's a bonus 'Draw A Shrek From Memory' at the end, which was something our table came up with.
September 11, 2025 at 8:15 AM
My drawings from last Sunday afternoon's Southbank Portrait Session at the Royal Festival Hall.
September 4, 2025 at 12:57 PM
My drawings from Sunday afternoon's Southbank Portrait Session at the Royal Festival Hall. I like trying to capture the whole pose during the 15 minutes as I feel it gives a better sense of the person.
August 20, 2025 at 12:52 PM
On Saturday morning, I went along and drew the Royal Albert Hall with Urban Sketchers London. This was a two and a half hour drawing.
August 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM
My drawings from Sunday afternoon's Southbank Portrait Session at the Royal Festival Hall. A fun session and I managed to make it through to the end!
August 12, 2025 at 12:29 PM
My drawings from this month's Gosh!/Broken Frontier Drink And Draw. The themes were:

Bizarre Adventure
Wellness Of The Living Dead
Dungeons And Dragons
August 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Gosh!/Broken Frontier's Drink & Draw finally returned to being In-Person last month.

Each month three guest artists take it in turns to pick a theme and then you have half an hour to draw.
Here's last month's drawings for the following themes:

Molotov Cocktail Party
Get To The Tower
Fairy Holiday
August 5, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Yesterday afternoon I made it along to Southbank Portrait Session at the Royal Festival Hall after not having made it along at all last month.

I was feeling pretty tired at the start and was just drawing small portraits before getting a bit more into it and drawing full poses. Nice to be back! 😊
August 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Had a great time last Wednesday evening drawing with LetsDrawNow.LDN at Underbelly Boulevard in Soho, with fantastic poses by Yishu.

I'm really pleased with how these drawings turned out, and I even won a prize! 😊 You can see the full set over on my Instagram - @paulshinndraws over there as well.
July 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
As @bsky.app seems determined to label any of my nude life drawings I post as Sexually Suggestive Adult Content and does nothing about it until I appeal about 3 or 4 times, I think I'm done with trying to post them on here 😞
July 24, 2025 at 6:46 AM