Lesley draws and paints regularly from life, at least twice a week, developing her observational skills and playing around with different media. Forming the "Donderdag" group with artist colleagues in York, these regular sessions are a welcome escape from the solitary studio experience. See more experimental works in her life drawing gallery. 
sleeping beauty, oil on satimat, 80 x 60cms - painted at Hospitalfield, Arbroath, Scotland in 2010