Arm studies
Some level sequences from an arm sketch
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For two weeks now my plans to have the amazing model Ed Cz, who many of you will know from Seneca and Sheridan fell through. First I screwed up my schedule and then Ed's starter wouldn't start and he was stuck on the shores of Huron (I can't blame him for wanting another day at [...]
Spring walk along the Speed
Today was one of the first warm spring days in a while. I took a break from marking and joined my wife and our dog Pippa to walk down to the river. While Lori strolled I hung behind to draw this massive old tree that still grows along the river. Something about this huge trunk [...]
Lion’s Head Studio Thoughts
I’m writing this in the last minutes, maybe hours if I stretch it, of time in my studio in Lion’s Head. Outside it is dark but the squall off Georgian Bay is shaking branches of the huge old maples outside my windows, rattling a warning that the drive home won't be that easy, but because [...]
Wunderkammer
Sometimes I like to just wander past the art at the AGO and let it talk to me, sometimes call me to stop, other times just wave me by. A very quiet conversation with the walls. But one stop I feel I must always make is to see the small study of knees by Michelangelo [...]
Incredible Day of Bouffon – Philippe Gaulier
the insane hairdresserdwarf VarrickLife gives its gifts in unexpected packets. Today's packet was thanks to our son Justin who had been participating in a Bouffon Workshop given by Philippe Gaulier at the Canadian Stage in Toronto. We were allowed to attend the last day of classes and it was a treat visually as well as [...]
Drawing
Draw lines, young man, draw lines; whether from memory or after nature. Then you will be a good artist. J.A.D.Ingres” No longer a young man or as good an artist as I would wish, it is how I started the year. Yesterday, when my son visited with his daughter I took the opportunity to do [...]
Vivienne sketches
My granddaughter is a pure delight to watch and to draw. Sadly I don't do that enough. The other evening we visited, this time with sketchbook. First sketch she was asleep and I was so focused on her head (fascinated by what must be going on in there I guess) that I failed to take [...]
Sometimes we just gotta play!
I have a ton of work from both school and studio, and yet sometimes it is just fun to play. So still in my robe this morning I decided to sketch out a doodle of a house, throw it into photoshop and see what happened. The result: this year's Halloween card. Enjoy and have a [...]
Bad Day Drawing Technique
This comes from an email I wrote to a student of mine in first semester who's greatest difficulty is not knowing where and how to start a drawing. There are many approaches and this is but one, but it is one I have used with students for many years now. I use it myself in [...]