Nanaimo B.C. has been the home of an exceptional childrens' book festival for over 20 years. I've been privileged to be a part of it many times and have numerous fond memories of those visits. When Robin Muller approached me to be part of a poster to celebrate the festival I was both pleased and [...]
Visited the 'Bone Rooms' at the University of Guelph yesterday to do some studies. Who would have thought a beaver could look this good.
This evening was my first chance to draw my new granddaughter. A wonderful experience.
Joined the group over in Eden Mills for some drawing tonight. Took a pad of Borden & Ridley's bleedproof 14 x 17 inch paper for pens with a couple of 7B pencils. This was the last of three drawings for the night. Feels good to be drawing, only wish it had been looser.
This summer I will be giving two anatomy workshops at Seneca. The 7 week will be a master class in human anatomy with the focus on sequential movements. Here are some studies in preparation.For more info on the courses: http://sca.senecac.on.ca/portal/aac_workshops/ .
Had Ed CZ over today for some studies of arm rotations. We all have good days and some not so good. Today I struggled with proportion, losing sight of relationships. These were the best of many frustrations. Too many weeks with no intense drawing has its toll. My intention is now to work back through [...]
pencil, ink, conte and watercolour on ingres
I was in Montreal this weekend with regrettably little time to draw outside rough sketches of the architecture in Old Montreal during an early morning walk. Got a few minutes before closing in the Beaux Arts and had a moment to sketch this dragon from a painting by an Italian artist from the 17th century. [...]
One of my favorite places in Canada is Tofino. I came across this sketch this evening and thought I would post it.
after that last entry today I started wondering what a dragon based on one of the dinos would look like. After a few minutes with photoshop this is what I came up with. It's pretty messy but fun anyway.