Join me at the 'Bone Rooms' for an exciting three days of Creature drawing.We'll be studying the wide array of skeletons in the excellent collection at the Vet College at the University of Guelph over three days to make the most of effective creature drawing.Skeletons ranging from full size horses, lions and bears to two [...]
Something I haven't done lately but must do more often is to have a model in for a day. Pure pleasure to just push conte around for hours and let the time pass.Happy New Year!all work conte on 18x24 newsprint.
Starting the year with some #sketches of my #cat as he lay beside me on the couch. I was supposed to be working on the storyboards for a new book book but he was just too tempting to ignore.8B on 8.5 x 11" printer paper
Nice to get outside and throw colour around. One of my favorite spots - Rush Cove on the Bruce Peninsula.
It's Monday and with every Monday comes a long list of what has to get done. I decided it could all wait and instead sat outside sketching my cat and dog as they enjoyed the summer shade. Best start to a Monday I'd say.
A number of years ago I was at a very long concert. I did this sketch when I got home. I like my concerts just a bit shorter.
I just came across this photo of a watercolour I did many years ago after University. It was an old gnarled apple tree I would pass in a field near a highway I often traveled. One winter day I stopped, sketched and this came about. I was sad when years later it finally died. I think [...]
In preparation for a new Master Class at my studio I had my favorite model Ed Cz in for two days of what I call blowing the dust out of the elbows. Here's one of the the many arm studies I did getting ready.conte pencil on newsprint.
It's sometimes surprising what you find when you're cleaning up piles of old drawings. I found these two from long ago but clearly remembered moments. Rudy was the Dachshund belonging to the family of a friend of ours. Rudy had a unique 'what do I care what you want?' atitude which suited everyone just fine. Except [...]
caribou head study pencil crayon c.1979 caribou skull study pencil 1977 study of wing pencil 1977 bear skull study 1981