Anatomy Tune Up June 6 & 7 Toronto
The anatomy Tune Up at Studio West was held June 6 & 7 to great success. Two day overview of the skeleton and muscles of the human as well as comparative to animals.
Anatomy Tune Up June 6 & 7
Three mentoring sessions valued at $150 as a special offer to introduce the Workshops and Tune Ups.
10 Things You Want to Know About Anatomy (or want to remember again)
I've been teaching life drawing to animation students since 1986. That's a long time and it gives you a bit of overview of what is essential for a good life drawing. Of course there are a number of things, but of all of them anatomy comes out near the top of the list.Gesture is No. [...]
Studio Waste Paper Garbage Study.
Response 3 to the challenge: why not study the garbage? Interesting shapes and forms.
Foot studies and whale
I was doing some skeletal studies of the foot and lower leg and it struck me that the bones of the foot were squid or octopus like in their form and rhythm. So I stuck in a whale only to realize that it would be a sperm whale and not blue that would go after [...]
Pets in my studio
Response to another challenge to post work. Dated March 29 but done this morning instead of answering Monday morning emails. 6B on cheap paper. time to bring out the better stuff on the shelves.
Bear Skeleton at Bone Rooms University of Guelph
I was at the Human Anatomy labs and the Bone Rooms/ OVC /University of Guelph with my Humber and Seneca students for the last two days. After everyone left today I took an hour to do a study of this black bear skeleton for myself. 8B pencil on mat board. 18 x 24 inches approx.
Inuit portraits
I got a call last evening from Zacharaiasie Nappatok, an Inuit friend living in Akulivik in Nunavik, previously known as Norther Quebec. Our friendshop goes back many years to a time when I was printmaking advisor to the Inuit artists of Povungnituk and regions around the Hudson's and Ungava Bay coasts.Of the many drawings and [...]
Watching Tangled
This morning I took the opportunity to sketch my granddaughter as she watched Tangled. Having a 4 and half year old hold still is an impossibility so this opportunity was wonderful. It was interrupted only by the cat moving into my lap and finally my own attention being diverted to the piece too. The first [...]