I haven't been drawing for myself for a few days (no excuses) but feel bad I didn't post. I will return tonight or tomorrow.In the meantime because of the freezing weather we're feeling this week (-31C in the wind) I dug out some sketches I did while on a trip to the islands of Antigua [...]
It's -11C outside, -21C if you factor in the brisk wind, so that would make it a perfect day to go out and sketch - if you live in Inuvik. But considering I once use to do exactly that when I worked in Povunituk, today wasn't so bad after all....until I got out there. For sketch [...]
First sketch today are the bird feeders outside my door. Perhaps should be really titled Ginko in snow since I'm fascinated by the patters of the tree. But then there's the patterns in the snow. So it's just a lot of what I find outside my door today. nothing more.
Something often overlooked mainly because I look over them are my feet. When looking for the last thing to draw tonight I was a bit perplexed as to what to draw. So I sat down with Umberto Ecco's book on Beauty looking for a work of art to study. I was taken by the fine [...]
We have a small bronze rabbit that I bought in Halifax years ago. He sits by a door mostly unnoticed. I decided to sketch him today and found he has rather an evil stare that I'd never noticed. Not sure if I feel comfortable with him anymore. One never knows what happens in the dark.However [...]
This will probably be my quickest entry. I barely got started and the phone rang. Stupidly I went to answer and when I got back moments later the cat had shifted. So this one will stay as the quick doodle of sleeping cat (in my chair of course).
Last drawing of the day. Almost didn't but found our dog happily snoozing on my side of the bed. 'Had to be the final sketch of the day. Ah, a dog's life! Make good subjects too. The picture, I should add, is somewhat unfinished. Just as I stopped the cat hopped up on the bed and [...]
I purposely drew this skull vertically. When I moved it around in my hands I was struck how much it looked like an alien bug. Perhaps for my last drawing of the day I'll explore this. Two done, (at least) one to go.
Clive Powsey invited me into the 3 drawings per day over 5 days challenge.This is my first. Early morning wobbly finger sketch of my back entrance from the top of the stairs. It also responds to my desire to draw the view through the windows of my house. Not great but a start.
'Die Gedanken Sind Frei'It's the 7th day of January 2015 and news out of Paris is that the offices of a satirical magazine were attacked by gunmen with the result of 12 dead and many injured. Many of the dead were artists, or cartoonists as some would know them (unfortunately this always carries a connotation [...]