It's September and many have packed up and returned to civilization, leaving the beauty of the Bruce Peninsula behind. I took my sketch pad out on the the first day of what might as well be called the New Year and did this watercolour of the last boat on the shore of this tiny sandy [...]
Today is the 100th anniversary of the real Winnie - the bear cub who went to England with Canadian troops and inspired A.A. Milne to write the stories so beautifully illustrated by E. H. Shepard.I've always loved the drawings of Shepard and can never look at them without amazement at the man's ability. Shepard was [...]
August 22 L. Huron from Old Woman R. w/c on arches 4.5 x 9 in.Some pencil and watercolour sketches done around Lion's Head this summer. Rock patterns and light over water and reflected off the cliffs here are endlessly fascinating. Hopefully these sketches get worked up into larger paintings in the coming weeks or months. [...]
During one of Vilppu's demos I grabbed my pad and sketched him drawing. It was fascinating to watch his hands carve, almost caress the drawing out onto the page. His hands moved elegantly, feeling the form with lines and tone emerging seemingly effortlessly, yet within his mind there must have been innumerable calculations going on both [...]
day one combined study of 5 minute poses with Vilppu's notation in red below.Today I had the great fortune to be a participant in a weekend drawing workshop presented by Taafi, the Toronto Animation Arts Festival International featuring none other than the master Glenn Vilppu. As anyone in the animation industry knows, Glenn Vilppu is [...]
today I met my new granddaughter and had a moment to sketch her. Amazed that her eyes were following her mother's voice.
Too many mornings I leave to walk the dog along the river only to regret not taking a sketch book with me. Usually because there's not a lot of time to stop and draw. This morning despite a pressing schedule on a new kid's book the sketch book came along.For a few minutes I paused [...]
Met a most imposing regal gentle giant the other day. SlapJazz Danny was in Toronto from his home in San Diego to perform at the Percussion Festival at Harbourfront. Regrettably I missed his performance, but when we bumped into him outside he graciously agreed to sit for a few minutes to allow us to draw him. I'm [...]
Had a bit of time to do some leg studies of the caribou at the ROM this week. Danger of sitting too close is to screw up the proportion (as I did in the lower right study). One word only: ouch! Need to pay attention next time.