It’s almost Hallowe’en and time for a sketch or two
Some skeleton doodles are in order. Sketchbook on Ipad Pro. Skeleton sketches for Halloween 2020. A very scary year
Sleeping Cat
Quiet study of my cat asleep. Sketchbook Pro on iPad 2 I found myself walking with my iPad past my cat curled asleep and decided wherever it was I supposed to go not as important as stopping to sketch the moment. I've decided that 2020 will be the year to capture these [...]
Knee studies in sequence
Knee sequence studies My fascination of all joints was focused on the knee today. In a way it's a very simple joint: it is essentially one big hinge, like that on a door that can only swing one way open and shut. Yet it also allows for rotation medially and laterally when the [...]
hand studies Sept 28 2018
I had the opportunity to draw with some students at the University of Guelph this evening. Once again I was drawn to the hand and especially the skeleton. The nature of the wrist is of particular interest since it is so pivotal to the movement of the wrist; the carpals in particular. There wasn't enough [...]
Torso Study Day
Every Thursday I have my favorite model come by for some drawing. Lately it's been hand and arm rotation studies. Today I felt like looking at the torso and the amazing muscles that surround and move the arm. Of course one can't help but take it further out the arm or down toward the legs. [...]
Arm Rotation studies of the hand
Pencil studies of a hand gripping a partial sphere and rotating to test the limits of the movement of joints.
Mr. Bob Cripps Honouring the fine people in my life
You never forget great teachers or mentors like Bob Cripps. I may have portrayed him somewhat grumpy in this sketch, but Bob Cripps was anything but a kind considerate gentleman. Pilot in the war, sailor and architect in the years that followed, Bob was someone to whom I looked up to for his quiet wisdom and [...]
Hand Rotations
Building on a study from a previous session, I've worked a rotation of the hand from supination to pronation. Endlessly fascinating. The model's hand with the drawing. Nothing like working from life. 9B on Arches 88
Arms and Forelimbs, Human, Polar bear & Seal
I just spent Saturday morning studying the Extensor muscles of the human forearm. It is truly fascinating to see how all the muscles that extend both the hand at the wrist and the fingers originate on the bony prominence of the humerus called the Lateral Epicondyle. In a similar way, all the flexors originate on [...]
Life and Anatomical Studies today
An excellent day today. I got my favorite model in for a few hours for some arm studies. Followed up with another visit to the Gross Human Anatomy Labs at the University of Guelph thanks to some very talented and eager students who meet there every week for drawing. 9B Pencil on Paper [...]