Arm Studies
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.
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.
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. [...]
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 [...]
Anatomy Course Moved to Guelph Studio
We didn't hit the magic number needed to run it at Seneca, but the course lives on out of my studio in Guelph.Course outline remains the same: same great model Ed, same visit to University of Guelph Anatomy Labs Tuesday and a beautiful place to run it in - Guelph!Contact me to enroll and for [...]
Drawing Day June 22
Ed's left knee remained for the most part in the same place; Ed pivoting from front to back over it.Played around today with overlying sequences, and studies of the back and arms in an extreme pull. Compressed Charcoal on Arches 88 top and middle. Bottom 7B Stabilo pencil on Arches 88
Arm studies June 8 2011
15 x 26" 8B on mat board
Arm Studies June 1
One of today's studies: 7B pencil on 9.5 x 17 mat board
Bad Day Drawing Technique
This comes from an email I wrote to a student of mine in first semester who's greatest difficulty is not knowing where and how to start a drawing. There are many approaches and this is but one, but it is one I have used with students for many years now. I use it myself in [...]