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.
'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 [...]
I've long given over the fight for my studio chair. So much so that he now enjoys a nice comfortable blanket. That's not to stop him from sitting on drawings or paintings. Many have been discarded with his signature muddy footprint. But such is the cost of the comfort of a cat.
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.
Rembrandt study of an elephant, British MuseumThis post comes from a reply I wrote this evening to a question from one of my students who asked in response to my previous comment about his work what is line quality. I thought I would post it since this is probably one of the most common questions, [...]
Visited the 'Bone Rooms' at the University of Guelph yesterday to do some studies. Who would have thought a beaver could look this good.
I was in Montreal this weekend with regrettably little time to draw outside rough sketches of the architecture in Old Montreal during an early morning walk. Got a few minutes before closing in the Beaux Arts and had a moment to sketch this dragon from a painting by an Italian artist from the 17th century. [...]
Fascinating in the way so much is similar to what we see now, and only a few million years apart. Wish I could be there for weeks, first study drawing what I see, then playing with it. Don't know why bones fascinate me so much?conte on 18x24" newsprint