It's sometimes surprising what you find when you're cleaning up piles of old drawings. I found these two from long ago but clearly remembered moments. Rudy was the Dachshund belonging to the family of a friend of ours. Rudy had a unique 'what do I care what you want?' atitude which suited everyone just fine. Except [...]
caribou head study pencil crayon c.1979 caribou skull study pencil 1977 study of wing pencil 1977 bear skull study 1981
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.
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. [...]
Response 3 to the challenge: why not study the garbage? Interesting shapes and forms.
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 [...]
Response to another challenge to post work. Dated March 29 but done this morning instead of answering Monday morning emails. 6B on cheap paper. time to bring out the better stuff on the shelves.
I was at the Human Anatomy labs and the Bone Rooms/ OVC /University of Guelph with my Humber and Seneca students for the last two days. After everyone left today I took an hour to do a study of this black bear skeleton for myself. 8B pencil on mat board. 18 x 24 inches approx.
I got a call last evening from Zacharaiasie Nappatok, an Inuit friend living in Akulivik in Nunavik, previously known as Norther Quebec. Our friendshop goes back many years to a time when I was printmaking advisor to the Inuit artists of Povungnituk and regions around the Hudson's and Ungava Bay coasts.Of the many drawings and [...]
