Assorted studies and doodles done for students Had a day at the Royal Ontario Museum with my Humber College students yesterday. It made me realize that if only I lived closer I would be there almost every day. There are simply so many wonderful and fascinating things to study and draw, from armour to amazing animals.Grizzly [...]
I'll be busy this fall with teaching at two colleges: Seneca & Humber. At both I'll be giving classes in Life Drawing as well as mentoring an illustration course on Children's Books at Seneca. I'm excited about all of it but a bit apprehensive about how much time and effort they will take to execute [...]
Artists I wish I knew about when I was young. Annibale Carracci An Angel Playing Violin British MuseumMany times in teaching I’ve mentioned artists’ names only to see blank looks on my students’ faces. Rather than be frustrated by this lack of awareness, I remind myself that I too once was unaware of these artists who [...]
Master Class in Human AnatomyJuly 23 - 27Guelph Ontario Focus: This course is designed to give you an intensive overview of the muscles that move the figure, and thereby affect the form and give rise to expression. Focus will be given to reading the anatomical structure of the human body through landmarks and changes in form [...]
Here it is, finally posting. please pass it on to anyone in the arts or industry who you may feel would be interested in an intensive course in human anatomy.for more info, please feel free to email me at werner.zimmermann@senecac.on.ca, werner@wernerzimmermann.ca or through this blog. Master Class in Human AnatomyJuly4 - 8 2011Focus: This course [...]
One of today's studies: 7B pencil on 9.5 x 17 mat board
Some level sequences from an arm sketch
For two weeks now my plans to have the amazing model Ed Cz, who many of you will know from Seneca and Sheridan fell through. First I screwed up my schedule and then Ed's starter wouldn't start and he was stuck on the shores of Huron (I can't blame him for wanting another day at [...]
Today was one of the first warm spring days in a while. I took a break from marking and joined my wife and our dog Pippa to walk down to the river. While Lori strolled I hung behind to draw this massive old tree that still grows along the river. Something about this huge trunk [...]
Sometimes I like to just wander past the art at the AGO and let it talk to me, sometimes call me to stop, other times just wave me by. A very quiet conversation with the walls. But one stop I feel I must always make is to see the small study of knees by Michelangelo [...]