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Bristol Museum

Bristol Museum

I visited Bristol Museum today and sketched some of the creatures there. This tiger was shot by George V in 1911, which is some sort of distinction I suppose. It was in an amazing crouched position and at first glance appeared to be ferocious. The longer I looked at...

Birdy

Birdy

This little guy appeared while I played with Kyle T. Webster's great gouache photoshop brushes today.

Old Drawings

Old Drawings

This is one of the first sketches I did for the fire in "Dreid", my VFS classical animation. I took a picture of the sketch when I had to throw the sketchbook it was in away, and I only found the picture this weekend.This little bird was in the same sketchbook, but...

Budgie

Budgie

Today's quick doodle. I want to try and get away from relying on my sketch lines. I'm finding it difficult to translate them into finished, clean lines!

Gouache II

Gouache II

I had fun painting with gouache last night! I bought three more tubes of paint as last time I only had yellow, red, and blue. Also I planned ahead a bit more, taking some designs from my sketchbook to paint instead of attempting to make them up on the spot.

Baby Me Sketch Dailies

Baby Me Sketch Dailies

I used to paint at the table by standing on a chair. If I did that now I'd be in danger of hitting the ceiling.

Gouache Doodles

Gouache Doodles

Since I began playing around with digital gouache brushes I wanted to try out the real thing. I bought some paints today and smudged them about in one of my sketchbooks. I like how they're a combination of acrylics and watercolours! And yet, unlike either, gouache...

Museum Doodles

Museum Doodles

I was at the museum yesterday afternoon to do some sketching. It was much easier to draw the stuffed animals than the people who were wandering around ...

Little Boy Thinking

Little Boy Thinking

I sketched this boy at a party I was at this weekend. I loved the way he was sitting on the chair.