This week's prompt was 'fairytale'. I was inspired by the birth of my nephew and drew a scene from Thumbelina.
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Sketch Club: Road Trip
Wild Child has recently started a weekly Sketch Club with a prompt. This week's was 'Road Trip'. I had a lot of fun doing research and creating this little image of a family on the Oregon Trail.
Gorilla Sketches
A colleague took a video of some gorillas while visiting his local zoo, and I asked if I could sketch from it. The interactions between the gorillas were fascinating to study.
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This character jumped out while I doodled today. I'm not sure who she is or what she's holding, but she seems a bit worried about it.
Jonah Music Video
Over the last few months I've been working on something really special - something a bit different from anything I've made before. Rachel Zylstra, a singer-songwriter based in Edinburgh, asked me to create a music video for one of the tracks on her new album On...
Morna and Alistair
Morna and Alistair are from a story I've been working at over the last few months. As they both get older in it I've been trying to find characters that work at different ages. These quick doodles I did after work are the first ones I feel capture their characters.
Costumed Drawing – Maiden
Last week I was finally able to catch the free costumed drawing session CTN is running before it vanished from YouTube! As it's a recording I was able to skip back and forward a bit as I pleased, so though poses were between two and seven minutes I spent less time on...
Life Drawing, 12th May
Vilidian modelled at this week's life drawing session. Unfortunately I'd run out of paper (more is on the way) but I drew in Photoshop instead. I tried to resist using 'Undo' but didn't always succeed ... It was nice having some close-up poses near to the camera.
Thatched Cottage Studies
At the moment I'm gathering reference for a personal project, and I'm learning a lot! The way medieval houses were constructed depended so much on where they were built - stone or wood? Heather or straw for the thatch? There are the well-constructed houses, some of...