Corlath, King of Damar, from The Blue Sword. He and Harry do not always see exactly eye to eye.
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Inktober 2018 #06 – Harry
These next characters come from Robin McKinley's The Blue Sword, a fantasy novel I adore. As it's set in the desert land of Damar I took inspiration from The Prince of Egypt for design. Harry (full name Angharad) is the heroine, and I show her here near the beginning...
Inktober 2018 #05 – Wentworth
Captain Frederick Wentworth, for those who haven't read (or watched) Persuasion, is the love interest of Anne.
Inktober 2018 #03 – Selkie
Having lost her seal skin, this selkie meets Fraser and his dog.
Inktober 2018 #02 – Fraser
Fraser was enjoying a walk on the beach with his dog when he came across something extraordinary ...
Sketches at the Museum
I was in Edinburgh yesterday for an animation event, so I spent some time drawing in the museum on Chambers Street. I sketched a sperm whale skull and a haughty-looking llama as well as some of the visitors. The sketches are pen on paper, but the tone was added...
Ballet Studies
More studies from the Bodies in Motion website! I began with some 30 second sketches, all of which were very rough so I haven't uploaded any of them. Next I went through one of the motions spending a minute on every drawing. Finally I spent quite a long time on a...
Elsa Gestures
My dog is notoriously difficult to photograph, let alone draw. This afternoon I managed to capture her in the garden as she munched on a very old tennis ball and an offcut from someone's fence.
Life Drawing, 19th June
Last week was the last life drawing session before the summer. Susan modelled and held lovely poses with lots going on.