After a bit of a break from drawing, this was a good (but difficult) way to start again! I was just starting to figure King Triton out by the time the session ended ...
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All In Gesture – Jacob Marley
With all there is to do pre-Christmas I've fallen a bit behind with All In Gesture. The class inspired by Jacob Marley was a fun way to catch up! Now I'm off to watch The Muppet Christmas Carol ...
Costume Design
I've been working on a mini graphic novel project for a while (you may remember this, this and this) and recently I've been doing a lot of research into clothing. It's set around 1300 but much of it falls into 'vaguely medieval'. There are very few source materials...
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.
Life Drawing, 31st December
I made it along to some of the epic eight-hour life drawing marathon organised by Deryck Henley on New Year's Eve. It was great to do some drawing from (digital) life - it had been a few months, and I was very rusty. These poses were modelled by Anna and Mariano.
Life Drawing, 8th October
Last week, I attended a life drawing session where Safire and Andrew held beautiful poses. With three cameras to choose from, I enjoyed capturing the same pose from different angles.
Character Sketching – Pirate
John Mackey was completely in character at last week's CTN Character Sketching session! It was great fun, and I came away with the desire to rewatch Pirates of the Caribbean ...
Character Sketching – Alameda Slim
Last week's CTN On Model sketching session featured Jonnathon as Alameda Slim, the villain from Home on the Range. I've only seen the film once so I don't know the character very well. At first I really struggled to figure out how his head connects to his neck! By the...
Life Drawing, April and May
I've joined for part of the last couple of life drawing sessions, modelled by Maxime and Dominique (plus a special guest). Some really lovely poses from both of them, and the added challenge of a snake ...*EDIT – The initial time posted was wrong. Updated time below.*...