In preparation for my Christmas painting I sketched some babies from a Google search. Using these, I drew a rough sketch of baby Jesus.Then I cleaned the drawing up in preparation for painting.I initially planned to paint the entire image, but it was Christmas Eve and...
I'm in LA for the CTN animation eXPo which takes place this coming weekend. Today a group of us from Scotland visited the Disney studio, but before that we spent some time sketching. Here's a drawing I did of some palm trees.
Sketches from yesterday. I was a bit lazy about drawing in the stool the models were sitting on, so there are lots of feet floating in the air ...
Sketches from yesterday's class. I had a lot of fun drawing the short poses. ATYN has recently added another model in Edinburgh, meaning there are short poses before and after the break.
Life drawing! I still haven't managed to get any more newsprint, but I used an A3 pad of layout paper instead and it worked well. (I like using Conte pastels on smooth, thin paper, which is extraordinarily hard to find.) Plus, it didn't wrinkle up when I was...
On Tuesday I made it back to the life drawing class. I'm pleased with some of the drawings I did, especially the one above, as I feel I loosened up a lot and let the lines flow.
Last week my laptop had to go in for repair, so I've had to do without a computer for the last few days. It's been frustrating, given how much I use one! Perhaps it's good to get a break once in a while. I haven't been able to edit and post my drawings until now, so...
My laptop, after four years of faithful service, has gone on a freezing and shutting-down spree. Despite being completely wiped, it's still acting up ... and I now can't use Photoshop or my tablet. Today's sky sketch was created on my phone!