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Whistle-stop Highland Tour

Whistle-stop Highland Tour

Yesterday I went on a Timberbush Tour of the Scottish Highlands, seeing places like Glencoe and Loch Ness. I've been to Loch Ness before, and through Glencoe lots of times, but this is the first time I've done a tour of my own country - and certainly the first time...

Sketches

Sketches

I've been unable to go to the life drawing sessions for the last couple of weeks, so I did some drawing from poses online. They're not ideal (although the model does stay perfectly still) but I do like being able to do the very short poses. The hands below were done...

Vases

Vases

This morning I attended the fantastic Animation Masterclass with Ronnie del Carmen (@paperbiscuit on Twitter) at the EIFF Youth Hub. He spoke about the creation of Pixar's "Inside Out" (which I have not yet seen, but am very much looking forward to) and emphasised how...

Jericho Beach

Jericho Beach

Clearing through my files today I found this sketch I did in Vancouver. It was a nice warm day so I went to the beach to doodle and draw. Today Edinburgh is cold and rainy and feels more like February than June, so I coloured my old sketch to remind me of warmer days...

Life Drawing, 9th

Life Drawing, 9th

I'm pleased with many of the sketches I did last night! Regular drawing helps so much, yet it's so easy to fall out of that all-important habit.