sketching
Show Jumping Horses

Show Jumping Horses

I keep mentioning on this blog that I want to do more drawing from life, so when the stable I've begun riding at advertised an informal show jumping event I went along to sketch the participants. At the beginning it was hard to put more than a couple of lines down,...

Life Drawing, May 9th

Life Drawing, May 9th

Had a really lovely life drawing session on Tuesday, with Topaz modelling. I felt I hadn't warmed up enough, but I relaxed over the course of the evening and in the end managed to do some nice drawings.

Intense Elsa

Intense Elsa

Yesterday I sketched Elsa as she chewed on a toy. Occasionally she'd bring it over to me and dump it at my feet before retreating across the room to stare at me. She usually wore an accusing look at this point – “What, you haven't thrown it yet?” I'm a bit unsure...

Horses

Horses

I've been referencing horses for a project, so I've spent some time drawing them in order to figure out how they work. Using Line of Action I did some quick gestures, and then I searched for various images through Google to sketch in more detail. The hooves are...