Superb Fairy Wren

8"x 8" on that lovely Arches cotton paper.

I must get better at taking photos of my stuff!

Birdies

The poor dead swallow was drawn from real life and is the first drawing using my 1970s Osmiroid fountain pen with copperplate nib. It's not quite the thing for water colour paper, sadly. I'm still on the search. But it is a nice drawing tool on the right paper.

Giraffe

Fountain pen and water colour. I like this one.

Carolina chickadee

It was one of my earliest attempts and I still like it more than a lot of the others. It's glued to a cradled panel, 6x6" I think.

More Water Colour Practice

The irises I painted today from real ones in my garden. Hard subject! Not a massive success but not bad for a first try. Mice with berries is a long time favorite theme of mine for whatever reason!

Learning Watercolour

It's haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaard. Why am I torturing myself?!

All are small, many done in Etchr sketchbooks of various sizes.

The dry feel of the Kuretake Bimoji brush pen has set me on an endless journey in search of the perfect inking tools for water colour paper. Now I'm all obsessed with fountain pens! Just what a need, a new expensive collecting habit.

Life Drawing Toronto!

I decided to start going out of my way to find life drawing classes, since I live so rurally. So in October 2019 I spent a day in big ol' TO and actually found a class I could attend. It took place at The 519 community centre on Church St.
I only had a small sketchbook and used an H pencil. I rather enjoyed it.
I hope I get to draw dudes again one day....

Sharp Shinned Hawk Sketch

This poor hawk hit a window a split second after catching a pine siskin at a bird feeder. I decided to draw it alive.
I really shouldn't take photos of my drawings at night, I know!

Bodies in Motion

Bodies in Motion is a fabulous resource for artists. Zillions of  high resolution photos of athletes and dancers. Created by Scott Eaton, the bested anatomy teacher around. Check it oot!
https://www.bodiesinmotion.photo/

I am amassing mountains of sketches from this, here's some early ones. Most are timed five minute sketches:

Styraccosaurus Bust

Styraccosaurus Head sculpted in Chavant medium with inadequate reference.
My first attempt at surface texture. Much to learn yet!

Halloween Skull Freak 2019!

My crazy skull mask. It was lots of frickin work! It turned out nothing like my original intention. I learned a tonne and feel frustrated that I don't get to do things like that every day.

Resin cast skull, burlap, panty hose to black out the eyes and nose, acrylic teeth for dentures, pig ribs, rusty nails dug up from my garden and turkey feet!
Who wouldn't want all that on their face?
The mask is surprisingly comfortable to wear.

For the arms I painted Burma Rubber co latex onto opera gloves and coloured with brown.

Shoulder armor made from leather with fake fur.

I think I did a pretty crappy job sculpting the skull, but once all the crap was glued on, it distracted from the inaccuracies.

Life Drawing in my own town!

Finally!

Life Drawing in Vancouver

I did some life drawing at Basic Inquiry in Vancouver a few months back. I only had an H pencil and my 11"x14" sketchbook with me.  Bad photos taken in a dark room. Oh well if I don't get this done tonight I'll probably never do it.
Here's a few: