Bill Reid 2020 Storytelling

Practising landscape sketches have made drawing surrounding objects less of a daunting and mundane task. While it does add complexity and sometime ruins the image from too many strokes, overly worked shading, the exercise does make one more considerate of compositions and nurtured an awareness for storytelling – an all important piece in generating anContinue reading “Bill Reid 2020 Storytelling”

Start ASAP! 2020

The hardest part to any project is to start. I’m happy to have started 6 months ago copying from Loomis because it’s getting easier and faster to replicate his entire page in one session while before would have taken 3 to 5. What is still of great surprise and satisfaction is the improved hand /Continue reading “Start ASAP! 2020”

Sketches 2020 fog and crows

Nature is an endless source of inspiration for the mind. I’ve always thought of crows as simple black silhouette making them uninteresting to draw but upon closer observation, life exist in shadows. Iridescent sky shimmering of the feathers, intricate flow of curves around their beaks that permeate throughout native art. Connected Forms hone for speed.Continue reading “Sketches 2020 fog and crows”

Loomis 2020 good days-bad days

Been wanting to be consistent with drawing output so even when not motivated, the matter is forced; pushing thru like body building on the last rep. As the saying goes “no pain, no gain.” Above. Not the nicest hands but got the job done despite a poor night sleep. It is easy enough to workContinue reading “Loomis 2020 good days-bad days”