My drawing of Kevin, Steady Gaze, is a finalist in the Kingston Prize for Canadian Portraiture! The exhibit will travel to three cities and will be in Toronto at the Institute for Contemporary Culture, Royal Ontario Museum, November 10, 2011 – January 29, 2012.
Steady Gaze
charcoal on paper
13×19
I just received the news that my drawing, Steady Gaze, was selected for the 12th annual juried exhibition of drawings being held at the John B. Aird Gallery in February.
Steady Gaze
charcoal on paper
13×19
Here are some recent drawings. The top one is of Denis, drawn at Brian Smith‘s studio on Tuesday afternoon. It was a 3h sitting.
These next ones are from the TSA last Sunday morning. I haven’t drawn for a while, so it was a bit rough. Here are the best of the session. The model is Anthony. I had planned to practice drawing the face, but Antony gave me his back view for most of the session!
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Here are some recent drawings, mostly from yesterday’s TSA Open Life Drawing. The top one is from the 3h afternoon pose. Genevieve was the model.
The two last ones are of Murray who modeled for a group of us in my living room on Saturday. I organised the session for the purpose of completing a few anatomy studies and invited friends with an interest in anatomy to join me. I hope to organise a second anatomy drawing session in September, so let me know if you want to join in.
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Here is the drawing from the long pose on Sunday afternoon.
Here is the three hour pose from this afternoon.
Drawings from today, 5 to 15 minutes, except for the top drawing which is from the afternoon three hour pose.
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I missed the drawing session this morning (forgot about the time change). But here is the drawing of Lidia from this afternoon. I’m trying out a different technique, inspired by Mark Tennant as described in this month’s Drawing magazine.
Here are a few sketches from my sketchbook, some copied from master drawings and others from photos.
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I haven’t done enough life drawing this Summer. But as the school year begins, off I go to practice what I teach. It was a pleasure to be at the TSA today because my favourite model, Murray, was working.
Here are a few drawings (10-20min) from this morning, plus the long pose from this afternoon.
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