I decided this morning that I would make something cool before I went to sleep. It just ended up being a self-portrait. I did a few other things but not much that I can show off here yet, unfortunately. I used photo reference for this one as I've misplaced the mirror that I normally use for these self-portrait paintings.

India ink. White gouache. Photoshop.

Oh. And I also drew these recently. Nothing special, just figured I'd share something.

Finished a sketchbook in Montreal and had to buy a new one. It feels good to be finished that silly sketchbook that I've been carrying around for the past few months! I've been doing a lot of interesting things in it... and as it was started in Montreal it turned into a sort of travel journal for me.

And the weather gave me plenty of time to sit in cafes and draw... a little too much time, honestly. Haha. But c'est la vie. It's good to finally have something to post.

I just wanted to share some drawings from The Keyhole Sessions which I have been trying to attend fairly regularly. I really rather enjoy it as it is a little bit risque, a lotta bit sexy and I absolutely love it when two (or more) models interact. The interaction adds an entirely new dimension to your drawings and keep me from simply copying and forces me to figure out how to compose a drawing to tell the story of their interaction.







Oh. And I also drew baboons and orangutans at the zoo... a good while ago now.

I think I read something about how the darks are your design. How you can do anything in them so long as they reveal the lights correctly. But that is such a painting thought, isn't it? Or at least a thought that exists within portrait painting.

I've been taking photographs recently and it has taught me a little bit about composition. I really like it because it makes you approach every situation with both spontaneity and analysis. And if the photo isn't brilliant, you can evaluate why instantly, recompose an re-shoot. But, as always, there is so much more to know. And I'm really looking forward to pushing myself this summer in a variety of ways. I want to draw a lot. And I want to make good money. And most of all I want to be constantly learning and improving.

Maybe I'll post more stuff soon.




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I was at York lanes today and got bored of just drawing floating heads. I know they don't all sit on the same groundplane... but I thought it was a better idea than randomly placed on 8.5 x 11. It was a lot of fun. I might go back tomorrow and do the same thing... or maybe I'll head back to Yorkdale and do it there.

I went to Yorkdale again today, having missed Bobby Chiu's Sunday Subway Sketchgroup. I had a lot of fun as I went with my drawing buddy Andrea... and I find it always helps to draw with a buddy, as you can work off each others energy a little bit. Maybe that's just caricature's talking, but I like it. I promise I'll start posting more finished looking stuff rather than just sketches sometime in the future.

Just a memory drawing of two guys I saw in Yorkdale today.

Went to the mall today and sketched for a bit. I need to draw faster.
Someday soon I'll post more finished stuff, but I'm kind of in a frenzy to get as much drawing done as possible at the moment and it is fantastic.

I was at the bar again, so excuse the drunken scribblings.

I went to the bar tonight and drew for a bit. It was fun, although it sucked that I got lectured for half an hour by a highly inebriated acquaintance.

Another 5 that I really enjoyed cleaning up. I think I might try to go to bed now.

I liked this drawing from Dr Sketchy's tonight. She was a fantastic model.
5 minute pose, but I spent a couple minutes finishing everything off.

Here are a couple drawings; some recent and most quite a bit older.
Freddy drew a caricature of me recently that influenced this one a little bit I think. I like the drawing, if even I look beefier than normal.


I did this at Sunday Subway Sketchgroup a little while ago. I liked her posture and the shapes just seemed to flow and fit together wonderfully. I truly enjoyed drawing it and I think it shows.


I'm working on a poster at the moment with a pretty epic description. And this is just a failed study as the structure is all sorts of messed up. Sharks have gotten a lot harder to draw since I was 12.


One of those self portraits I did a long while ago. I still like the other one better.


A drawing of a girl that I had a crush on and wanted to see romantically. It didn't work out at all. But, she's still a pretty cool girl. Was going to write a depressing, none-too-specifically-about-her autobiographical comic about how we met, hit it off, how it made me feel all tingly inside and then how things quickly escalated into too much drama land. But I have a few screws loose myself, to be honest. If you haven't already noticed. I may end up doing it, in fact I'd really like too... It's just I'm not the best at writing comics... I end up being far too ambitious with my shot selection, and I give up midway through roughing things out as I have the compositions figured out in my head but can never translate them as I'd like to see them.


Another drawing I did of myself... I really enjoy drawing myself... I guess in a variety of different styles. It is honestly tons of fun.


I was at the zoo with Andrea and Catherine and I drew a kitty. One of the few drawings I did that day that didn't turn into a gigantic pile of flat mud milkshake. I ought to color it.


A Dr. Sketchy's drawing. I won a cupcake. It was a pretty tasty cupcake. Granted of course... everyone won a cupcake that night. But still.


A caricature I did of someone on the drawing board at the beginning of the summer.



You ought to see the gigantic pile of recycling I have after sorting through my drawings.