Archive for the ‘sketches’ Category

October 5, 2012 0

Alien Attack

By in paintings, watercolour, women

This is a fun painting I did on a theme I was thinking about earlier.

October 4, 2012 0

Another New Sketchbook

By in black and white, brush pen, men, pencil, sketches, women

When I feel down, unlike people who buy a pair of shoes, I sometimes get one of these babies. Doesn’t take long to fill those rather small pages. The black Koh-i-Noor stick is nice, too. Hooray for seasonal sales at the art or stationery store! Terrible stuff to watch, last night, on the “Tube” (Youtube, […]

October 1, 2012 0

Spike Milligan & Maggie Smith

By in black and white, men, pencil, sketches, women

September 28, 2012 0

Back to Watercolour

By in color, dogs, horses, men, sketches, watercolour, women

Feels so relaxing painting in watercolours after all this digital staring into the screen thing. I also enjoy painting animals and backgrounds, not to mention plants. So maybe that means some real painting at last. It’s hard to find time for that, though. This sketching I do is mainly therapeutic. Beats punching a wall and […]

September 22, 2012 0

More heads, literary and otherwise.

By in black and white, digital, heads, pencil, sketches

Been drawing a lot of heads, mainly in pencil, for digital painting. It’s a process. I don’t feel as if these are terribly ready, but I wanted to share the process.

September 14, 2012 0

More Heads, and Trees

By in black and white, cats, color, dogs, heads, men, pen and ink, ruttan's place, sketches, women

I’m getting back into the thing of posting what I drew lately, as long as it’s not too dreadful. It’s been hard for me lately, because I’ve been trying new things, and am not totally comfortable with them. Or even convinced that I should be trying them and not doing things more useful. But life […]

September 12, 2012 0

Where Have You Been?

By in black and white, men, pencil, sketches, women

Mainly drawing heads, in pencil: Haven’t felt much like sharing. I’ve been working on things like digital painting in Photoshop, creating websites with Dreamweaver, and also studying a method created by Andrew Loomis in the 1940s for drawing heads accurately. Using guidelines always makes my work stiffer and more wooden, and I’ve been working on […]

September 12, 2012 0

Red, Imaginary Flowers

By in paintings, watercolour

August 10, 2012 3

Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue Garlic Festival

By in color, montreal, ruttan's place, sketches, watercolour

Garlic is fun stuff, and good for you too, they say. A friend of mine is co-organizing a festival devoted to it in the Quebec riverside town of Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue. Read about it here: http://steannegarlicfestival.wordpress.com My connection is that I drew the bulb which made it on the festival T-Shirt: Another friend said it looked like […]

August 8, 2012 0

Bike Path on the Lachine Canal

By in color, paintings, watercolour

Near the Saint Paul lock.

August 7, 2012 0

Loch Ness Monster

By in paintings, watercolour

August 1, 2012 0

Kentucky UFO Incident

By in paintings, watercolour

While I don’t believe the stories, these are fun for me to draw.

July 25, 2012 0

Mad Flower Man, and Watercolour Women

By in ballpoint pen, color, sketches, watercolour, women

July 20, 2012 0

Walter Colours

By in cats, color, horses, men, sketches, watercolour, women

Despite the punning title of this post, this isn’t Walt Disney. He’s actually the cartoonist who designed Porky Pig. I’ve forgotten his name at the moment, but watched a bio about him on youtube, where a number of these interesting documentaries can be found, if you know where to look for them. UPDATE: Augh. Okay, […]