More digital things, thanks to Clip Studio Paint, and my Huion pad and stylus. Not too inspiring as a work of art, but I’m getting into pressing all the right switches and finding the commands. Someday I’ll record some things on Instagram, and you can see my wonderful process….
Here’s a little picture of a dog I did for a birthday card. I was a little influenced by this artist I know on Twitter.
Sometimes it’s hard drawing dogs, and making the eyes not creepy. Adding a little white often helps, but some people just do “people eyes.” Or dots, as in this case.
Bits of a sketchbook page! Ballpoint pen and highlighters.
Various ballpoint characters. Going to pick up that book!
Ballpoint pen, and highlighter!
Drawn in Clip Studio Paint on my old Huion Tablet. My childhood dog “Pimmy.”
Some drawings on this pretty paper my pal has pads of.
The guy with a sword in his mouth is inspired by one of the stained glass images in the Sainte-Chapelle Church in Paris.
Watercolour and black ballpoint. I think this character is my “Rabbit” from the comic strips I used to do.
Looking at pictures by Peter de Seve. He draws scary ladies, which I sort of like. Ballpoint pen, with unapologetic blobs.
I really hope that the little art shop in Chinatown near Clarke Street has survived. I like independent shops more than the big chains. Found cool stuff there, such as this book, and that brush.
This is actually a face I did years ago, in black gouache, and just added colour to, today.
Cats are self-explanatory. But I’ve always liked airplanes, and especially the DeHavilland Mosquito.
As a boy, my Dad picked up a scrap from the famous “F for Freddie,” a Mosquito that unfortunately crashed on an airfield in Southwest Calgary on VE day, 1945. (article here). I don’t know where that bit ended up….
I come from Alberta, and when I was younger, I spent a summer building jumps and painting fences at the Spruce Meadows Equestrian Centre.
While I’m not a great rider (my sister was!), I loved seeing the horses. They liked seeing me, out in the fields. I think they mistook the paint cans for feed buckets!
