Warm ups

Here are some of my daily early morning warm up sketches and the figure drawing I did of Sarabella on Wednesday night at Ateleir Artista. http://www.atelierartista.com

Liquid Imagination with Alexia Day

After a long day I was given the opportunity to participate in Mark Northcott's Liquid Imagination at Atelier Artista.  We did a lot of short poses and though I felt rusty and fatigued I was really glad I took part by the end of it.

Figure drawing featuring Danielle

In this Wednesday night session we are graced by Danielle. The first three are each of my stages between breaks followed the final work.

 Below are some process shots of some of the work by the artists participating this evening.

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Still life with banana

Why did the monkey like the banana? 

Because it had appeal! 

Your artwork should have appeal too!

 I think the art of the still life is appealing yet greatly under appreciated. Just gathering and composing objects in very much an act of art. Selecting and arranging items, then creating a juxtaposition that is pleasing and interesting tells a lot about the creator. There is also a lot of contrasts that can occur allowing for many different ways for the artist to explore mark making.

In this still life class I worked my demo piece alongside the students after a brief overview of our goals. One student brought a fantastic kettle, and of course his daily dose of vitamin K, a banana. 
Here is the little set up from where I was sitting on the drawing horse. Below are some of the steps as well as some of the students pieces.

If you think still life drawings are as cool as I do and would like to try your hand and strengthen your eye then come on down to Atelier Artista (http://atelierartista.com) Wednesday morning and learn the ins and outs of this fulfilling subject.

Portrait drawing - Ryan Gosling

In portrait class I demonstrated the head lay at extreme angles in with a new teaching tool I made with a styrofoam ball and some spackle. I figured in a class of ladies it would be so bad to stare at this handsome Canadian all class, no I don't mean me, we used a picture of Ryan Gosling as a reference for getting in the features in place in proportion. If you can believe it some of these students have only taken classes with me, one told me it was the best portrait she has ever drawn, right on! Terrific job!

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Drawing 1 - Figure 1

The students of my drawing 1 class, at the Alberta College of Art and Design, had their first opportunity to draw the figure from life in the session. After warm up gestures, followed by a litany of demonstrations describing different ways to approach drawing under the varying time constraints during a figure drawing session, we ended off with the Devin's final pose below.