From my sketchbook

I like sayings, motivational sayings.

Sometimes, doodling and not worrying about creating a "work of art" is

what is needed to get me motivated, to get me thinking about the next

project.  My sketch book is just for that. So sometimes I take a saying

that I like and just doodle with it - you never know where it will take you.

Life Drawings from Feb. 14, 2017

 These are 3 recent life drawings of a very elegant model. These are 20 minute drawings and I thoroughly enjoyed drawing her and I look forward to drawing a longer sustained pose.

Eye of the horse

Sometimes it's fun and beneficial to just draw a portion of something - like in this case the eye of horses.  I drew out the eyes first and then painted them in watercolour.

Still Life sketches

Watercolour still life sketches

I sometimes like to add inspirational sayings to some of my sketches, as

I have done with these.

Wooden bird houses:  "We are what we repeatedly do.  Excellence then is not an act but a habit"

 Wooden sculpture:   "The person who really wants to do something finds a way; the other person finds an excuse." & "You can always get what you want, but if you try, you'll find you get what you need."

Fruit still life: "Courage doesn't always roar.  Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, I will try again tomorrow."

Plein Air Paintings

 Watercolour sketch from the Colony Farm area.

Watercolour/Pen and Ink sketch from the Buntzen Lake area.

2015 Life Drawing poses

Life Drawing 2015

This is a recent sketch of one of our favorite Suite E models - Devon, 20 minute pose.

Noah Layne workshop March, 2013 - Second day drawing

Noah Layne workshop March, 2013 First day drawing

Sketch book figure #4

Sketch book figure #3

Sketchbook figure #2

Sketch book figure #1

Sketches on Anatomy from my sketchbook .....

Mark III -NFS

This is a small pen & ink/watercolour
5" x 6"

Honeyman Dunes - Sold

This is a pen & ink/watercolour painting done on site while visiting the Honeyman Sand Dunes in Oregon.

Badger Lake - Sold

This is a watercolour/pen & ink painting done while camping at Badger Lake.

Problem solving

Sketch books should be for problem solving,

practicing and thinking things through. Better

to resolve things in your sketch book than

trying to figure it out while painting.

Paint tubes 2

These little sketches are in pen and

ink and are about 4" x 6" . I have a

lot of different sizes of sketch books

but the little ones fit in the console

of my car and are easy to have on

hand.

Paint tubes

I like to get to work a little early and just
sit and sketch in my car, but the view is
just a parking lot, so I have photos with me that
I have taken and printed up and I'll sketch
from these.

Memory drawings

I do a lot of life drawing and sometimes

it's just fun to doodle and play with the

figure - quick little sketches from memory.