from elbow to shoulder...

grey and red

character designs. grey and red.

aaand. some lower arm studies

1min drawing exersizes

these pictures are 1min drawing exercizes. the idea is not to look at the paper and not to lift your pen off the paper.

Amsterdam ZO daily life.

yesterday, I went out and drew people. I was a little worried people would take offence, but I got a lot of enthusiastic response and it was a lot of fun. So I mean to make it a regular thing. I concentrated on poses and surfaces.

well, I still miss life-drawing classes (cant seem to find a nice, affordable place. so if anyone knows one, let me know). but this was definitely worth it!

more again soon on drawcraft; where boldly draw where no man has drawn before!

or something like that ;)

Artis Zoo part2

Zoo day again. had a run around with my sketchbook. Jan tested the new camera -as you can see here. the camera is still faster them me, so the result was that I had to finish the sketches at home. not sure whether this is good or bad.
Lions are always a good thing. it was a sunny day, so they were particularly happy. Lions must have invented sunbathing! next up was one of my special favorites. the black jaguar. he's a little hard to draw. and hard to make picture of too b'c of the bars. but he's wonderful. usually sits real close to us, or struts around.

or, he rolls over his back and grabs a tire. he's a beauty. real broad shoulders and a sleek body. I want to do some more studies of this guy and do some water colors again. have done one or 2 of him in the past.
after that I ran past some hairy oxen, to the antelopes (I think)then, when I was ready to quit, we ran into a sunbathing hippo. he looked so blissfully happy I had to draw him.

and, when I'd unpack again anyway, a red-and black squirrel. it's 2 poses of the same one btw.