4th entry for Aug 23, 2015

This is a 2-hour study, done with a graphite initial sketch, India ink wash underlayer and oil-based pencil on top.
It's on an 18 x 24" sheet of Revere rag paper.
Work like this will be among the things I'll have out to see this year at the Queen West Art Crawl, Sept.  12 & 13th in Trinity-Bellwoods Park. I'll be at Booth M42, on the north-west curve of the big paved circle, facing the community centre.
Hope you can come visit.

3rd entry for Aug 23, 2014

These are a 15-minute and a 25-minute study. The top one is Pitt pen on a sheet of 18 x 24" Canson XL watercolour paper, and the lower one is water-soluble graphite and graphite on another sheet of the same paper.

2nd entry for Aug. 23, 2015

These are two 5-minute and three 10-minute studies, also Pitt pen on 18 x 24" Canson Recycled Sketch paper.

1st entry for Aug 23, 2015

On the Sunday, Dorrie was working at the Jam Factory Art Collective session. These are, I believe, a couple of 1-minute studies up top, four 2-minute ones, three 3-minute ones, and a 5-minute one at the bottom.
All are done with a calligraphy-point Pitt pen on 18 x 24" sheets of Canson Recycled Sketch paper.

Entry for Aug.22, 2015

On the Saturday afternoon, Polyna was at Artists 25. I continued to explore the cropped composition approach for the 2.5 hour session. On an 18 x 24" Revere rag paper sheet, this is a graphite initial sketch, India ink wash layer, and oil-based pencil on top.
The tall vertical is the inverse of the 'letter-boxed' study of her from ARC (from July 12).
The Saturday was the first day with some sleeping-in after teaching the Anatomy intensive at TSA, so I was extra-aware of body landmarks - and will be for another week or two 'til it settles into the background a bit more.
The Queen West Art Crawl is fast approaching...September 12 & 13. I'll be showing some drawings there, so come visit -
Booth M42, along the big paved circle in Trinity-Bellwoods park, facing the Community Centre.

2nd entry for Aug 21, 2015

These are two 15-minute studies above, and a 20-minute one below. All are water-soluble graphite and regular graphite on 18 x 24" sheets of paper. The top two are on Canson XL watercolour paper, and the bottom one is on Revere rag paper.

1st entry for Aug. 21, 2015

On the Friday evening, Pixie was working at ARC studio. These are a couple of 3-minute studies at top, then a couple of 5-minute ones and three 10-minute studies.
These are all Pitt pen on 18 x 24" sheets of Canson Recycled Sketch paper.

4th entry for Aug. 17, 2015

These 10-minute poses wrapped up the evening. The top two are Pitt pen on 18 x 18" sheets of Canson Recycled Sketch paper, and the lower two are tryouts with the same pen on 18 x 18" sheets of a lightweight Stonehenge paper I got at Aboveground. At least I think it was Stonehenge, but I may have misread. It had a lightly plastic-y pebbling to the surface, which wasn't especially friendly with the felt pen. Felt pens - at least the Pit ones - seem to work better when the surface is more absorbent, which helps wick the ink out onto the paper.

3rd entry for Aug 17, 2015

At top are three 5-minute studies followed by a 10-minute one. Following a longer break there were a few more 2-minute poses, and a 5-minute one at the the bottom. All are Pitt pen on 18 x 18" sheets of Canson Recycled Sketch paper.
I quite like the partial sitting study of Paul third from the bottom - it just kind of popped out as a 2-minute study where I ran out of time. All the same there's something very right about the face, I feel - and also not laboured..

2nd entry for Aug 17, 2015

These are some 2-minute studies, which is where I felt the gestural quality of the drawing began to fall apart as I increasingly tried to rush in a more details.
These are Pitt pen on 18 x 18" sheets of Canson Recycled Sketch paper.

1st entry for Aug. 17, 2015

Paul came to work at the White House Art Project session on the Monday evening. These 1-minute studies are Pitt pen on 18 x 18" sheets of Canson Recycled Sketch paper.