Friday, September 28, 2012

Friday come again...


There is a model, nothing wrong with her, but somehow I can't draw her... She was an afternoon model, so I can only share the works with morning model Dan and da sketch of Bottom Line leader David having his coffee... XD

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Adam in a SF soldier costume

Wednesday morning portrait session. Adam is the model for 4 weeks from today. He's one of my favourite models in Ottawa,  who has a young (high teen?) male body feature. I like him posing.  Problem is my drawing, it's very graphic... I think I have to draw softly.

Monday, September 24, 2012

Old sketches...












I found old sketches that I did 2 Summers ago in Italy. Some are not bad, some are... I often talk with classmates in the school about staying in Italy for a couple of months for sketching and painting. I don't know when it come true, but I think I have a lot of time to polish my drawing skills...

Nuit Blanche

Saturday night was Ottawa's first Nuit Blanche. Nuit Blanche Ottawa I dropped by some gallery in By Ward Market area. I couldn't find any visual art works I really like... I forced my hub to make a clay elephant at the planet coffee to make him feel that he's a part of this art festival. It worked and he liked it and we placed his elephant among others not to be lonely... :-)

I joined the group called the Sketch NBO and did some street sketching. http://sketchnbo.tumblr.com/


 Music performance by Duo d'Hull



Street dancing fighters, Capoeira group


I couldn't see all of them, but over all it was fun night. This festival is a new born baby, so look forward to see how it develop next year.

Monochrome painting


I finished the1st painting project at school. Unfortunately, the photo turned out too shiny and difficult to see the details... maybe next time take close up shots and upload...???


And this one is a step by step shot... From the left,
1) sketching
2) transfer to the canvas, and dead colour paint
3) rendering from big form
4) more rendering
5) do further rendering for details
6) Finish of 1st painting
7) finish of 2nd painting
8) touch up and finished...

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Friday is my drawing day...


Friday drawing session has started. Good models for both morning and afternoon. I got a nice position all day today. :-)

Wednesday morning Portrait

It's been a while to join this group. I want to practice portrait drawing, so contacted to Laurie, a leader of the group when I was with them a couple of years ago. She told me that they accept drop-in people. Lucky! Seeing familiar faces made me comfortable... :-)