… but Vehicles was a recent theme in the sketch club I joined last month, so I did. This is a vintage truck parked in my neighbourhood that I’ve always admired. The lower version is a very quick sketch.
This van is also usually parked in Fairview. I’ve always noticed it too because it’s so unusual. It looks handbuilt… there are lots of rivets.
The 1st photo shows the last of the three cards I made earlier this year for young family members, who are all brothers. The cards were made at the same time in one long piece then cut apart — see 2nd photo. They were delivered one by one, starting with the cheetah’s head in January, and ending with the cheetah’s tail for a late May birthday! Each card is 8″ square. (On the middle card, the words happy birthday were added to the banner.)
… would be welcome for exploring my other two big art interests, sculpture and printmaking. I rarely do either though I love them both. Printmaking is a bit more practical to do at home than sculpture, at least the simple way I do it.
Won first place in an exhibition with the theme of ‘Culture’. Surprising.
A small piece made with black oil paint on gold metallic paper
I wholeheartedly love the BC coast. This tiny quick sketch (less than 3 inches high) was made years ago, in a couple of minutes, during a pause while paddling a kayak. I drew with a pen containing non-waterproof ink, and then used a clean brush dipped in the Salish Sea to make the watery wash.
I’ve made many, many sketches and drawings of BC First Nations art, especially historical treasures.
Drawing the work of others is my means of looking closely and deeply, of studying, of appreciating.
The first 2 images are from a tiny pocket sketchbook, about 3″ x 5″. In many cases the artist is unknown.
A large canvas from a few years ago, experimenting with warm/cool colour.
Pics below show close-up details:
Pen drawing over a background made of liquid acrylics and coloured inks on Yupo paper, about 11″ x 9″
The matted portrait is conte pencil on pastel paper; the B&W piece is graphite on drafting film, with eraser highlights.
That’s the fierce one! Ink and gouache. This sketchbook page was prepared earlier, without any particular subject in mind, using torn paper and watery purple paint. I took a photo of this doorknocker in Italy years ago.