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The night of the Blind Contour
Wednesday drawing with Oliver in the bistro was all blind contour. So great! And yeah, I cheated on the profiles, glancing to reposition my pen. The last one, of course, I drew the hair in separately. Surreptitious side glancing.
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Blind contour with a brush pen
There is nothing more terrifying. But fun. Drawing with Oliver again.
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This, also, is not Dalton
There are so many. It is quite liberating, but probably very bad for my discipline? Such is tragedy of the blind contour.
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Another misdrawn Dalton
Ill add this to the pile of terrible drawings I have made of Dalton that look nothing like him. Bind contour! Some fun with the pencil crayons anyway. He stares at me with those accusing eyes from beyond the sketchbook! No! I’m sorry, Dalton! You must forgive me!
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Blind Contour Nephew
Martin and I drew blind contour drawings of eachother last summer, which I later filled in with watercolour. Really fun.
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I Bought a Subway Sketch by Gabrielle Bell
On a whim I bid on one of Gabrielle Bell‘s Subway Sketches on Ebay, never thinking I would win it, but I did. And then I put it on the credit card. And then our cell phone bill payment bounced. No reason. I am such a huge fan of her work, I’m really grateful to…
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Futures Bistro With Oliver
This is a person sitting behind Oliver, engrossed with his writing. A great way to practice, using tiny coloured pencils.
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Two hour pose
I drew this at a class held by the kind and talented Kagan McLeod last year around Sept. I was so happy with it at the time, and even now, but I also now see so many mistakes.
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Sleeping Cat
I had used this page in my sketchbook to test my brushpen writing this random word, and then later filled the rest of the space with a sketch of what was in front me, which is most often these days a sleeping cat. We also light a lot of beeswax candles and eat a lot…
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Not a Subway Sketch
At Artists 25 Lifedrawing here in the West end in September I tried my first four-hour pose drawing. Most participants were using paint but I have no experience with paint, so I just stuck with my pencil, eraser and blending stump smudger thing. It was liberating knowing I could take as much time as I…
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Again Posers Life Drawing at Gallery 1065
A smaller turnout, but great supportive participants and great guidance, and also a great model tonight. I love walking to life drawing in our neighbourhood. So lucky to have Gallery 1065 here.
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More Posers Life Drawing at Gallery 1065
This time I went on my own. Lots of friendly people and many great talents. A really encouraging environment.
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Posers Life Drawing at 1065 Gallery
3-minute poses, 7-minute poses, 15-minute poses. Much fun with Dalton, Oliver, and John. Nice chatting with Michael, the curator. Our model (whose name I did not catch!) was crazy-good, just the most dynamic, exhausting poses. I don’t always say this, but extra points for wearing elf ears. Pun not intended.
Dave Howard 