#drawing
another entry for the
bestiary. these guys have four and three toenails on their front and hind feet, respectively. that’s one less on each foot than with other species of elephants. they also have rounder ears, a longer and lower jawbone, and straighter, more downward and smaller tusks. their molars (four usually) weigh over 10 lbs! what i really didn’t know is that females have tusks as well. loxodonta africana in moleskine.
i’m not typically into techno/electronic type music but crystal castles is one duo i do like. i find it hilarious that they’re named after a she-ra reference. their new album seems a bit more poppy but it’s still pretty decent. i guess i’d call it a bit more ambient. anyway, check them out if haven’t already. alice glass and ethan kath in moleskine.
lots of randomness observed while waiting at cleveland hopkins international airport. haven’t been doodling as much as of late – just too much on the go. be prepared for more randomness from my trip to supplement, ha ha. actually, i need to post more inspiration type stuff too. i’ll get on that soon…hopefully.
i was away for a couple of weeks and during that time i got to soak up a little bit of the old city in cartagena. some drawings from when i was there. nice place – so hot! still haven’t tried the columbian coffee i got but will do so soon. our tour guide, encarnacion, and statues of cervantes and india catalina in moleskine.
whoa, it’s been almost a month since i last posted. i was away for two weeks though so that didn’t help.
i haven’t been to life drawing in ages and i’m itching to go i think. to try and circumvent that a little i’ve been using photos for reference.
hedi slimane always has interesting ones. can’t really quote pose lengths but i probably should’ve timed myself and stopped for fun. drawn in nice, new, red moleskine.
just some study fun with brush pens. kind of a fast one so the likeness isn’t amazing but hey. photo by hedi slimane. natalia vodianova in moleskine.
basia plays the guitar, autoharp, banjo, ukele, sax, and flute. autoharp! i really like the arrangements in her songs – so many layers to try and zero in on. i find it really funny that she cashed some student loans to record music while she was in montreal (she’s originally from london). i guess when it’s to record with howard bilerman, you really don’t do anything other than what she did though, ha ha.
basia bulat in moleskine.
a couple of weeks ago i was able to finally go to life drawing for the first time in months. i was out of practice but it felt pretty good. i should probably mix up the media i use more but i still find it challenging to capture something i’m completely happy with. every once in a while i’m ok with the session. the drawings below from an earlier session occurred on such a day. life drawing at ocad, in moleskine.
one minute poses.
five and ten minute poses.
twenty minute poses. i think i’m going to break out the brush pen more.
his other work is, uh, ok too. check it out and you’ll see what i mean. this kid’s a machine and seems to really breathe through his work. check out his blog
here, too.
these guys live in the antarctic like other penguins. i can’t believe they can dive something like one hundred seventy five metres and will swim nearly two hundreds miles to get food. talk about a trip to the grocery store. i find it interesting that they form nests in part with stones. penguins are wicked. adélie penguins in moleskine.
soodles? sudles? brutal. a few more commuter drawings.
