OK, so I’ve got a number of pieces from this week. Let me just start by saying that I loved this week’s work. Loved it. As you can tell, we had a model and we were doing life drawing.

It was a real additive class. Starting with the gesture pieces (the [...]

Week #5, originally uploaded by Gavatron.

This week was all about texture.

The bottom piece of work was closest to what we were supposed to be doing, but its the one that I like the least.

The top piece is actually where I was drying my brush before [...]

Week #4, originally uploaded by Gavatron.

Week #3, originally uploaded by Gavatron.

Another Thursday night, another drawing lesson.

This week we had another still-life to complete, after a little demo on creating volume and depth. Nice to get the refresher and spend some more time actually looking at how shadows are cast and light is [...]

Week #2, originally uploaded by Gavatron.

A still life this week; while I’m happy with some of the details in the work, overall it feels a bit flat. We’re going to be working on creating volume next week, so we’ll see if I improve.

I like how the [...]

Week 1, originally uploaded by Gavatron.

I’m going to the second of ten drawing lessons at the AGO school tonight. Above is the product of my first week—it’s a charcoal sketch of a photocopied watercolour. And it’s not too bad, if I may say so.

I had an [...]