Week #4, originally uploaded by Gavatron.
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Being (art)schooled #3: Volume and Depth through Charcoal
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 reflected on different objects. This work […]
Being (art)schooled #2: Chalk Pastels and Charcoal
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 zucchini turned out (right hand corner). When […]
Being (art) schooled
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 interesting experience buying art supplies this afternoon. […]
Hanging out
Hanging out, originally uploaded by Gavatron. I’ve been posting some more Yukon & Alaska photographs recently–I went through my photos and realized that I had a bunch of neat ones (like this Yukon bumble bee) that I hadn’t taken the time have a good look at.
Falling
Falling, originally uploaded by Gavatron. I took this photograph yesterday and it’s getting quite the positive reaction from the Flickrites. It was taken from the apartment balcony and it’s the Toronto craft economy in action–one of our local “empties” collector earning their keep.
pop-POP-pop
pop-POP-pop, originally uploaded by Gavatron. Visit my Flickr page for more airshow photos.
Ollie & Muffet race at the BTCO Fun Day
Ollie & Muffet race at the BTCO Fun Day, originally uploaded by Gavatron. Today was the 2007 running of the Border Terriers at the BTCO’s annual fun day. What a blast. Ollie had a great time going after terrified rats, racing with other BTs down the track and bobbing for hotdogs. Ollie is in full-stride […]
Spreadwing
Spreadwing, originally uploaded by Gavatron. This is a Spreadwing Damselfly, a close relative to the familiar Dragonfly. There are other kinds of Damselflies, but I have seen very few Spreadwings in my time looking at insects. It’s quite delicate and beautiful, IMHO.
Sand Wasp
Sand Wasp, originally uploaded by Gavatron. Sand wasps (a kind of solitary wasp) hunt flies as food for developing larvae.