sketchbook - water and coffee

It was a beautiful day in Toronto and I had to get out to do my first outdoor sketch in hopes of quickening the arrival of true spring weather... (didn't work because it was still a bit too cool for me). However, I did go down to the waterfront and found a nice spot to sketch some armour rock and a beautiful uprooted tree.

After this, I need to warm up a bit so I went to one of the many ubiquitous indie coffee shops on Roncesvale and had a coffee, scone and some sketch time.

Sketchbook

First time ever I nodded off while sketching. I stopped sketching and went home and took a nap.

painting experimentation

acrylic on panel, 10" x 12"

"You a trekkie? Me too! Let's have some deviled eggs, shall we?"

Painting is still a chore for me. I really haven't figured out techniques, how to work with colour on a full size painting (hence the predominant b+w colour scheme) or just using the brush the way I can with a pen. So after completing this painting, I wanted to get all the residual anxiety out by having fun with the nonsensical title for this painting.

Stay tuned for the next nonsense titled painting.

sketchbook - Bloor Gladstone LIbrary

sketchbook- Bloor Gladstone Library revisited, for a thrid time... or maybe, fourth.

Another go to place for sketching, the Bloor Gladstone Library.

I came to a realization when I started sketching the photocopy machine: I start a details level and work my way out to bigger components. This could be said about how I start any drawing. For the most part it works for me, but the photocopy machine looks like disparate parts drawn side by side. I think I need to start on a large scale, and work down to the details. Broad strokes first.

sketchbook -- Simply Sundays, Tequila Bookworm

I spent two hours today with a group of like minded creatives at the Tequila Bookworm. Some sketched, others braided. It was nice to meet some new faces.
The main subject (I forgot her name) of this sketch was braiding, I think a wrist bracelet.

sketchbook - "Stan the Man #4"

A.K.A. my dad. Another installment in the Stan the Man series.