Cafe and Concepts

So here are some cafe sketches I did the other day...

and here are some sketches I did from a really strange movie that I love called "Blow Up".  More to come on this one later.... 

Colours

I am trying to get away from rendering realistically and shifting my focus to colour.  So here is my foot! Colourful!

Timing is everything

Now that the weather has banished me from sketching outside I have to sketch inside.  This creates problems as I now have to get to my place of sketching (takeout/sit down food place) at a specific time.  Early enough so that I can get a seat but late enough that its just before the lunch crowd rush.  Today I got there too early and had little rotation of people to sketch from :(
Either way I will get it right, it just takes practice.

Now I'm off to paint my foot!

Did you hear what that dog just said?!

This is my TV best friend.  Cesar Millan (yes the dog whisperer).  TV just had a marathon of his show and this guy is f'n amazing!  I feel like I learned equally as much about humans as I did dogs.  It really gave me a lot of insight into why people do the things they do and as an animator and improviser that information is invaluable.  THANKS BUD!

ALSO his face is endearingly asymmetrical.

outifts! and SCULPTURES

Today I decided to start drawing the clothing/body before the face.  I like the way it forced me to put more time and thought into clothing which is something i'm working on.  I think I will continue to draw this way for the next few weeks.  And I meant to bring some pencil crayons today but I totally forgot! oh well, TOMORROW!

oh and also here are some pictures of an old sculpture I made out of wax.  I want to start sculpting in wax and again but I'm kinda scared of burning the place down...but I'll probably still do it anyways!

cafe sketching

Here is today so far..

I just had a great idea of how to switch things up for tomorrow.... can't wait to share!

good morning

Started my day off right with an early morning sketch session.  I'm trying to get the whole body in now and not just faces, I'm finding it easier every day to get down more details as people rush by me on their way to work.  I may gouache some of these later....

No more big hair days....

I just cut my hair SHORT, but I started this before I
 cut it... so thanks for all the good times long hair!  This ones for you...

sketchy sketchy

My new favorite thing to do is wake up and get a latte and just sit out on bloor and draw.  The people walking by quickly challenge me to only take down important lines but it also allows me to be creative and make stuff up if I just didn't catch someones face in time.  Plus I get to enjoy what little good weather we have until the inevitable snow....

WHEW!!

So I'm on a bit of a break from work which has finally given me a chance to work on some of my own just for fun projects!!  Here is what my bedroom floor looks like:

AWESOME!!!  I have missed drawing and painting!!  I'm trying to really focus on understanding colour now that I have some time....I cleaned up the lines for my "Big Hair Day" illustration and now i'm trying to find a colour combination that is juuuuuuust right!

Can't wait to make this one a final!! Its one of my favorite illustrations!