Musings on and examples from various creative and constructive projects.
17 Feb 2021 1 minute read 0 comments DoctorPlatypus
Today I went back to one of my timed sketches of Callum and made some improvements and revisions. Mostly I added shadow and definition where it belongs, smoothed out a few lines, etc. Here's the side-by-side results: I think in particular I could pr...
14 Feb 2021 1 minute read 0 comments DoctorPlatypus
As planned, today I participated in the Doable Guys Figure Drawing workshop, and today's model was Callum. There were four 5-minute poses, two 10-minute poses, and three 20-minute poses. Here is my current favorite of the 20-minute poses: He started...
13 Feb 2021 1 minute read 0 comments DoctorPlatypus
Tomorrow, in the spirit of being single on Valentine's Day, I am planning to attend a figure drawing workshop called Doable Guys Virtual Drawing to keep myself occupied and not brooding. To get in the spirit, today I got in a little untimed practice:...
8 Feb 2021 2 minute read 4 comments DoctorPlatypus
After a day or so of resting my eyes, this evening I turned my eyes back to the movie star portrait from my last post. I made a bunch of tiny revisions, and of course those are sometimes the kinds of revisions that make a big difference. I hope they...
6 Feb 2021 1 minute read 5 comments DoctorPlatypus
Continuing to challenge myself to draw recognizable faces, this evening I drew this one. Can you tell who it's supposed to be?
4 Feb 2021 1 minute read 7 comments DoctorPlatypus
Today my friend Sandra challenged me to draw a self portrait. I posted it without comment to Facebook, and my friends all said "oh! it's you!" so I guess it looks like me. Mission accomplished! It makes me puzzled, though, trying to figure out what...
31 Jan 2021 1 minute read 0 comments DoctorPlatypus
Today was the January RE-Drawing Masculinity workshop so I spent the afternoon working on timed gesture drawing. We warmed up with 2- and 3-minute poses, and of course those were Not Great, but then warmups aren't necessarily supposed to be. A few of...
28 Jan 2021 1 minute read 4 comments DoctorPlatypus
I have been away from drawing for too long, and I need to re-establish the habit of practice that I developed in October. Tonight I got a start by drawing this figure in a shower that I wish I had at my house. I say this every time, but just the act...
7 Jan 2021 1 minute read 0 comments DoctorPlatypus
It's no secret that winter is really hard for me. I should really invest in one of those special lamps. Instead of that, today I worked on a sketch of a couple guys horsing around at a lake. The reference photo for this drawing is from Worldwide Roar...
7 Jan 2021 1 minute read 0 comments DoctorPlatypus
I spent some more time today on timed gesture drawings, and it was not going very well. I even gave myself 5 full minutes per sketch, which is basically double the time I get in my workshops. But I was not feeling disciplined tonight and I kept focus...
