Musings on and examples from various creative and constructive projects.
5 Jan 2021 1 minute read 3 comments DoctorPlatypus
I have a confession: In the figures I have been drawing, the source images often are in the sort of heroic condition that results in veins popping out of their forearms, and I have been pretending those veins are not even there, because I wasn't real...
1 Jan 2021 1 minute read 0 comments DoctorPlatypus
By the time I get this posted, it will be pretty close to midnight on New Years Eve 2020. Let us let the underground river wash the filth of the past year off our bodies, leaving us fresh and ready for new projects, new opportunities, new knowledge. ...
31 Dec 2020 1 minute read 0 comments DoctorPlatypus
I feel like I need to capture more information in my drawings in a shorter time, so that if I am trying to draw from a living situation that might change, I won't be denied the opportunity to complete my drawing. Toward that goal, tonight I did a bun...
29 Dec 2020 1 minute read 0 comments DoctorPlatypus
Today I am dreaming of warmer times, so I distracted myself with a beach drawing. In my preview, the aspect ration is all screwed up. Hopefully it comes out right in the published version. The main new hurdles I wanted to work on jumping are drawin...
27 Dec 2020 1 minute read 0 comments DoctorPlatypus
Today was the December Redrawing Masculinity figure drawing workshop. I like how friendly and enthusiastic everyone is - lots of laughter, plenty of opportunities to see one another's sketches but no mean comments. It's pretty great! I'm going to inc...
25 Dec 2020 1 minute read 0 comments DoctorPlatypus
Merry Christmas! A friend and I were chatting about a particular drawing I made in 2018, speculating how I might do it differently if I had done it now. it started out pure speculation, but then we thought "Why not!?" Here's today's drawing: Today...
24 Dec 2020 1 minute read 0 comments DoctorPlatypus
Merry Christmas Eve to you all! Today I wanted to get some practice in because last time I waited too long between drawing. I came across a photo of these arm wrestling fellows and thought that would let me work on hands, faces, hair, shading! Here i...
21 Dec 2020 1 minute read 2 comments DoctorPlatypus
I haven't draw in over a week, almost two weeks! I was fretting about trying to find something to draw that had all the elements I am working on - fabric, shading, hands and feet, making it look as much as I can like the source image. (I know the las...
10 Dec 2020 1 minute read 5 comments DoctorPlatypus
This evening I spent a few hours in a Zoom with one old friend and a few brand new ones, all of us making art independently. Two were doing self-portraits where you don't look at the page or lift the pencil, which strikes me as terrifying, but is dou...
6 Dec 2020 1 minute read 0 comments DoctorPlatypus
Sometimes I just see a photo and want to try it out, especially if it has some of the elements I am trying to practice. This one had hands and face and shading and weird posture and leaves me wondering what the poor model is thinking - What happened...
