Bones: not the show, the ones at the La Brea Tarpits!

Day 1 of David Colman’s Animal Drawing Workshop: Paige Museum at the La Brea Tarpits

First time drawing animal skeletons and it was a lot more fun than I expected.  I think it’s because of the fact that I’m drawing something new and also that it’s my first time at the La Brea Tarpits.  I don’t think any of my classes in grade school ever took a field trip there so it was long overdue.

Good times drawing and for those that missed out on the workshop: Dave’s gonna post video of his demo on the web sometime soon.

Anatomy is something that’s been lacking in my drawings, since I’m not familiar with the muscles and structure of animals and people.  Skeletons are great ways to learn form because 1) they stay still and 2) they stay still.  It’s less frustrating when you can move up close and around to get an idea of what you’re looking at when drawing.  Very convenient when studying.

It’s all part of the learning process and something I plan on putting more of an effort in understanding.  It’ll be a nice place to alternate with the zoo when I start using my saturday mornings to hone my animal drawing skills.

Anyways, tomorrow is the real test since we’ll be drawing animals at the zoo.  It’s been a while since I’ve drawn at the zoo so it’ll be interesting at best.

Cheers!

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David Colman

Drawing Club: Dracula

John Tucker as Count Dracula: 5-15 Minute poses

I decided to go back to using prismacolor markers for Thursday’s Drawing Club and it almost felt foreign to me.  I think it’s because I also utilized a ballpoint pen to gesture in my line and a brush pen to “lock down” the drawing.  I saw Eric Canete use a brush pen at his workshop demo this past Sunday and thought it would be cool to try it out in figure drawing.

Not the best of ideas.  Eric used the brush pen to establish thick and thin lines in his finish: I used it to make marks, haha.  Anyways, it’s always fun to draw John Tucker as he’s very expressive and just has fun with it.  The reason I gave Dracula a pompadour was because, earlier in the week, I saw a sketch that my teacher Mark McDonnell did of a vampire Elvis.  Gotta give credit to where credit is due.

On a sidenote, Mark McDonnell’s Clothed Figure Quick Sketch class at LAAFA starts tomorrow.

Anyways, hope you guys enjoy the drawrings.  Cheers!

Vilppu Figure Drawing Class 03

5 min poses – to start out the session

longer ones (anywhere from 10min – 1hour)

3 min poses – to end the day

So it’s class 3 of my figure drawing experience with Glenn Vilppu and I’m still trying to figure it out as I go.  My mind just went on autopilot this session and line consistency amongst other things went out the window.  Haha.

On a side note, first time drawing an elderly lady for figure drawing .  I have no clue what that has to do in regards to the results of my drawings, but it was noteworthy enough to point out.  Cheers!