Figure Drawing

 

Sketch from life drawing session thursday night at Bijan School of Art. Drop in life drawing sessions are every thursday night from 7 to 10pm and cost is only $10, with poses ranging from 30 seconds to 30 minute. This is much larger than I usually work and not black and white. (conte on manila paper, image size 16″x11″) Looking forward to going again next week.

Don Giovanni

Last fall on my trip to Italy, I attended the opera "Don Giovanni” at Teatro La Fenice. Thoroughly enjoyed it, despite the fact that I did not understand a word of it.... the music of Mozart was amazing. I was working on this artwork last Saturday afternoon and listening to Saturday afternoon at the Opera on CBC Radio. Ironically featured was "Nézet-Séguin’s first release Don Giovanni, featuring Ildebrando D’Arcenagelo, Vitalij Kowaljow, Diana Damrau, Rolando Villazon, Joyce DiDonato and Luca Pisaroni." Again, I didn’t understand a word of it, but enjoyed it. (Watercolour and ink, image size 7"x10")

Female No 16

UF No. 16

Another figure drawing/painting from a session at TAP in April. Model was Gina, tall thin and graceful, which made it easy to stylize. Playing with simplicity of line and freedom of watercolour.

Richmond St London

SS52 Richmond Street, London

Continuing with the "Streetscapes" series, this is number 52. Richmond Street between Dundas and Queens Ave.

The Square Silo

GH11 The Square Silo

Silos in the late 1880’s were built square, but farmers discovered that air seeped into the corners, causing the silage to spoil. Round silos eliminated air pockets, so square silos were rarely built after 1900. This silo is located on a golf course near Halton Hills, just west of Toronto, on Leithfield No. 4 at Glencairn Golf Course, designed by Thomas McBroom. This course is framed with golden fescue, rock fences, narrow streams (burns), dozens of the deep dreaded pot bunkers and one square silo. The course is described as “The closest you will come to Scotland, without crossing the Atlantic.”

Golf and a ball game

GH08 Cherry Creek No 7

A week of holidays, golfing, gardening and a little bit of artwork. Wednesday, golfed at Cherry Creek Golf Club located in Macomb County, Michigan. Lanny Wadkins/Mike Bylen designed golf course. After golf, went to Detroit to a ball game, Blue Jays lost to Tigers, but a good game. Comerica Park, an open air ball park, located across from the Fox Theatre and between two historic downtown churches, St. John Episcopal Church and Central United Methodist Church. From the park you can see the downtown skyline. Check out...  Detroit in ruins: Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre's [their website] extraordinary photographs documenting the dramatic decline of a major American city.

KOLF No. 14 Quotes

KOLF No. 14 Quotes

This is another drawing in the KOLF series. "Walking down any fairway you can sense the tradition and history of the sport. You can almost feel the presence of the likes of Bobby Jones and Babe Zaharias" represented by the outline of a Bobby Jones. These random quotes appealed to me as they all have  an artistic twist.

Quotes include: WHAT OTHER PEOPLE MAY FIND IN POETRY OR ART MUSEUMS, I FIND IN THE FLIGHT OF A GOOD DRIVE – ARNOLD PALMER. The hole depicted here is based on Number 16, the longest par 5 (white-471 to black-558 yds) at Firerock Golf Club in London.