The New Relative

He was being very quiet and cute and only started to cry when I was about to leave... Or did I leave around when he started to cry. I don't remember which.

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Bridget

Just hanging out.

Along the Arno

A view of the north bank of the Arno, the Lungardo Corsini, painted from the southern embankment. On a warm October day, I sat down and painted this.

It's a bit unusual a choice of subject for me. I like buildings, but not usually this kind of late Renaissance and Baroque architecture, where so much of the effect relies on monumentality and repetition. Who wants to draw fifty-plus windows? Apparently I did.

omne animal triste est

Waiting For Her Man

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your cruelty is an astonishing gift

jeans and a sweater

An old drawing, done on toned paper from life. It probably took about 40 minutes, although something obviously went wrong with one of the hands.

peace and quiet

authority figure

The Varying Opinions on the Residual Effects of Suppressed Trauma

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those lines

Here's one I particularly like. It has just the right contrast between emptiness and detail to make me put it in the favourites folder.

Yes, I'm listening

Drawn from life in the student centre at the University of Toronto.

sight of you

A drawing of Dan, done from life in about 5 minutes. I liked the way this turned out.

Reinisa takes a standing pose

A portrait of the Toronto artist and designer, nom-de-guerre Varethane, whose long-running webcomic, Chirault, will soon be getting its first book.

This was drawn from life in probably around 20 minutes, using a pigma micron. I added the colour later. The lunch box in front of her was full of art supplies, but I didn't get around to drawing those.

High Windows

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knowledge is a curse

standing alone

dorianne again

Korean Tea Bowl

White slip and glaze over black clay.

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