Danielle

boots!

central park

cordial reception

scallywag

Woman with cane

An old picture, done with pencil and acrylics on paper.

waiting for an outcome

rest for the wicked

A small painting made from life with pencil and acrylics.

Light and colour

An old picture, done with pencil and acrylic on paper.

you may guess the answer

never on time

I drew and painted this many years ago now, on a spare piece of cardboard. It was done quickly, because my model had places to be.

migraine

Sometimes you see an opportunity and grab whatever materials are at hand. Thus this sketch, done with acrylic on a piece of printer paper.

life is good

Sitting on the bench with a good book (it may have been The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony), under the window on a sunny day. Not a bad thing at all. I didn't have time to draw the window or sun, though.







Drawn from life with a pencil, in around 30 minutes.

The professor in orange

Taking a break at the office. I made this with a Pigma micron, a Copic brush pen, some pencil crayons, and orange tissue, which I glued on.

send me the pillow you dream on

A painting of some years ago, done from life in about an hour. A sleeping model can often be quite boring, but sometimes you get lucky and they repose in an interesting posture on a quilt of many colours.

Reading The Count of Montecristo in the bathtub.

It's not easy - it's a big book.




I've mentioned before that years ago, when I was too poor for canvas, I made small paintings on cast-offs of cardboard. I made this in the bathroom of a student co-op in Toronto, Ontario, using pencil and acrylic paints.

come into my sleep

An old drawing, done from life with a china marker.

The Professor

A drawing of a professor of plant physiology.

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.

Taking a break from Harry Potter