drawings & watercolour paintings
Sketch done from “life” at the Redpath Museum at McGill University in Montréal, Québec, in April, 2018, of their Gorgosaurus libratus skeleton. Pencil sketch, ink drawing in 9¼ × 6¼″ Stillman and Birn Alpha Series (150 gsm white hardcover sketchbook). Gorgosaurus page at The Redpath Museum website.
Pencil, Lamy Vista fountain pen with Borealis Black Noodler’s Ink, and watercolour in a 5 ¾ × 8 ¾″ Stillman & Birn Gamma sketchbook. From a reference photo I took in March, 2015. Before starting the watercolour in my sketchbook, I did a small sketch of the woman who is the subject of the painting — it was her … Read more
Sketched from reference photos I took on a week-long visit to Montréal in March, 2015. The bright, mustardy yellow insulation exposed between the buildings was very striking, especially in the sunlight. When I got home I discovered that Marc Taro Holmes had sketched buildings across the street from this in his then–recently-released The Urban Sketcher, … Read more
Pencil sketch from a photo I took in March, 2015. 5 × 8 ¼″ Moleskine sketch album (120 gsm).