FishBottle

J’Achoos

admin0 — Thu, 17 May 2012 01:32:34 +0000

Rooster Down

admin0 — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:29:23 +0000

Distinguished

admin0 — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:25:12 +0000

Life Drawing

admin0 — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:10:27 +0000

After a 24 year break I went back to life drawing The last one I did was in Oxford in 1987. This time I went down the street to OCAD for some 3 hour instructorless drawing sessions (thanks Marty for getting me back into it!) I don’t know what took me so long. It’s really invigorating and very satisfying. So different from drawing from thin air. I used to be snobbish about drawing from real life, as if it was cheating. Now I’m happy to make any mark on a piece of paper, no matter the source, but this is a satisfying challenge.

At first I found the short poses (which used to be my favourite) really challenging and frustrating, sometimes only getting half an arm drawn before the pose changed. Then I think I found my rhythm.

8 to 13 Minutes seems to be the ideal pose length for my attention span.

I run out of patience after that, but I remembered that I don’t have to work on the same drawing, even if it’s the same pose.
So sometimes I’ll also do a quick portrait,

or a more cartoonish version,

or something even looser.

Maybe I’ll work up the patience to do a single drawing for an hour or more. Regardless, it’s been great so far.

The energy in the studio can be palpable, you can feel people trying to ‘get it right’ or at least get something.
By the way, at $3.33 per hour it’s about the best price you can pay for any activity in this or perhaps any city.

Rushour in Chinatown

admin0 — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 02:20:42 +0000

…is mostly cars. The people rush hour here happens all throughout the day.

Kensington Alley

admin0 — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:19:47 +0000

A Something.

admin0 — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 06:10:40 +0000

(A sweet animal I’m sure, it must be) I drew it, but I can’t tell what it is.

Another Streetcar I Spent Time With

admin0 — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 05:49:26 +0000

I left this one at Spadina and College in Toronto.

The Streetcar I Got Off Of Today

admin0 — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 01:09:05 +0000

I also got on to it. Earlier.

What The Art Gallery of Ontario Sees

admin0 — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 23:33:24 +0000

Protest Watching

admin0 — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 03:00:15 +0000

Old Post, Old Painting, New Photo

admin0 — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:04:27 +0000

This painting appeared on Fishbottle in 2006 but I couldn’t get the colours right so I thought I’d take another shot at it. I think this one is much more faithful to what it looks like in real life. The painting was done sometime around 1990

W_ndering

admin0 — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:53:57 +0000

Long Shadows on Baldwin

admin0 — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:28:57 +0000

Beach Dog

admin0 — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 20:31:26 +0000

Paris Panorama

admin0 — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 18:09:23 +0000

This is a few years old, but I just came across it today. I’m not sure where I photographed it from.

As a clostro-acrophobiac, Paris’ wonders were very challenging. A lot of getting into tight spaces to reach high places. The rewards were great though.

Click on it to see it larger

Birds on Wires

admin0 — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 02:16:13 +0000

These birds are afraid of your mouse

Baldwin and Augusta

admin0 — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 01:30:53 +0000

Then and Now – Click on “Yesterday” to see it today (May 31 2011)

The corner of Baldwin street and Augusta in Kensington Market during the 1950′s(?) and 2011

I gave the owner of Casa Acoreana (the shop on the corner) a print of the old photo and he was thrilled to see it. “I’ve been meaning to ask people if they have any photos of our store as it may not be here much longer, the way the neighbourhood is changing” The photo is from the archives of The Toronto Telegram newspaper.

Much thanks to Colby Bayne for finding it and bringing it to my attention.

Fireworks

admin0 — Tue, 31 May 2011 18:43:06 +0000

Tasting it

admin0 — Mon, 23 May 2011 18:20:55 +0000