Anya Toomre 3/19/20 Anya Toomre 3/19/20

Pencil drawing of a Moluccan Cockatoo and Video

Continuing with my series of drawing videos for my practice and your entertainment, this is from day 40/100 of showing up and shipping something as encouraged by The Creative's Workshop that I've been taking.

I did a pencil drawing here of a Moluccan cockatoo from my self-created animals from "Life of Pi" list (photo courtesy of wikipedia, book by Yann Martel). In the video you may notice that my pencil lines are lighter and sketchier at the beginning as I get started than later after the shape of the bird has emerged. That's totally normal as you get more comfortable with what you're drawing.

Also, this sketchbook is small and square. For this animal series, I've often needed to add additional paper to get all of the animal in. I knew I was going to need some for this bird so I started off with an extra piece already prepared. 😁

The music in the video is the Happy Farmer. The video link to YouTube is: Moluccan Cockatoo in Pencil

Are you working on any animal drawings now? What kind?

Anya Toomre 5/14/17 Anya Toomre 5/14/17

A Leonardo Drapery Exercise

This is a graphite drawing I did trying to copy Leonardo da Vinci's example. I also kept track of my time spent on this. I don't usually but I was curious how long this one would be. I did it in 15-20 minute sessions and it took 335 minutes, or a little more than 5 1/2 hours.