These are 2-minute studies, done with hard compressed charcoal on 18 x 24" sheets of Canson Recycled Sketch paper.
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Humans, being.
About Me
- Thomas Hendry
- Toronto, ON, Canada
- I'm a Toronto- based artist. My focus is on the human form, primarily through drawing. I'm mostly posting work on Tumblr now(link below.) This blog remains a process-intensive diary of over 10,000 studies spanning more than 7 years. (More finished work of mine can be found as well on my Flickr account - there's a link for that below as well)
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- Follow me on Instagram!
- Tumblr - works 2016 to mid-2018
- My Flickr albums
- Toronto School of Art
- facebook info group: All The Life Drawings In Toronto
- Artists 25 sessions
- Washi central: The Japanese Paper Place
- Francis Vallejo's favorite figurative artists
- Harvey Chan - Artist
- Figurative Artists Directory
- Clive Powsey's drawings
- Stef Lenk - a very fine artist
- Christopher Wolfe - Animator (and prior student)
- Rachael Wells (onetime student)
- ruthdraws (a onetime student)
- Ruth Paints & Prints
- Olga Nabatova (onetime student)
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1 comment:
Tom I can't resist commenting on these..
In a rather downer mood, these drawing seemed to virtually leap off the page and cheered me up a lot with their sheer vitality...Thanks! Ruth
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