2nd entry for Sept 17, 2012

These are some 2-minute and 3-minute studies. Jen's work was good, but I was still a bit worn out from the Queen West Art Crawl on the previous two days.  Rusty, too, after 6 days not drawing.

1st entry for Sept 17, 2012

On the Monday night, Jen, a new person was working at Diane's Drawing Room session. These are some 30-second and 1-minute studies, done with medium compressed charcoal on 18 x 24" sheets of bond paper.

3rd entry for Sept 10, 2012

 

 These are four 5-minute studies above, two 10-minute ones below that and a 15-minute one at bottom. The topmost one is on an 18 x 24 Canson sheet; the second and the bottom ones are on 22x30" sheets of 90 lb Maidstone rag paper, and the others are n 23 x 34" sheets of Durotone papers.

3rd entry for Sept 3, 2012

These are some further studies of Murray on straps and rope - four 3-minute studies above, and two 5-minute ones below. All are done with hard compressed charcoal on 18 x 24" sheets of Canson Recycled Sketch paper.

*** If you want to get a portrait sketch done at the Toronto School of Art on Nuit Blanche (Sept 29) take note: you can come in for 20 minutes, get your portrait sketched by a group of people, and you'll get to take home your favourite sketch. You can contact thomasdraws@yahoo.ca to arrange the time you're coming. Please pass the word along - we still have some spaces available from 7 PM through to 7 AM.

2nd entry for Sept 3, 2012

These are some 2-minute studies, done with hard compressed charcoal on 18 x 24" sheets of Canson Recycled Sketch paper.

There won't be any aerial equipment involved, but if you want to get a portrait sketch done at the Toronto School of Art on Nuit Blanche (Sept 29) take note: you can come in for 20 minutes, get your portrait sketched by a group of people, and you'll get to take home your favourite sketch. You can contact thomasdraws@yahoo.ca to arrange the time you're coming. Please pass the word along - we still have some spaces available from 7 PM through to 7 AM.

We're also still looking for a few more sketchers who can come in late in the night - either from 1 AM to 4 AM, or from 4AM to 7AM. It's really good portrait practice, to draw a succession of different people over 3 hours. The person whose sketch gets chosen by a sitter gets a small prize in return - a little bit of cash, some drawing session vouchers, or some other small gift. If you want to take part, contact me at the thomasdraws yahoo address above.
 

1st entry for Sept 3, 2012

On the Monday Murray came to work at Diane Mcgrath's Drawing Room session.  He started working on heavy straps. These are 30-second and 1-minute poses, all done with medium compressed charcoal on 18 x 24" sheets of bond paper.

4th entry for Aug 13, 2012

These are four five-minute studies above, and two 10-minute ones below. The 5-minute ones are hard compressed charcoal on 18 x 24" Canson Recycled Paper, and the longer ones are on 23 x 34" sheets of Durotone Extra-White paper.

3rd entry for Aug 13, 2012

These are some 3-minute studies, done with hard Nobel charcoal on 18 x 24" sheets of Canson Recycled Sketch paper.

I really enjoy these aerial/circus drawing sessions.  They exercise all the skill set of life drawing, and at speed.
This fall I'm teaching a 12-week course in introductory life drawing on Saturday mornings at the Toronto School of Art beginning Sept. 22.  I also teach a 12-week intermediate/advanced life drawing class at the TSA on Wednesday evenings. Class sizes are capped small, but there's still room room for students in each.
You can also learn more about the TSA here.

2nd entry for Aug 13, 2012

These are some 2-minute studies. Jasmine had some interesting footwear I hadn't seen before called `jazz boots'. With a split sole, they looked like a cross between ballet slippers and old-style wrestling-type boots.