Sketch of Kestral

Pastel Drawing of KestrelI have always enjoyed sketch­ing, espe­cially on rough newsprint. I’ve never found a paper with the same com­bi­na­tion of color and tooth as newsprint. It’s a shame that it’s not acid free. This is on of my favorite life draw­ings of Kestral, it’s in a pseudo Japan­ese style, very sim­ple and almost purely line. It suf­fers from one of the most com­mon fig­ure draw­ing mis­takes, tiny head syn­drome. Other than that, it’s a fun pas­tel fig­ure drawing.

Nupas­tel on Newsprint.

Written by Daniel

Daniel Gill studied art with Joe Helseth and Bill Ransom in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He began his career as an art director in 1983 and has been an award winning graphic designer-illustrator for more than 20 years. Daniel has taught illustration at the Portfolio Center in Atlanta, Georgia and at The Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, Oregon. He was one of the founding members of the Illustrators’ Jam which later became Raw Visceralia, an art experience at PNCA. Pastels were Daniel’s first love. Counting Gary Kelley, Edward Degas and Toulouse Lautrec among his influences. He discovered oils in 2006 and is currently working on the series, Connective Tissue. Daniel lives in Portland, Oregon.

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