I 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.
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.
