Shida the Cheetah is leaving Chattanooga for the west coast. She sat for our drawing group at Townsend Atelier for the last time (at least for a while) I had one sheet of Stonehenge and my trusty box of Nupastels so I spent the majority of the time on the other side of this drawing, making gestures, wiping them out and doing a sketch that looked like a painting you’d find in a bar. There were two 30 minute poses left and I decided to layer them on top of one another. I shot this from my iPhone, so it’s a bit rough but she liked the result and I gave it to her as a going away present. Best of luck Shida-San!
Pastel Study of Shida
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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