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A person threw themself from the top of a building into a carpark near work yesterday - Australia Day - all that was left was the jumper's stain on the bitumen.

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Life drawing... the human figure is one of the most challenging - but at the same time - most enjoyable subjects to draw. There's always someone around to model as well.

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Top: Earth's built environment crumbles and implodes... along with its ecosystems.
Bottom: the sleeping dog lies.

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Eye study.

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Geisha

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A sketch for a painting in progress... check out the animation of the painting as it is developed here.

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Sleeeeeeeeping.....

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CCTV and the heat.

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The boat image is based on a painting by Odd Nerdrum.

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Having a rest after exiting the forest/bush. Now for a 6.5km walk up Boranup Beach to finish at Hamelin Bay.... on the hottest day in 9 years.

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View from the tent of the peppermint trees at Point Road Camp after a 20km trek from Hamelin Bay, up Boranup Beach and into the karri forest.

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people being people walking by

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an indigneous Australian actress... the likeness isn't great, so you'll have to guess the identity

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Was walking along the beach near Fremantle's North Mole late last night while a container ship was coming into port. This drawing was done in negative... (the white version is the drawing, then it was inverted in Photoshop to give the night version).

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Toy soldier... 'nuff said.

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So on the eighth day; i painted, and didn't actually get to draw.... this one is from the ninth... some NY resolutions aren't even worth making anymore.

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quick sketches - what was it 'they' said about working with kids and/or animals?
I know they won't stay still for long, so i just have to draw faster. it's a good way to be forced to capture the figure without getting bogged down with detail. 070110

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A more productive day... the boat illo will be used in a painting i'm working on. but the boat will be set much further back into the composition... drifting out to sea. another vanitas work.... the figure in the other drawings is based an etching(?) called Nebuchadnezzar by William Blake 060110

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A prep drawing for another painting... just to 'get to know' the form before i start with oils. There will be a few more to come before the composition is finalised. 050110

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Ok. so my intention was to draw with traditional media for this project, but sometimes work gets in the way of 'real' drawing. Lucky i work as a graphic designer/illustrator, so the alternative is not too hard to handle. This line drawing (done in Adobe Illustrator) was commissioned by an anatomy professor for a research paper, or presentation, or something. It shows a (dis)section of a human eye. 050110

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A sketch for another vanitas painting. Skull under sheer white cloth - always difficult to paint but i'll give it a go.... soon.

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The Wedding Dance. An improv version of the Zorba the Greek dance at a wedding between a guy of Ukrainian descent to a girl of Mauritian/English decent. An example of cosmopolitanism and multi-culturalism in Australia? 030110

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Forced to wear this thing today due to social expectations. Not at all comfortable in it - how/why do people get around in this sort of get-up? (020110)

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A still-life to get things started. I have been drawing everyday so far, in one way or another. Looks like i just won't get around to scanning and uploading everyday. Actually I'm pretty sure I won't. Hopefully i can at least post weekly.