Happy 2007

Christmas was a frenzy of cooking and gorging and comfort telly, so I didn’t actually get much time to draw anything; all I have to offer are a few paltry doodles from the sketchbook pages.

The last two are from reference: Tivka the white tiger from a crumpled copy of ‘Hello’ *cough* magazine (it was free!), and Hagrid’s hut, quickly sketched from Cuarón’s gorgeous ‘Prisoner of Azkaban’ on Christmas teevee. I grabbed the concept of the hut, and then….made up the rest. I’m not at all happy with it, but I’m trying to draw more than just the same old 3/4 view portraits. I’ve always loved layouts/backgrounds, and they’re something I really want to work on. Baggio is incredible at backgrounds, so I always get a bit discouraged when I try them, but I’ve decided to pick his brain, grab some books on perspective, and work my way through a box of pencils. Lots more in the sketchbook, but our cheapo scanner is hacking and wheezing and clutching at its metaphorical chest.

I don’t generally go in for resolutions but, for this coming year, Mr Baggio and I have made a pact to draw something every day.