Here are some faces I saw whilst sketching at the Farmers Market near the Grove yesterday.

More ten minute poses from the model. This week, would you believe, Shaft.

Darwin, Dickens, Lincoln, Washington and Rembrandt. Not being the greatest caricaturist in the world I feel I have to tell you who they are but I had fun doing them so I thought I'd share.

More five minute sketches from the model. No guessing what this week's theme was.

5 to 10 minute sketches from the model. This week - The Director.

Some more ten minute poses from the costumed model class. Much more fun than stuffy nude models.

I've been having fun, lately, sketching costumed models at a session on Thursday nights. Here are some 5 to 15 minute poses. For details of where and when see links under Drawingclub.

A pig who just lost 20lbs.

Piggie in the supermarket.

Pig stripper.

A pig about to discover gravity.

A pig's pig.

Stallion

Spirit during some of its more depressing development.

Spirit. C Dreamworks

Spirit. C Dreamworks

Drunk monk.

Evil bishop.

Fat abbess.

Spirit, Stallion of the Cimerron. Copyright Dreamworks

River bank. 'Spirit'. Dreamworks

Lovers. 'Spirit'. Dreamworks

Racing the eagle. 'Spirit'. Dreamworks

I am particularly keen on what technology has given us daubers to work with. It seems increasingly irrelevant to paint and draw images (I include Photoshop) for animated films that are no longer 2D and graphic. To this end I often design in what I call Maya sketches; quickly built, virtual, 3D environments that will give me several viewpoints of the same scene. I can also change the lighting, the camera lens (say from 25mm to 100mm), and re-position or re-scale various elements which would take days, if not weeks, with pencil, paint or Photoshop. The posts here use only two Spooky Castle sets. Each set took about three days to complete but gave me dozens of different variations, four of which are posted here. I then render them out and tickle them up in Photoshop, if necessary.

Maya sketch. Spooky castle. Character design D Fiess.

Maya sketch. Spooky castle. Character design D Fiess.

Maya sketch. Spooky castle. Character design D Fiess

Maya sketch. Spooky castle.