Brian's Notebook

A few recent sketches, of leaves and a tree in the botanical garden. Ballpoint on printer paper, about size A5.

Sketch of a karree tree ( Rhus lancea ) made during a visit to Dinokeng nature reserve north of Pretoria. Ballpoint pen, in A5 sketch book. ...

Photos I took earlier today on a trip to the highveld area where I grew up, near the town of Bronkhorstspruit in South Africa. Some typica...

New year; time for a new self-portrait. As with all my self-portraits, I look like a murderous psychopath. I'm not really that unfriendl...

It has been a while since I have had time to post anything here. Well, rather late than never. Here is a photo of the sun's light fallin...

Haven't had much time to draw for a while. This sketch was done from a photograph from the reference library at WetCanvas . Even though ...

In a fit of madness, I decided to try out drawing with charcoal. Well, it is like watercolour: impossible to control, and quickly turns into...