Brian's Notebook

Back to my series of drawings from direct observation. I have become badly rusty, I fear.

Found a whole carpet of these colourful flowers under a tree. I have no idea what kind of tree, but they made for a nice subject for a few s...

Saw two somewhat unusual things today. The first, a halo around the Sun, which I photographed from two different sides of a building, trying...

HB mechanical pencil on printer paper, 18cm x 12cm:

Done from a reference photo. I have reported before on my struggle to draw from photos. Considering how convenient they can be, it seems lik...

I find this kind of subject absolutely fearsome, because whenever I have to deal with this kind of repetitive complexity, i.e. little units ...

A sketch of a Black-collared Barbet ( Lybius torquatus ). Ballpoint pen and coloured pencil on printer paper, about 20cm x 20cm.