Drawing is the foundation

Everyone has the capacity to produce amazing images and it all starts with drawing.
Sculpture, printmaking, ceramics, textiles, painting, will all be better if you can draw well.
Drawing is the precipitous for good preparation and is the map that will formulate your creativity; it will guide you in a direction that is congruent with your abilities and will open you up to new ways of seeing.
Piet Mondrian used drawing to script out how he would approach a painting, where as Leonardo DaVinci created drawings for his own reference to have a clear understanding of the functionality of objects.
I use drawing to document my process. When I was learning to draw and paint I would look at unfinished paintings like: DaVinci’s “Adoration of the Magi”; it helped me understand the process of moving from drawing to painting.
Drawing creates spontaneous transitions from concept to canvas.
Art History has traditionally sited drawing as a form of documentation and communication. Today drawing is a primary means for creative expression, which is a relatively new considering that Neolithic man, used drawing to communicate.

Drawing is Expression

If you want to learn to express your self through drawing then;
Drawing On The Right Side Of The Brain is a great first step.

Drawing is only a tool for collecting visual information; not unlike a camera. The difference is the long-term benefits you will gain from the process.
Here are a few of the benefits: Understanding design elements, form and space relationships, balance, technique, developed skill-level , a new way of seeing your surroundings, understanding how things work, a connection to your subject, the materials and tools of the trade; the list is endless. The thing is; you will always be learning something new as long as you live and draw.



"It is only by drawing often, drawing everything, drawing incessantly, that one fine day you discover to your surprise that you have rendered something in its true character." ~ Camille Pissarro.


Picasso understood the benefits of drawing from his earliest recollections.
He knew it was the foundation for everything he had created or would create in his life.


“To draw does not simply mean to reproduce contours; the drawing does not simply consist in the idea: the drawing is the expression, the interior form, the plan, the model.” Ingres



Michele Angelo cartooned the whole ceiling of the Sistine Chapel before his apprentices blocked-in the images. He would also draw lines on the marble before he would begin a sculpture.
I think it’s safe to say that drawing has been used in one form or another to create most of the products we see and use today.
Drawing is taken for granted and is thought of as that thing artists do.
Well! What I would suggest is that most people have used drawing in their life in some form. With a little effort you could use drawing as an exceptional means of expressing your self.
So after all is said; drawing is not just something that artist’s do but it’s what you can do to be an artist.

The Pipes

THE PIPES!
They have always made me laugh not because of the people that play them or even the their sound. I think it's the look of the instrument and how the piper kind of manhandles them like a sexual object or something that is alive and struggling to get away.
Just funny to me. I'm one to talk because I play the 5 String banjo which takes lots of hits for it's sound and the fact that we banjo players spend alot of time tuning the instrument. Well, if you can't laugh at your self!

I will be learning the pipes next.

Queen Berta
A composite of those musicians that live for their music and exude a raw energy that can be miss-construed as sexuality.
She is one minute from fame and one minute from the street. I can recognize her potential and her torment at the same time.
Life is not easy yet the little things in life are what make it all worth while.
Gather around because here's the Queen!

Men With Hats

“Men With Hats” is my present series of paintings. This series is the offspring of larger drawings I created in 1986, about the time I was finishing my Fine Arts degree at the University of Lethbridge.Conceptualized portraits of musicians is how I would describe this work.Multiple views and angles similar to a photo shoot. These subjects have personality and presence.
The re-emergence of musicianship in my life has been a major factor in the revival of this series. In the mid 90’s when I started to exhibit my work on a regular basis I found myself slowly and creatively discarding preconceptions I had of the art world.
I began to paint horses specifically to exhibit at the Calgary Stampede.I was determined to be a success, at least economically.Little did I know that I would continue to paint these images as my primary subjects for almost a decade .I established a good clientele but became weary of my lack of creative progress. The prospect of some economic stability with a lack of creative inspiration began to drag me down. All things considered I needed to evolve creativity. I decided to move in to a new role as an independent artist.
In 2004 I met Catharine and a year later we were married and moved into Inglewood. It is here in Inglewood that my art has flourished. I have painted series after series, rural abstracts, urban landscapes and which are all derived from earlier more conservative work.
Colour, movement and texture has become my fortier. Filling the canvases with thick impasto paint is my trademark.
I have come full circle because today I am creating images that first presented themselves 25 years ago but now I am painting them with experience, sophistication and maturity behind me . The work shows better and with each new piece there are new challenges I approach with a sense of discovery, heightened sensitivity and skill.
My most creative season is upon me and I am just beginning to learn. I see the world differently now and I think my art is finally telling the truth about my journey.Don’t take my word for it come and see for your self. “Seeing is believing”
DGrudniski