Duncan Weller's Uploads

I ran a figure drawing class in Victoria, B.C. for a couple years. It was a lot of fun and my drawing got better quickly.

A wonderful model I had two years ago brought the most amazing dresses. This was rather a plain one, but very elegant.

In his seventies, this guy was a great model. Fun to draw. Lots of character.

Biking is my second love. And I should do more images like this as my imagination flies when I bike.

Crosshatching was used to build up the shadows. It's probably my favourite drawing technique. Works best with pen and ink. This is the cover image for one of my children's picture books.

In the style of Lucien Freud, this little painting didn't take long, but was fun and an accurate representation of the model. Plus size models are often just as interesting as many of the thinner models we got in drawing sessions. Beauty exists for different people in different ways. Character is certainly a big aspect.

Rapidograph Pens used to create this image with lots of crosshatching. Drawn from my head.

A fun portfolio piece.

I hope to make a funny little book from this idea. Any suggestions?

This was inspired by driftwood and a bit of a fantasy landscape Idea.

This is a quick sketch I did of a shirtless man on a bus.

Doodling will give you ideas for projects that you didn't expect. The characters for my book, Flight of the Silk, came from sketches. This picture is one illustration for the book.

A portrait of a friend.

This is a little collage (did you know Maxfield Parrish invented collage, not Picasso?) of a characters from one of my children's books. I wondered if this would inspire a book. Not yet.

Using more staining watercolour paints, I was able to glaze a couple layers over the first layer to make for a neat effect.

I'm hoping to finish off this children's book this year. It's a lot of work. Too many illustrations - so many the printing cost will jump, so I might have to find a publisher for this one, rather than self-publish. This is acrylic on paper.

A Rapidograph inked portrait of a friend, from a photo.

Part of an illustration where city authorities conspire to build roadways that will only get people killed.

Done mostly with oil bar, this is more akin to a sketch than a painting. It's great when you can get loose with the process and end up with something that looks like a finished work.

A sketch for a large painting I want to start soon.

Just fun crazy doodling.