Hello, my name is Duncan Weller,
and I'm a doodle addict. Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

I am a writer and visual artist specializing in children's books and adult fiction. I show my visual art regularly and make my living as full time artist. Sketching and drawing are a crucial part of my job.

I specialize in book design, cartooning, illustration, painting, pencil drawing, phtography, publishing, storyboards, writing.

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

A sketch of a friend.

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

One of my favourite drawings. You can tell I was really on that day. So few strokes of the pencil caught shape and light. I won't sell this drawing.

This is Tim. Tim was shy until he discovered that he was a great model and he was the women's favourite male model for out sessions.

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.

When I lived in Victoria, B.C. I ran a figure drawing session for the local illustrator's society. Often I would head over to other drawing sessions. This is one run by a local gallery.

This is probably a 15 minute sketch, maybe less, done in a drawing session in Victoria, B.C.

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

A twenty minute posed captured in a figure drawing session in North Vancouver.

This drawing, with a bit of watercolour, was done years ago in North Vancouver during a figure drawing session. Probably 15 - 20 minutes. Watercolour, subtly employed, can have wonderful affects. The challenge of working fast forced me to ditch excess thinking. And it's funny, because at first I thought, "Oh, this is terrible." Then the next day, with fresh eyes, or checking out the drawing in a mirror, I think, "Wow! How did I not see how good this is?" Never throw out your artwork immediately after a drawing session. Give them a few days and look at your work with fresh eyes.

This was a twenty minute drawing for a figure drawing sessions in Victoria, B.C..

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.

Sketch of girl in Mexico, from a photograph.

Sometimes it's not just the face that make the drawing, but the cloths that fit.

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Emma holds a mug. I like drawing hands and faces, so why not have them closer together?

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A self-portrait.

Erinn, a fantastic model, sits on a little podium.

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