The Field Page
A short letter every Saturday: the newest drawing, how I made it and one thing to try in your own sketchbook.
A new post every Saturday: field sketches, ink, camp and the tools I carry.
How a quick pencil line at dawn became a finished ink drawing at my table at home.
Where the lines go, how close to put them and why the wrinkles do most of the work.
How to tell who walked past from the shape of the print, and how I sketch a track in a minute.
A stool, a small sketchbook and the last of the light: how I draw at the end of the day.
What is in my ink kit, what I leave at home and how I keep the bottle from spilling.
One tree, three quick studies and how the light changed between them.
Online course
Video course · 8 lessons
How to draw an animal that will not stay still, from a first fast line to a page you can finish at home.
Downloads and merch
Downloads arrive by email. Merch is printed to order and shipped by Printful.
Twelve pages for sketching outdoors, with boxes for a quick drawing, a note about the light and a place for tracks.
A short guide to ink wash on paper: how much water to use, how to layer it and how to keep the whites.
Ten sheets of animals in simple outlines, standing, walking and resting, to study before you draw them.
One page of common tracks drawn to scale, with the walk pattern each animal leaves.
About
I sketch animals in ink, outdoors, from the waterhole, the dry riverbed and the camp where I sleep at night. I sit still with a small notebook, a pen and a bottle of black ink, and I draw what walks past. At home I take the best sketches and finish them with cross-hatching and a little ink wash.
I write a letter every week with the newest drawing and how I made it. What I sell is the part you can use: field sketch templates, an ink wash guide, animal reference sheets, a track cheat sheet, night camp pages, a set of prints, a bundle of the basics and two video courses, one for sketching animals in the field and one for finishing them in ink. I do not take commissions. I show you how to draw your own.