The Sketchbook Project
2011 Tour
I signed up for The Sketchbook Project when I was in Chattanooga (it says “Cattanooga” above the barcode on the back). None of the themes really fit figure drawing and since i new I’d be moving back to Portland, I picked “Raining Cats and Dogs”. Here’s a record the models I’ve worked with over the past couple of months. Many thanks to Paige Turner for the inspiration and to Darcee, Trisha, Anj, India, Minae, Emily and Ariel for being part of the project. Special thanks to Stan and Peggy at Townsend Atelier and Jeff at Hipbone Studio for the best places to draw in both Chattanooga and Portland. The book will be kept in the Brooklyn Art Library after the tour.
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Written by Daniel Liam Gill
Daniel Liam Gill is a painter who lives in Portland, Oregon.
He is currently working on the series' Objectify and Seeds.
Daniel was born in American Falls, Idaho in the fall of 1961. He spent his formative years in the American South working as an illustrator, graphic designer and art director. Daniel taught illustration design at Portfolio Center in Atlanta, Georgia and illustration at the Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, Oregon. He co-founded The Illustrators’ Jam with PNCA and Raw Visceralia, an art experience.
Daniel studied pastels with Lee Bomhoff , an Atlanta artist.
He honed his figure drawing skills in Portland, Oregon, creating hundreds pastel drawings over several years. Daniel graduated to oils in 2006 and started the series, Connective Tissue in 2007.
Love your sketchbook captures! It’s nice to see the doodles along with the studies from life. I carry mine with me everywhere trying to catch people in moments out and about. Love figurative pieces.
–Kerra
Thanks Kierra,
I like yours too. I’d feel like my arm was missing without my sketchbook.