Sunday, May 03, 2015

Old Fishing Reel


After a day of flying near Savannah, I found myself right at home (my second home if you will?). I was at the Bass Pro Shops in their Fly Fishing mini store. I managed to take a few pics before leaving. One of them was of this vintage fly fishing reel they had mounted on the wall. About a week after this day I was at home going through my pics from that afternoon and I came across the vintage fly reel. It hit me, if I'm going to draw again I need to start now. This is a perfect subject to get me out of my comfort zone of drawing portraits! So, I did a quick sketch and started filling in the details.


This was the final product. With some practice, I will one day re-draw this reel (or maybe another) and do a side-by-side comparison. For now, I really have to say I do like this drawing. I mean considering how long it has been since I drew something with such detail.