Skip to main content

Day 2

This is a larger than life charcoal and pastel sketch of the common ole' crow. It is on a sheet of 17"x24" butcher paper which I find perfect for doing studies such as this one. I have a 100% free heaping stack of the stuff. Archival it is not, but it takes away any fear of destroying an expensive sheet of paper which leads me to work with more expressive marks. This mark-making freedom is liberating most of the time but good god it can also make for some wildly terrible drawings. Live and learn.
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Project IV Day 18: Turkey Vulture (again)

I can't stop with the Turkey Vultures. I think I might have been one in a past life. Is that why I'm such a dirtbag ?
4 comments
Read more

Project VII-Day Thirty: Grass

     And that is a wrap! Day Thirty's photo was taken at Oliver Nature Park in Mansfield, TX earlier this summer. The labeling of each drawing evolved during the project. In the bottom left-hand corner is the sequence number of the drawing within the 30-day time frame and the location of where the reference photo was taken. My take away from this particular project was having the opportunity to spend more time with a special moment I had in nature. It allowed me to marvel at the intricacies of the plants and animals around us.
Post a Comment
Read more

Project IV Day 25: Hoatzin Nestling

Yes, this guy does indeed exist. He is a Hoatzin nestling. One thing you should know about these birds is that they are born with two claws on each wing. They are clumsy in flight and use these claws to climb about in their native swamps of Venezuela and Guyana. Once they reach adulthood, they those their claws. Dinosaur times-style.
2 comments
Read more