Drawing The Motmot

October 2, 2007

So Many Sketches, So Little Time

Filed under: Art, Drawing, Nature, Oklahoma, Panama, Wildlife, museums, paleontology — zeladoniac @ 3:59 pm

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Just a quick post while I’m putting a couple of workshops together. This Thursday I’m giving a class at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, “Drawing the Worlds of the Past“. Lots of great skeleton mounts to sketch. It’s a dandy place to draw.

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Pentaceratops at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History- the largest skull of any land animal ever found- certified by the Guinness Book of World Records!

Another dandy place to draw is Quartz Mountain, in western Oklahoma, a rugged and dramatic landscape. I’ll be teaching “Nature Journaling and Field Sketching” for the Oklahoma Arts Institute October 11-14. Lots to do between then and now.

In the meantime, more sketches!

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Heliconia Patch

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Crowned Woodnymph in a Heliconia Patch, snoozing. 

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Chestnut backed Antbirds and a Panama tree squirrel.

3 Comments »

  1. Very, very nice drawings!

    Comment by Becky — October 3, 2007 @ 2:18 am | Reply

  2. I like your style of sketching. lots of contrast and dimension.

    Comment by toni — October 3, 2007 @ 3:19 am | Reply

  3. Can almost feel the furry tail….this must have been a testing one…have had tough times with the squirrels….frisky creatures…:)

    Comment by Deepa — October 6, 2007 @ 2:57 pm | Reply


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