http://drawingthemotmot.wordpress.com/2008/04/15/keeping-my-balance/ Art, nature, and exploring ways to combine the two. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:04:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU http://drawingthemotmot.wordpress.com/2008/04/15/keeping-my-balance/#comment-3521 Selma Sun, 20 Apr 2008 10:03:57 +0000 http://drawingthemotmot.wordpress.com/?p=808#comment-3521 How nice to hear about otters. I haven't seen one since I left the UK 30 years ago. I feel a little misty right now. How nice to hear about otters. I haven’t seen one since I left the UK 30 years ago. I feel a little misty right now.

]]> http://drawingthemotmot.wordpress.com/2008/04/15/keeping-my-balance/#comment-3519 zeladoniac Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:53:20 +0000 http://drawingthemotmot.wordpress.com/?p=808#comment-3519 The shrike drawing took, I think, about 1/2 an hour or thereabouts. The eider was maybe a couple of minutes. I draw slower when my hands are cold, though! The shrike drawing took, I think, about 1/2 an hour or thereabouts. The eider was maybe a couple of minutes. I draw slower when my hands are cold, though!

]]> http://drawingthemotmot.wordpress.com/2008/04/15/keeping-my-balance/#comment-3514 TR Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:02:43 +0000 http://drawingthemotmot.wordpress.com/?p=808#comment-3514 What a treasure of a day! Your sketches are so pure and perfect for capturing that sense of place. Back home - relentless 30 mph winds battering the tulips and dogwood flowers to hell and filling the air with that dusty, bleak opaqueness. Enjoy all that beauty and stillness!!! What a treasure of a day! Your sketches are so pure and perfect for capturing that sense of place. Back home - relentless 30 mph winds battering the tulips and dogwood flowers to hell and filling the air with that dusty, bleak opaqueness. Enjoy all that beauty and stillness!!!

]]> http://drawingthemotmot.wordpress.com/2008/04/15/keeping-my-balance/#comment-3513 themarvelousinnature Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:46:00 +0000 http://drawingthemotmot.wordpress.com/?p=808#comment-3513 You do such beautiful field sketches. I love the one with the shrike. How long does it take you to complete a sketch like that? You do such beautiful field sketches. I love the one with the shrike. How long does it take you to complete a sketch like that?

]]> http://drawingthemotmot.wordpress.com/2008/04/15/keeping-my-balance/#comment-3512 Pica Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:38:14 +0000 http://drawingthemotmot.wordpress.com/?p=808#comment-3512 Wonderful sketches. I particularly like the teapots which seem to be having a good conversation. Also the eider... Wonderful sketches. I particularly like the teapots which seem to be having a good conversation. Also the eider…

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