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About the Motmot
Exploring the natural world with pencil and paper from high atop a one-story bungalow in the middle of Oklahoma.
Category Archives: Sketching
A Hungry Carnival of Birds
Stuffed birds aren’t always in museums. Sometimes they’re perched in trees, crammed to the tops of their crops. They get sleepy, their heads tilt and eyes glaze over; they are simply stupefied by gluttony. Drawing songbirds through the scope is … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure!, Art, bird art, birding, birds, Drawing, field sketching, Food, garden, Nature, nature journaling, Oklahoma, Sketching, Weather, Wildlife
Tagged art, bird watching, birding, birds, burford holly, cedar waxwings, drawing, frugivores, holly berries, life drawing, Nature, Oklahoma, plants, scopes, sketching, Wildlife
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Friday Figures- drama queen
It’s been a chaotic week, still is. Take a deep breath. Exhale. Sometimes, only poets have the words. Here are some nice ones from Rumi: Today, like every other day, we wake up empty and frightened. Don’t open the door … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Drawing, Exhibits, figure drawing, philosophy, Sketching
Tagged art, drawing, figure drawing, life drawing, painting, poetry, Rumi, sketching
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Friday Figures- 3 Nudes
Not a lot I can add to this, but I do want to mention that two of my oil-wash on paper figure sketches will be included in an upcoming show, Biting The Apple, at the IAO Gallery in Oklahoma … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure!, Art, Artists, Drawing, figure drawing, Oklahoma, painting, Sketching
Tagged art, drawing, figure drawing, life drawing, oil sketch, oil sketching, sketchbooks, sketching
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