This mountain bluebird is my entry for Everyday Matters challenge #125: draw a bird.
Drawn from a photograph in the book Born Wild by Henry H. Holdsworth; a photo book of young animals in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks.
Mountain Bluebird
December 13th, 2009Haircut
December 13th, 2009
Drawn while waiting to get my own hair cut. This one was particularly tricky because the barber never stopped moving from one side of the chair to the other.
Classmate
December 13th, 2009
I finished my work a little earlier than some of the others, so I drew a classmate while I waited for the critique to start. I’m still not 100% comfortable drawing people, but I’m getting there.
Trash Can
December 13th, 2009
Drawn during a short break at drawing class.
Negative-space Chair
December 13th, 2009
A simple, scribbly sketch while waiting for drawing class to start.
Dilapidated Farm
December 13th, 2009
A 1-minute pencil study for a barn that will be going into a larger finished work.
Wisconsin Farm
December 13th, 2009
A 15-minute sketch from my trip to Twin Lakes, Wisconsin.
Tombstone Angel
December 13th, 2009
I found this on top of a gravestone in some tiny graveyard in the middle of nowhere. The light was hitting it in an interesting way, so I sketched.
Main Street Laundry
December 13th, 2009
Actually, this is the building next to the Main Street Laundry in a little town called Twin Lakes, Wisconsin.
I sat on the sidewalk and drew this building while, apparently, half the town sat inside the diner across the street and watched me. Eventually somebody came out and yelled, “What you drawing?” I answered him, and he replied, “Mavis thought you were doing homework. I said that a strange place to be doin’ homework!”
Funny how people have no compunction about asking what you’re doing if they think you’re drawing. If I had been fixing a lawn mower or balancing books on my head, I’ll bet nobody would have said a word to me.
Lincoln Park Conservatory
November 8th, 2009
This building near the Lincoln Park Zoo is comprised of a bunch of greenhouses and is one of the more interesting looking buildings in the area. My perspective is all screwed up on this. Also, I should not have tried to capture such a detailed subject with charcoal in such a small format as my sketchbook.
I’m going to have to give this one another go sometime soon. Unless the weather doesn’t hold out; in which case, I’ll have to wait til spring.