Equestrian Statue

If I was in Europe, this is the kind of thing I might like to stop and draw.

From a photograph of Equestrian statue of Joseph I of Portugal by Joaquim Machado de Castro in Lisbon

Copic marker & W&N watercolors

bug from MI

A bug Reid found in Michigan

Rapidograph pen & watersoluble colored pencils in Moleskine watercolor sketchbook

watercolor fruit from MI

I just returned from a trip to Michigan, and did this watercolor while there of a lime and cherries.

I suppose this would qualify as my first "real" watercolor, as there's no pen or anything else (other than the pencil lay-in). This is also my first attempt at using masking fluid (for the highlights).

W&N watercolors in Moleskine watercolor sketchbook

Crow in pen & ink

Crow after a photo by Jacques DeMarthon

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Pen & Ink (Resterbrook No. 6 nib) in Moleskine watercolor sketchbook

Bacchanale

Figure from Bacchanale by Aimé-Jules Dalou (1838-1902)

Derwent Inktense pencil (Payne's Grey) and wash in Moleskine watercolor sketchbook

reference image found here

the Zebra (finished)

I started sketching this zebra at the Field Museum, quickly ran out of time (Henry had finished his zebra), took a photo of it, and continued work at home.

I wonder how long ago this creature lived? Some of the stuffed specimens at the Field are from the 1893 Columbian Exposition. Anyway, as I worked on this I couldn't help but think of what it's life might have been like, and also came to feel that it's pose reflected its anguish at its fate.

Rapidograph pen, brush and ink, Caran d'Ache (Umber) & Derwent water soluble colored pencils in Moleskine watercolor sketchbook

Flowers

Flowers from a pot in the front of our house.

Koh-I-Noor Rapidograph pen and Winsor & Newton watercolors in Watercolor Moleskine sketchbook