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| 10/10/13 Platinum Carbon ink, watercolor, Strathmore 400 140 lb. paper |
Although I usually go there to sketch animals, Woodland Park Zoo is a park as well as
a zoo, so today I went there to see how much color was in the trees.
Unfortunately, it was colder than I thought it would be, so I retreated to my
favorite zoo shelter: Willawong Station.
Since I’m still testing out watercolor papers and wanted to
use paints, I picked the brightest bird in the bunch to sketch: an Eastern Rosella. I’ve sketched this fellow and his brethren several times, but today
he was a particularly cooperative model, so I captured him in several views.
On my way home from the zoo, I spotted a tree to add to my
collection, so I got a salted caramel mocha to keep me warm and sat at an
outdoor table at the Phinney Ridge Starbucks to sketch it. (With a fully
overcast sky, it was harder than ever to show its volume.) I finished just in
time: Walking back to my car, it started to rain.
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| 10/10/13 Platinum Carbon ink, watercolor, Strathmore 400 140 lb. paper |
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| 10/10/13 Platinum Carbon ink, watercolor, Zig marker, water-soluble pencil, Strathmore 400 140 lb. paper |
Oh, I just love the colors in your birds!!! Nice form on them...you can see the fullness of their little bodies. I've been saying for a while that I have to get to a zoo to sketch. I like that massive tree in front of Starbucks! You had a full day of sketchings.
ReplyDeleteGreat bird drawings, I like how you let the red run into the yellow, wet on wet!
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