Pygmy Rabbit sketch

Quick bunny sketch in black pencil

Sketching in graphite

A week with no assignments means free sketching time. Here are two quick sketches from this week.

Tom Sawyer

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (illustrated by Susan Pope)

I illustrated the graveyard scene from the Adventures of Tom Sawyer for a competition (Tomie dePaola).  I've never entered a competition before, so it was a fun exercise.  I thought I'd make them animal characters, since I'd rather draw animals than people.

Bugs!

Mountain Stag Beetle rendered in ink on drafting film

Squid

Watercolor on cold press paper

Blue Heron

A not so common sight in my backyard, this Blue Heron decided to stop by for some preening time. He peered at us from the top of our neighbors Chimney stack. We hope he visits again.

FALL

One last chance to catch the color of Fall before it goes away.  The Maple trees are nearly bare already. [Prismacolor pencils on Bristol board]