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Old, decomissioned Elkhorn Dairy barn standing on the hill. Watercolor over pencil on Lana Sketchbook.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/seaottersmosslanding.jpgSea Otters Moss LandingDiving for crabs and mussels, crunching between white teeth, rolling over and under the water to emerge with freshly wetted seafood. Drawn through the scope.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/liveoaksslough.jpgLive Oaks at Elkhorn Slough6B pencil.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/littlebarn.jpgLittle BarnElkhorn Dairy remnant structure, really cute and ready to sketch. Watercolor over pencil on Lana sketchbook.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/kitestudies3.jpgKite Studies 3https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/kitestudies1.jpgKite Studies 1Back when I started birding they were called white tailed kites, then they were called black shouldered kites, and now they're called white tailed kites again. Scope drawn.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/kiteflying.jpgKite flying- white tailed kiteat Elkhorn Slough 2017-10-09T15:46:04+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/2017/09/25/revamped-and-refreshed-sort-of/2017-09-26T23:31:17+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/portfolio/follow-the-rivers/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/arkansasshiners1.jpgArkansasShiners1https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_39401.jpgIMG_3940https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_41921.jpgIMG_4192https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_0946.jpgIMG_0946https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_1007.jpgIMG_1007https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_0926.jpgIMG_0926https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_0681.jpgIMG_0681https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_0679.jpgIMG_0679https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_0676.jpgIMG_0676https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/image11.jpgimage12019-07-06T21:23:59+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/portfolio/the-dead-sea-project/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/woodchatshrike.jpgWoodchatShrikehttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/woodchatshrike-1.jpgWoodchatShrike 1https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/whitestorks-1.jpgWhiteStorks 1https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/tristramsstarlings.jpgTristramsStarlingshttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/sandgrouse.jpgSandgrousehttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/maskedshrike2.jpgMaskedShrike2https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/hoopoes.jpgHoopoeshttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/eingediwhitethroat.jpgEinGediWhitethroathttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/eingediibex.jpgEinGediIbexhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/eingedi.jpgEinGedi2025-08-19T20:36:54+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/portfolio/thoreaus-animals/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/throeausanimalscover.jpgThroeausAnimalscover2021-04-10T09:50:18+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/blog/2017-09-24T22:16:55+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/2016/12/18/this-fly-makes-its-own-candy/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/2016-05-30-07-16-18.jpg2016-05-30-07-16-182017-09-24T19:37:30+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2017/01/01/the-better-part-of-a-year/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_4825.jpgimg_4825https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_4813.jpgimg_4813https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/ycnightheronthree.jpgycnightheronthreehttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_3169.jpgimg_3169https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_3680.jpgimg_3680At the Kiamichi River in southeastern Oklahoma. The headwaters are a jumble of boulders, riffles and quiet pools, and high fish and freshwater mussel diversity. And it's a lovely stretch of water.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_3838.jpgimg_3838https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_3316.jpgbutterflies Southern dogfaceOnce you start parsing the sulfurs, they seem almost endless. This is a Southern Dogface. Here, the pup's looking left from the upper wing. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_9647.jpgimg_9647Painting on Maine's Monhegan Island, in the company of the great pastelist Cindy House. I was in pain from a toothache all week (a root canal the minute I got home) but a very nice young couple hiked up to chat and bought the painting on the spot, which improved everything immediately. Pastel 8 x 10 on sanded paper.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_2636.jpgimg_2636https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_47791.jpgimg_4779Winter light on an oxbow's sandy bluff on the Canadian River in Norman, Oklahoma. 2017-09-24T19:36:17+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2017/01/20/heavy-weather-not-too-bad-for-birds/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/feederbirds002.jpgfeederbirds002https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/fullsizerender-7.jpgfullsizerender-7Pencil sketches and a query for British birders. Starlings on the mind. 5x8 Moleskine lightweight sketchbook.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/feederbirds007.jpgfeederbirds007Feeder birds on a cold day, caught in pen and ink. Starlings are actually kind of pretty when you get to know them.2017-09-24T19:34:22+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/award/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/top-25-drawing-blogs.pngtop-25-drawing-blogs2017-01-20T14:24:15+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/2016/05/27/the-trogons-sultry-lashes/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/slatytailedpeeks2.jpgSlatyTailedPeeks2Here's looking at you- slaty tailed trogon, Barro Colorado Island. iPhone digiscoped.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/trogonface.jpgTrogonFaceThe long, lovely eyelashes of the slaty-tailed trogon (Trogon massena). Also check out the tiny serrations on the bill. iPhone digiscoped.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/sttrogonnest.jpgSTTrogonnestTermite nest on Barro Colorado Island. This one's always had slaty tailed trogons nesting in it, as far back as I can remember. In the rainforest a lot of termites build big ball-shaped nests on tree trunks and branches. Sometimes you have to look again to be sure it's not a sloth. Pencil on paper, 8 1/2" x 11"https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/slatytailednest.jpgSlatyTailedNestSlaty tailed trogons at the nest- digging into a termite's home. Pencil on paper, 8 1/2" x 11" 2016-05-28T22:42:33+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2016/05/14/bird-work-bird-art-bird-play/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/gamboa1-0.jpgGamboa1.0https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/fasciatedantshrikewoodcreeper.jpgFasciatedAntshrikeWoodcreeperhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/wattledjacanas.jpgWattledJacanas2016-05-20T14:05:44+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2016/05/06/what-do-toucans-really-think/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/bromeliadglow.jpgBromeliadGlowhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/nancetreeflowers.jpgNanceTreeFlowershttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/aracari.jpgAracarihttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/nancetreefullwidth.jpgNancetreefullwidth2016-06-11T17:45:42+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2016/04/22/earth-day-with-the-motmot/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/gamboa2-2.jpgTamarinsGeoffroy's Tamarins, Gamboa. Cute as a cross between a cat and a monkey, with perfectly white, sharp teeth. Sings like a bird. Pencil on Stillman & Birn Epsilon 8 1/2" x 11".https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/gamboa2-4-1.jpgGamboa HouseWhere we're staying, a typical Canal Zone bungalow on stilts. Catches the breezes from all directions. Good tropical construction technique. Watercolor over pencil, Stillman & Birn Epsilon book.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/gamboa4-5.jpgKeel-billed ToucansKeel-billed toucans preen and call and generally make themselves into interesting shapes. Pencil in Stillman & Birn Epsilon sketchbook. 8 1/2" x 11"https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/gamboa5.jpgBlueCrownedMotmotBlue crowned motmot in Gamboa, Panama. Currently my favorite bird. Scope drawn, Stillman & Birn Epsilon Series sketchbook, with a nice sharp mechanical pencil. 2016-04-25T15:15:54+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2015/12/31/2015-flutters-to-a-landing/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/3-parakeets.jpg3 Parakeetshttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/elkhornsloughuplands.jpgElkhornSloughUplandsElkhorn Slough Uplandhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/kiteflying.jpgKiteflyinghttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/kitestudies1.jpgKiteStudies12016-01-03T02:28:51+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2015/11/02/pastel-gallery-is-up-and-running/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/egretsptlobos.jpgEgrets on Kelp, Pt Lobosplein air pastel 9.75 x 9.752015-11-03T00:37:18+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2015/10/30/seriously-happy-friday/2016-08-13T00:38:18+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2015/10/29/fall-color-underfoot/2015-10-29T21:54:28+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2015/10/27/surf-scoters/2015-10-28T12:28:38+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2015/10/26/view-from-the-slough/2015-10-27T18:07:52+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2015/10/23/pelicans-and-power-plants/2015-10-27T17:41:03+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2015/10/22/painting-california/2015-10-23T13:15:57+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2015/06/04/ant-man-sends-a-selfie/2015-06-04T18:18:34+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2015/05/29/catfish-weather-and-voodoo-lilies/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/floodplain.jpgFloodplainNot in my backyard. But a few houses down, it's catfish-ready.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/voodoosmaller.jpgVoodoosmallerThe aftermath. Must have been a good party. Dracunculus vulgaris, voodoo lily.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/voodoolily.jpgVoodooLilyVoodoo lily, Dracunculus vulgaris, abloom by the front porch. Its magnificence is only exceeded by is putrid odor. Awesome flower. Watercolor over pencil, 8 1/2" x 11" Stillman & Birn Alpha Series.2015-05-30T23:04:59+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/figure-drawing-2/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/studioi7.jpgStudioi7https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/studio25.jpgStudio25https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/studio24.jpgStudio24https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/studio23.jpgStudio23https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/studio22.jpgStudio22https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/studio21.jpgStudio21https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/studio20.jpgStudio20https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/studio19.jpgStudio19https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/studio18.jpgStudio18https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/studio17.jpgStudio172015-05-16T20:33:44+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/2015/05/15/friday-figures-a-few-small-gestures/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/luciana16.jpgLeaningResting on crossed arms against the seat of an orange armchair. Not that you'd know if I hadn't mentioned it. Pencil on Rives BFK 11" x 15", 6 minute pose.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/luciana15.jpgBack ViewOn side, back view, one hand under her head. Pencil on Rives BFK 11" x 15". Another 3 minute pose.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/luciana13.jpgDiagonal, supineStretched across the page, looking up, one knee raised. Pencil on Rives BFK 11" x 15". This, I think, was a 3 minute pose.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/luciana17b.jpgProne DiagonalStretched across the page, resting. Pencil on Rives BFK 11" x 15". 6 minute pose.2015-05-16T05:44:07+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2015/05/14/a-solid-afternoon-of-life-drawing/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/studiofloorcovering.jpgStudio Floor CoveringDrawings from today's session with my favorite model. After I get them scanned I'll post them individually. Two hours of three and six minute poses. Nineteen drawings, fourteen keepers. All 11" x 15" on Rives BFK paper. Awesome day. More tomorrow.2015-05-16T21:37:18+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2015/05/08/wood-stork-colony-16th-hole/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/littleneckcrossing.jpgLittle Neck CrossingWednesday afternoon at Little Neck Crossing, where the palm tree meets the pines. Spring Island, SC. Plein air pastel, 14" x 12".https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_8583.jpgIMG_8583Intimate moment between two wood storks atop the nest, gently pressed together, one shading the other and giving her (?) a little shoulder massage. Pencil on paper.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/woodstorkknees.jpgWood StorkA wood stork sits back on its heels on the groomed fairway. The storks like to hang on the grass and will clumsily get to their feet and stalk off when golfers arrive. Pencil on paper.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/woodstork16holesm.jpgWood Stork 16 HoleThe course at Spring Island features sand traps, water hazards and wood storks. The 16th hole includes the rookery. Pastel on sanded paper, 14" x 12". Demo for the advanced pastel class, Spring Island. 2015-05-08T17:06:03+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2015/05/02/i-prefer-the-alligators/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_8473.jpgIMG_8473There's a bushel-basket-sized fire ant mound in the foreground, and I was inattentive enough to stand next to it for a few hours, until the sun got the colony activated and scouts run up the sides of my boots, over the battlements and down into the inner soles, where they scooted up under my tucked-in pants legs and got my shins well- populated. before striking en masse. There was much hopping and slapping and cursing and boot knocking, then quick breaking down of art setup and packing away and leaving. I sent Antman a message, which he turned into a poem: "They crawled up my boots and down inside. Then started their evil siege." https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/bywoodstorkpond.jpgBy Wood Stork PondCharming spot on Spring Island this morning. Set up and went at it with pastels. I love the palmettos and palms along the marshlands here in the Low Country, as they call it. Tried to capture the scene. The sun came out and warmed the light and the sand underfoot. Suddenly, I began feeling hot stings all up and down my lower legs...Pastel on sanded paper, 2016-04-05T15:59:41+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2015/05/01/postcard-from-spring-island-sc/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/tidalcreek2.jpgTidal Creek 2The tide went out like someone pulled the plug. The yellow crowned night heron walked over the mudflats and peered into the little channel, looking for stranded critters, or maybe a fiddler crab. Spring Island, South Carolina. Pastel on sanded paper, measurements approximately 14" x 12" https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/palmettopoint.jpgPalmetto PointThe tide poured back into the marsh before the sun went down. This is at a spot called Palmetto Point. Very flat. The muddy bottom was dry when I started and when I finished, the water was up to the treeline. Not because I paint that slow, but just because the water comes in really, really fast. Pastel on sanded paper, approximately 14" x 12".https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/tidalcreek1.jpgTidal Creek 1Tidal Creek, right before the water ran out. A yellow crowned night heron landed on the fallen drift log in the foreground and I tried to paint it in but this picture is way too tiny for more than a heron-shaped dot. Bald eagles and red tailed hawks soared overhead, an osprey plunged in right behind me and came up with a fat perch, and two alligators floated like innocent dead logs nearby. Pastel on sanded paper, 5" x 12".2015-05-04T11:29:24+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2015/04/24/speed-drawing-with-a-model/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/luciana5b.jpgTallI was going so fast I didn't notice that I was drawing on the back side of the paper, and the watermark was in the image. There's a backward "S" between her eyes. 6B pencil on Rives BFK 11" x 15"https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/luciana11.jpgBeret and Crossed Ankles6B pencil on Rives BFK 11" x 15"https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/luciana3a.jpgSitting and StandingJust three minutes; only enough time to get the gist. 6B pencil on Rives BFK 11" x 15"https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/luciana1a.jpgBack study, wrist archedAlmost casual, stretched out with one foot kicked back. 6B pencil on Rives BFK 11" x 15" https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/luciana4a.jpgBeret and Heels 26B pencil on Rives BFK, 11" x 15"https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/luciana2a.jpgBeret and Heels 1Red spike heels and a black beret and strong light and three minutes. 6B pencil on Rives BFK paper, 11" x 15"2015-04-29T13:37:46+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2015/04/03/field-day-friday/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/kaspari_iceage.jpgIce AgeHere's something along similar lines- a muskox with her baby flanked against the wind. It's from a life sketch made at the Copenhagen Zoo this fall, and I'm happy to say it's been selected for the show, Art of the Animal Kingdom XX at the Bennington Center for the Arts. Oil on Arches primed paper, 15" x 11". Titled, "Ice Age".https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/aprilinpencil.jpgAprilinPencilA good morning of figure drawing, too. Mechanical pencil on Strathmore 400 Series Field Drawing spiral bound book, 9" x 12". https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/goldsbybullblack.jpgGoldsbyBullBlackRelaxed rodeo bull chews cud in fresh spring Oklahoma pasture. I drove down random country roads today, looking for nice things to paint. This sweet scene presented itself and I pulled off the road to sketch it. It's also a great way to meet ranchers. Who were friendly and welcoming when they learned I was only there to sketch. Watercolor over pencil, 10" x 8" Strathmore 400 Series Field Drawing sketchbook.2017-02-15T23:27:04+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2015/03/27/front-porch-notes/2015-04-04T01:18:42+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2015/03/13/painting-from-plein-air-drawings-part-2/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/cidermillsturbridgevillage.jpgCiderMillSturbridgeVillageThe cider mill at Sturbridge Village, a living history farm in central Massachusetts. Watercolor over pencil.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_7605.jpgIMG_7605American redstart at Wing Spooner's Malt Mill, 18th century ruin, Harvard Forest. Acrylic and graphite on wood panel, 20" x 48"https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_7608.jpgIMG_7608This one's almost done- the waterthrush is a little under-cooked, still. This is Nelson's cider mill (early 19th century ruin in central Massachusetts).https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_7547.jpgIMG_7547The collection, so far. Left to right, chestnut sided warbler at Doyle's cellar; American redstart at Wing Spooner's malt mill, ovenbird at Spooner's mill, myrtle warbler at Nelson's cider mill, and Louisiana waterthrush at the cider mill. Acrylic and graphite on wood panels, 48" x 20" (except for the first one, at 12" x 30")2015-03-27T22:06:02+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2015/02/26/studio-paintings-from-plein-air-drawings/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/redstart1.jpgRedstartEarly 19th century malt mill with American Redstart. This is the first round of color wash over the pencil, mostly burnt umber mixed with ultramarine acrylic and a little glazing liquid. Big wide brush. Fun and fast.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_7472.jpgIMG_7472Three up. To be continued. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_7465.jpgIMG_7465A tall, thin section of a forest stream. There's a warbler in here. Find the bird.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_7456.jpgIMG_7456Preparing wood panels, 48" x 20", Baltic birch with buff titanium gesso, 4 coats, sanded between. My studio now covered with a fine dusting of gesso powder. Did I mention I have a new studio?https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/nelsoncidermill2.jpgNelsonCiderMill2The drawing, made while standing on the mossy bank just downstream. Graphite and pastel on 22" x 15" Rives BFK tan paper. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_2038.jpgIMG_203818th century mill dam in Harvard Forest, Massachusetts. A cider mill, as a matter of fact.2015-05-06T21:42:00+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/bird-paintings/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/american-wigeons.jpgAmerican Wigeons watercolorhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/rthawk.jpgRed tailed Hawk watercolorhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/harrishawk.jpgHarris Hawk watercolorhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/blackneckedstilts.jpgBlack Necked Stilts watercolorhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/commongoldeneyes.jpgCommon Goldeneye watercolorhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/throwbackthelittleones.jpgSnowy Egret watercolorhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/scrubjay-1.jpgScrub jay watercolorhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/magpiefinal.jpgBlack billed magpie watercolorhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/macaw2.jpgScarlet macaw oilhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/tiger-heron.jpgRufescent Tiger Heron oil2017-02-24T23:13:22+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/2015/02/15/hell-breaks-loose-in-copenhagen/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sculpturesindingvalkyrie2.jpgSculptureSindingValkyrie2 Valkyrie, 1908 bronze sculpture by Stephen Sinding. Churchill Park, Copenhagen. 2015-02-19T14:25:01+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/12/11/sketch-of-the-day-young-love-carved-stone/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/sindingidyll.jpgSindingIdyllIdyll, marble sculpture by Stephan Sinding, 2014-12-11T16:24:52+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/12/07/sketch-of-the-day-sunrise-on-a-spanish-marsh/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/spainmarshfinches.jpgSpainMarshFinchesDoñana marsh at sunrise with red kite leaving its night roost for a day in the field. Below, European goldfinches, perched in the poplars at the edge of the marsh. Watercolor over pencil, Lana 1590 sketchbook, 8 1/2" x 11"2014-12-10T18:59:37+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/sound-clip-trial/2014-12-07T07:45:06+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/12/05/friday-sketchbook-hans-christian-andersen-slept-here/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/andersenbed.jpgAndersenBedAt the south end, eight feet away, Andersen's bed.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/andersenschair.jpgAndersensChairAndersen's room, north end.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/stelton.jpgSteltonStelton coffee carafes.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/cutlery.jpgCutleryFlatware as art. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/bodums.jpgBodumsBodum coffee press pots and tea strainers. Nice colors. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/andersengarretwindow.jpgAndersenGarretWindowThe light from the one window illuminates a (photocopied) manuscript, a bottle of ink and a quill pen. A candle provided light after sundown, which, right now, is before 4 pm. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/andersengarretbed2.jpgAndersenGarretBed2Attic room with alcove bed, a tiny corner stove, a window, two dormer skylights. Eight by ten feet of rough pine floor space, a window shelf for a writing desk. Andersen's garret for the year of 1827, when he was 22 years old, studying for school entrance exams, impoverished but optimistic. Pencil in Moleskine 5" x 8" sketchbook. 2014-12-10T19:05:07+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/11/29/sketch-of-the-day-spanish-stone-pines/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/pinyonpinesdonana.jpgPinyonPinesDonanaStone pines, Pinus pinea, native to the Iberian peninsula, cultivated for its pine nuts over the past 6,000 years or so. They grow in this umbrella topped shape, but in cultivation, lower limbs are cut to make harvesting the cones easier.2014-12-01T10:29:16+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/11/27/sketches-from-spain-a-few-thanksgiving-birds/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/whitestorkpalacionest.jpgWhiteStorkPalacioNestThey really do nest on chimneys, and although it looks it, this one is not a plastic lawn ornament.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/storknestcorkoak.jpgStorkNestCorkOakWhite stork nest; dead cork oak, Doñanahttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/storknestoak.jpgStorkNestOakWhite Stork Nest, dead cork oak, Doñanahttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/spotlessstarling.jpgSpotlessStarlingSpotless Starlings, Doñanahttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/stonechat.jpgStoneChatStone chat, Doñanahttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/kitesdonana.jpgKitesDonanaRed kites, Doñanahttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/goldfinchesdonana.jpgGoldfinchesDonana2014-12-01T10:30:41+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/11/25/sketches-from-spain/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/spainflamingos.jpgSpainFlamingosFlamingoes can feed on their feet in some deep water, and they do the coolest little two-step dance. Heads far underwater, pink toothpick legs moving back and forth in little steps, they look exactly like...Flamenco dancers. Yes. There's gotta be a connection. Give them a pair of castanets, and there you go. They already have the pink ruffled hem. Doñana National Park, Spain. Drawn through a scope. Watercolor over pencil on 8 1/2" x 11" Lana spiral bound drawing book.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/spaincorkoak.jpgSpainCorkOakCork oak in bright morning sun. Curlicue branches and deeply pleated bark, many slabs of which were scattered on the ground, colonized by ants. It's a fine-looking tree, and now that everyone's switching to screw-caps, maybe it can grow in peace. Doñana National Park, southern Spain. Watercolor over pencil on 8 1/2" x 11" Lana spiral-bound drawing book. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/spainstorknestshorses.jpgSpainStorkNestsHorsesStork nests, cork oak, and Spanish not-so-wild wild horses. They roam at will, same as the spotted cattle, wild boars and deer herds. White storks cruised overhead, just to let me know they hadn't sublet the property. Watercolor over pencil, 8 1/2" x 11", Lana spiral bound drawing book. 2014-11-26T07:01:00+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/11/21/art-of-the-day-still-life-with-danish-pastry/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/stilllifedanishpastries.jpgStillLifeDanishPastriesAnother Danish food group: flaky breakfast pastries.2015-01-04T18:49:38+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/11/20/sketch-of-the-day-a-fountain-in-paris/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/cuvierfountain.jpgCuvierFountainI meant to draw this but got side-tracked by real life. Cuvier was a French https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/pariscuviercorner.jpgParisCuvierCornerCuvier Corner, Paris. The couple on the scooter lingered long enough for a portrait. They seemed to be waiting f2014-11-20T17:47:59+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/11/16/sketch-of-the-day-warm-greenhouse-with-corpse-flower/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/botanicalgardeninterior.jpgBotanicalGardenInteriorA tropical greenhouse is a good place to take refuge on a November day. A Victorian brooch of a greenhouse is pinned to the bosom of the Copenhagen Botanical Garden. 2014-11-16T17:11:28+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/11/14/friday-sketchbook-birding-in-danish/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/birdingnzealand.jpgBirdingNZealandOn a birding trip to northern Zealand with a few die-hard birders on a cold rainy day. No complaints, good birds.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/nivareedbirds.jpgNivaReedBirdsReed buntings and a pied wagtail.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/swedenbirdsofpreypage.jpgSwedenBirdsofPreyPageRed kites, white tailed eagles, common buzzard.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/lapwingsloose.jpgLapwingsLooseNorthern Lapwings, aka Vibe (Vee-bay).2014-12-01T10:16:33+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/11/12/soul-food-for-the-dark-times/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/smorrebrod.jpgSmorrebrodStill Life With Danish Open-Faced Sandwich.2014-11-13T16:32:45+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/11/09/sketch-of-the-day-sunday-afternoon-at-the-museum/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/conductorglyptotek2.jpgConductorGlyptotek2An all-Nordic concert at the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Museum in Copenhagen. Carl Nielsen's Helios Overture, opus 17; Edvard Grieg's March from Sigurd the Crusader and a Suite from Peer Gynt. For the finale, Sibalius' Finlandia, opus 26. Rousing brass and wind orchestra- The Herlev Concert Band-performed in the marvelously resonant all-marble concert hall. The conductor had an expressive back, too. Pencil in 5" x 8" Moleskine sketchbook.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/conductorglyptotek.jpgConductorGlyptotekAn all-Nordic concert at the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Museum in Copenhagen. Carl Nielsen's Helios Overture, opus 17; Edvard Grieg's March from Sigurd the Crusader and a Suite from Peer Gynt. For the finale, Sibalius' Finlandia, opus 26. Rousing brass and wind orchestra- The Herlev Concert Band-performed in the marvelously resonant all-marble concert hall. The conductor had an expressive back, too. Pencil in 5" x 8" Moleskine sketchbook.2014-11-11T08:29:41+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/11/07/friday-sketchbook-no-more-opera-for-okapis/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/czoorhinos.jpgCZooRhinosWhite Rhinoshttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/czhippobabies.jpgCZHippoBabiesBaby hippos!https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/czchimps1.jpgCZChimps1A little figure-sketching in the chimpanzee house, Copenhagen Zoo.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/czoookapi.jpgCZooOkapiOkapi, Copenhagen Zoo. Apparently, some okapis don't handle Wagner well- in 1994 a nearby performance of Tannhauser by the Royal Opera resulted in the stress death of one the okapis. 2014-11-08T13:53:16+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/11/06/art-of-the-day-i-must-be-hungry/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/danishstilllifeveggiessmall.jpgDanishStillLifeVeggiessmallMore Danish food obsession- these are a few things we picked up at Torvehallerne, the farm market in Copenhagen. The little carrots are wonderfully sweet, the garlic is very fresh, but the beautiful ruffled tomato is something of a mystery.2014-11-06T18:21:36+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/11/05/art-of-the-day-still-life-with-akvavit/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/danishfoodiestilllifeasmall.jpgDanishFoodieStillLifeASmallDenmark, foodie heaven.2014-11-06T08:33:50+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/11/02/sketch-of-the-day-a-fox-hunt-in-the-deer-park/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_1620.jpgIMG_1620The spectators were almost as interesting as the spectacle.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_1709.jpgIMG_1709The view of the day; walking across fields and through forest to arrive at a destination out of time, but with sense of placehttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/hubertushunt1.jpgHubertusHunt1More sketches- just quick studies- a great oak tree by the water hazard pond, filling up rapidly with tree-climbing spectators. Lower right, a rider resting her horse, white-gloved hand on its withers. Pencil in 8 1/2" x 11" Robert Bateman Sketchbook.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_1661.jpgIMG_1661At the finish line...https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_1612.jpgIMG_1612Walking from one jump to the next with the crowd, headed for the next event by the Royal Hunting Castle, the Hermitage on the hill ahead. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_1616.jpgIMG_1616Lots of doggies at the hunt. All well groomed, and very well behaved. No foxhounds, though.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_1570.jpgIMG_1570Pre-hunt warmup, a gathering and walk about under the trees near the starting line. Time for the crowd to admire the horses and the riders, too. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/hubertushunt2.jpgHubertusHunt2Only got a couple of sketches amid the action and the elbow-to-elbow spectators.2014-11-03T17:33:02+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/11/03/sketch-of-the-day-a-slice-of-noma-well-chilled/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/noma.jpgNomaA View of Noma, the world's best restaurant.2014-11-03T18:09:18+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/10/31/friday-sketchbook-drawing-the-new-hot-topic/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/marblechurch.jpgMarbleChurchFrederick's Church, a.k.a. the Marble Church, Copenhagen. Green and gold confectionary dome sketched from the central courtyard of Ameliaborg Castle, where I was waiting for the noontime Changing of the Guard. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/passageway.jpgPassagewayA passageway between Gammel Torv, the old town square, and Kattesundet, a narrow cobbled street. It's framed by two beautiful arches. 2014-10-31T16:51:07+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/10/29/sketch-of-the-day-chimps-get-warm-and-fuzzy/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/czchimps2.jpgCZChimps2Lights out at the Chimp House. The troupe is furnished with leafy branches, which they chew on, and armloads of excelsior, which they gather around themselves and make into duvets and comforters and feather beds. All very hygge at the zoo, Copenhagen. Pencil in Robert Batement 8 1/2" x 11" sketchbook.2014-10-29T16:18:51+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/10/24/friday-sketchbook-how-to-draw-a-museum/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/parisdorsaydegasbather.jpgParisdOrsayDegasBatherColor notes and technical surprises: the bubbles done with the mouth of a bottle, most likely, dipped into aqua paint and pressed to the canvas.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/parisdorsaydegaspages.jpgParisdOrsayDegasPagesTwo Degas masterpieces, dissected on the page.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/parisdorsayimpressionists.jpgParisdOrsayImpressionistsDrawing the paintings gets the structure into your head2014-11-08T14:50:31+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/10/23/sketch-of-the-day-four-daystwo-gardens-one-paris/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/parisjardindesplantes.jpgParisJardinDesPlantesMeanwhile, at the Jardin des Plantes, further down along the Seine, the rose-ringed parakeets (introduced and thriving) chattered from the yews and wood pigeons picked at the tidy forbidden lawns (we got yelled at when Antman tried to pose with a statue of Lamarck and walked on the grass).https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/parisjardindestuileries.jpgParisJardinDesTuileriesJardin des Tuileries, Paris. A place of calm and congeniality in the eye of the Parisian arts hurricane: the Louvre at one end, the Musee Orangerie at the other, Musee d'Orsay just across the Seine.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/lapwingswatercolor.jpgLapwingsWatercolorNorthern lapwings, worked up from field sketches into an 8" x 10" watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper.2014-10-29T06:01:58+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/10/19/sketch-of-the-day-paris-au-revoir/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/20141019-132444.jpg20141019-132444.jpghttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/20141019-130153.jpg20141019-130153.jpg2014-10-22T18:49:10+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/10/17/friday-sketchbook-musee-dorsay-paris/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/20141017-183556.jpg20141017-183556.jpghttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/20141017-183530.jpg20141017-183530.jpghttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/20141017-183456.jpg20141017-183456.jpg2014-10-18T03:45:27+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/10/16/sketches-from-paris-a-popes-installation/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/20141016-170751.jpg20141016-170751.jpg2014-10-20T08:12:51+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/10/13/copenhagen-culture-night-and-an-unrelated-paris-question/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/kulturnight.jpgKulturNightBrilliant light-play at the Thorvaldsen Museum. Seeing the Thorvaldsen after dark, with dramatic lights and music swelling through the museum, took the sculptures to a whole other plane. I almost think this is the only way to see it.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/kulturparliament.jpgKulturParliamentThink: Borgen. Great series about the Danish Parliament. On Culture Night, the Parliament was open to the public, with each political party holding a little meet and greet in their own room opening off the main corridors. I took some campaign literature and scoped out the candidates, of course. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/kulturthorvaldsen3.jpgKulturThorvaldsen3At the Thorvaldsen Museum, Copenhagen. I've sketched here on a quiet afternoon, which was great, but seeing it this way put it in an altogether different light. Pulsing ambient music filled the museum as well. Each sculpture was fixed in its own dramatic spotlight. The marble glistened in it.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/kulturnightwater.jpgKulturnightwaterLights on the harbor, Copenhagen, at the tail-end of Culture Night. 2014-10-20T11:46:22+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/10/10/friday-sketchbook-copenhagen-zoo-and-a-night-of-culture-too/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/czoowaterchevrotainmaybe.jpgCzooWaterChevrotainMaybeLesser Malayan Mouse Deer, black-necked weaver, Copenhagen Zoo. Pencil on Robert Bateman 8 1/2" x 11 sketchbook.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/czooseriema.jpgCzooSeriemaCrested seriema, Copenhagen Zoo. Pencil on Robert Bateman 8 1/2" x 11 sketchbook.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/czoopenguin.jpgCzooPenguinHumboldt's penguin, Copenhagen Zoo, inordinately attracted to my red mechanical pencil. Did it look like a fish?https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/czoopenguins2.jpgCzooPenguins2Humboldt's penguins at the Copenhagen Zoo, underwater view. Pencil on Robert Bateman 8 1/2" x 11 sketchbook.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/czoopenguins1.jpgCzooPenguins1Humboldt's penguins, Copenhagen Zoo, pencil on Robert Bateman 8 1/2" x 11 sketchbook.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/czooreindeer.jpgCzooReindeerReindeer, Copenhagen Zoo. Pencil on Robert Bateman 8 1/2" x 11 sketchbook.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/czoomuskox1.jpgCzooMuskox1Muskox and hooded crows at Copenhagen Zoo. Watercolor over pencil, Robert Bateman 8 1/2" x 11 sketchbook.2014-10-16T20:01:36+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/10/09/how-those-nyhavn-boats-keep-so-nice-and-clean/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/nyhavnboatwashers.jpgNyhavnBoatwashersBoat washers on Nyhavn Canal, Copenhagen. Standing on floating platforms alongside one of the dozen or so vessels parked- or is moored the right word?- to the quay. Some are tied side-by-side to save space. A channel is left down the middle the tour boats and the mallard ducks' navigation2014-10-09T19:13:05+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/10/07/sketch-of-the-day-gamekeepers-cottage-deer-park/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/hermitage2.jpgHermitage2This is the Hermitage- seen from the back door, which I think is more interesting. The front entry is quite grand. Inside it's been restored completely and is open for tours, but so far, not when I've visited.2014-10-09T05:19:23+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/10/06/sketch-of-the-day-red-deer-in-rut/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/deerparkreddeerfallow.jpgDeerParkRedDeerFallowRed deer stag, resting under the trees, with a smaller fallow deer out in the sunny glade just beyond.2014-10-08T22:08:07+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/10/04/sketch-of-the-day-fashionable-copenhagen/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/fashionista002.jpgFashionista002Copenhagen is one of the best-dressed cities I've ever visited. ; great for fashion-watching. O2014-10-08T18:46:55+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/10/03/friday-sketchbook-odds-and-ends/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/heronsketches.jpgHeronSketchesGray heron poses in the moat around the Kastellet, Copenhagen. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/lederhosen.jpgLederhosenhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/redneckedgrebe.jpgRedNeckedGrebeRed-necked grebe swimming around and catching fish at the ramparts in Christianshavn. Sketched through the scope and painted while sitting on a park bench by a path with a continual stream of dog walkers, joggers, bike riders and babies in perambulators (there's no such thing as a stroller here- just baby carriages). Watercolor over pencil in Stillman & Birn Alpha Series sketchbook., 8 1/2" x 11"https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/cormorantontherocks.jpgCormorantOnTheRocksCormorant, Lapwings, Nivå Marsh. Pencil on Stillman & Birn Alpha Series.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/bog.jpgboghttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/gamekeeperscottage.jpgGamekeepersCottageThere's a fancy little palace in the heart of the Jaegersborg Deer Park, called The Hermitage. Basically a hunting lodge for the King. This isn't it. It's2014-10-05T17:44:21+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/10/02/sketch-of-the-day-birds-and-botany/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/botanicalgardenhothousefront.jpgBotanicalGardenHothouseFrontThe Copenhagen Botanical Garden's Palm House, built 1874. Purest glorious Victoriana. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/birdsbotanicalgarden2.jpgBirdsBotanicalGarden2A snippet of a sketchbook page; avian activity at the Botanical Garden, a.k.a. Botanisk Have. "Have", pronounced, "ha-va", is the Danish word for garden, and might be the root of the English word, "haven", which it certainly is. Pencil with spots of watercolor on Stillman & Birn Alpha Series.2014-10-03T08:01:37+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/10/01/sketch-of-the-day-art-babies-and-beer/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/gyptotekbabies.jpgGyptotekBabiesBabies! At the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/glyptoteksketchers.jpgGlyptotekSketchersSketchers draw in the Egyptian Room at Copenhagen's Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/glyptotekbabysculpture.jpgGlyptotekBabySculptureYour caption here. "The Water Mother", by Kai Neilsen 1919-21, in the Winter Garden Rotunda at the Carlsberg Glyptotek Museum. 2014-10-01T20:22:37+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/09/30/sketch-of-the-day-rainy-with-a-twist-of-sun/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/botanicalgardenurns1.jpgBotanicalGardenUrnsSunlight at the Copenhagen Botanical Garden.2014-09-30T17:33:44+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/09/27/sketch-of-the-day-vestamager-birch-forest/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/vestamagerbirches.jpgVestamagerBirchesA fine stand of delicate birches fringe the edges of Vestamager, a big flat area of fields and marshes to the south of Copenhagen. 2014-09-29T17:57:54+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/09/29/sketch-of-the-day-rest-and-roll-royal-horses/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/royalhorses2.jpgRoyalHorses2The Royal horses catch some rays, enjoying a warm fall morning by standing in the sunlight looking regal, and by pawing, then rolling, in the dust of the Royal Riding Grounds. At Christiansborg Palace, which also houses the Parliament.We just started watching Børgen and are totally hooked. 2014-10-01T08:34:57+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/09/26/friday-sketchbook-all-the-kings-horses/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/royalstables.jpgRoyalStablesThe actual Danish Royal Stables, Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen. At their height, they housed 270 horses. Today they hold about 20. But walking in here, the first thing that hits you is a strong feeling of well-being and the sweet scent of hay and horses. Nothing else like it.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/royalteam.jpgRoyalTeamA team of two white horses draws the little rig and driver. I don't know what the official name for the vehicle is. A buggy? A mini-coach? cabriolet? sulky? practice- phaeton?https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/marblebridge.jpgMarbleBridgeThe Marble Bridge, Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen, where the King's coaches have rolled into town since 1744.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/royalcoach.jpgRoyalCoachSpeaking of coach-drawing, here's the Royal Coach, all fitted out in gold, with The interior has plush tufted pearl gray seating. Underneath is an elaborate spring suspension system. The big painted wheels are rubber coated. Everything is built for luxurious comfort, but it can’t possibly cushion the blow of a cobblestone pavement.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/royalhorses.jpgRoyalHorsesEvery morning the Royal steeds get a workout in the huge riding ring behind the castle, practicing their teamwork skills, keeping in shape for ceremonial coach-drawing, if that's a word. Come to think of it, it's a great place to sketch. T2014-09-29T17:19:12+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/09/25/sketch-of-the-day-this-wasnt-drawn-in-france/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/tea.jpgTeaHad tea today in an 18th Century tea room. I think that was the last time they redecorated. It was founded as part of the Royal Copenhagen Shooting Society in 1443. Honest. I love Copenhagen.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/hornblowersa.jpgHornblowersANot to toot my horn, but we should be sashaying around Montpellier, France, this evening. 2014-09-26T00:04:35+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/09/24/sketch-of-the-day-ganymede-and-jupiters-eagle/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/ganymedewitheagle.jpgGanymedeWithEagleThe story goes: Jupiter abducted the shepherd Ganymede and put him to work as cup-bearer for his pet eagle. Makes sense. Bertel Thorvaldsen, Denmark's great sculptor of the 19th century, turned the motif into an evocative marble sculpture. It's displayed in the Thorvaldsen Museum in Copenhagen, next door to the Castle.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/ganymedeeagle.jpgGanymedeEagleThe story goes: Jupiter abducted the shepherd Ganymede and put him to work as cup-bearer for his pet eagle. Makes sense. Bertel Thorvaldsen, Denmark's great sculptor of the 19th century, turned the motif into an evocative marble sculpture. It's displayed in the Thorvaldsen Museum in Copenhagen, next door to the Castle.2014-09-24T17:51:51+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/09/23/sketch-of-the-day-lightvessel-at-anchor-nyhavn/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/fyrskibxviigedserrev.jpgFyrskibXVIIGedserRevThe Lightvessel Fyrskib XVII Gedser Rev, decommissioned and permanently moored along Nyhavn canal. Once a floating lighthouse, essentially, built in 1895, now a museum ship. And a real beauty, moored to the dock below our window. Watercolor over pencil, 5" x 8" Moleskine sketchbook.2014-09-23T18:04:14+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/09/22/sketch-of-the-day-bollemosen-pond-and-bog-skodsborg/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/bakkentornado.jpgBakkenTornadoBakken's other roller coaster. Note the cow hindquarters...https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/bakkenrollercoaster.jpgBakkenRollercoasterBakken Amusement Park's all-wooden roller coaster, fairly terrifying just to stand on the ground nearby and look at.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/skodsborgpond2.jpgSkodsborgPond2Happy September Equinox- a national holiday here in Denmark. It might explain the fireworks displays over the Copenhagen skies for the last few nights, but who can be sure? Tivoli Gardens, a venerable amusement park here, is celebrating its 170th anniversary with Saturday night fireworks that begin at 11:45 pm on the dot. You think 170 years is old for an amusement park? Try 451 years- the age of Bakken, the amusement park in Jaegersborg Deer Park. 2014-09-23T19:17:19+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/09/21/sketch-of-the-day-migration-on-a-danish-marsh/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/olsmaglerevlemarsh.jpgOlsmagleRevleMarshThousands of shorebirds rest and recharge on a sandbar and in the lagoon at Olsemagle Revle, a bird sanctuary on Køge Bay south of Copenhagen. Starlings were hawking insects, an osprey was cruising, a sparrowhawk put shorebirds up and moved on without catching anyone. The lapwings made sure of that, harassing it until it flew out of the scene. Watercolor over pencil, Stillman & Birn Alpha Series 8 1/2 x 11 sketchbook. A little Chinese White to catch the light on the golden plovers on the strand.2014-09-22T11:04:22+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/denmark-sketchbook-2014/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/kongenshave.jpgKongenshaveSteeple on Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagenhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/horselionfront.jpgHorseLionFronthttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/grebeswimmers1.jpgGrebeSwimmershttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/gamekeeperscottage.jpgGamekeepersCottageGamekeeper's Hut, Jaegersborg Deer Parkhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/deerpark1.jpgDeerPark1Sika (Japanese) Deer at Jaegersborg Deer Parkhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/buteobuzzard.jpgButeoBuzzardCommon Buzzard, Jaegersborg Deer Parkhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/botanicalgardenurns.jpgBotanicalGardenUrnshttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/bog.jpgbog2022-02-09T15:33:36+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/09/20/hygge-on-the-harbor-copenhagen/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/hyggeontheharbor.jpgHyggeOnTheHarborChristianhavn, Harborside2014-09-20T16:26:45+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/09/19/sketch-of-the-day-shorebirds-at-olsemagle-oolseh-mowel-revle/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/sheep.jpgSheepFlock of gentle sheep, sans ram, helps keep down the invasive beach roses growing everywhere. Reminds me I need to look for a warm sweater before winter sets in.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/barnaclegeese.jpgBarnacleGeeseBarnacle geese, Olsemagle Marsh, Denmark https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/strainbike.jpgSTrainBikeI swear I'm going to upload a step-by-step tutorial on how to actually, physically, take your bike on the S-Train. It's a great service, goes everywhere, works wonderfully, but if you don't know the ins and outs, you're going to screw it up. If you're anything like me, that is. That's my bike. It's on the S-Train. I'm sitting next to it, making sure it doesn't fall over, even though it's fairly securely engaged with the rear-tire clamp rack. The first time I used it, my bike fell onto the expensive roadster next to it, earning me a dirty look from its owner. So it goes. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/kogemarsh2.jpgKogeMarsh2Lapwings and Oystercatchers, Olsemagle Marsh, Denmark2014-09-20T19:57:21+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/09/18/sketch-of-the-day-fruit-and-flowers-copenhagen/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/gammeltorvfruitstand.jpgGammelTorvFruitStandFruit and Flower Stand, Gammel Torv, Copenhagen. 2014-09-20T17:30:17+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/09/17/sketches-of-the-day-jaegersborg-deer-park/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/fallowdeer2.jpgFallowDeer2Fallow Deer at Jaegersborg Deer Parkhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/fallowdeer1.jpgFallowDeer1Fallow Deer at Jaegersborg Deer Park2014-09-18T16:31:13+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/09/16/sketch-of-the-day-nyhavn-dusk/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/nyhavnperspective.jpgNyhavnPerspectivePerspective on Nyhavn Canal.2014-09-20T17:14:57+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/09/15/sketch-of-the-day-copenhagen-cargo-bike/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/cargobike.jpgCargoBikeKid-Carrier Bike parked at Nyhavn, Copenhagen. 2014-09-15T20:48:27+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/09/14/sketch-of-the-day-italian-market-copenhagen/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/italianmarketgammeltov.jpgItalianMarketGammeltovGammeltorv Italian Food Market2014-09-18T00:40:07+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/09/12/art-supplies-or-chocolate/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/nivasmallbirds.jpgNivasmallbirdsPied wagtails and Reed bunting, Nivå Marsh, Denmark https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/stalbanschurch.jpgStAlbansChurchSt. Alban's Church, Copenhagenhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/copenhagenbike.jpgCopenhagenBikeMore juicy color on the streets of Copenhagen. Probably not a Schwinn.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_71951.jpgIMG_7195Candy store, art store, what's the diff? An art supply shop in Copenhagen.2014-09-15T13:41:42+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/09/11/sketch-of-the-day-lapwings-at-niva-denmark/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/lapwings.jpgLapwingsFlock of Lapwings, Nivå Marsh2014-09-11T17:14:35+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/09/10/sketch-of-the-day-mute-swan-christianshavn/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/muteswanpreening.jpgMuteSwanPreeningMute swan, Christianshavn2014-09-10T18:19:22+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/09/09/sketch-of-the-day-copenhagen/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/hcakongenshave.jpgHCAKongensHaveThe statue itself. Sculpted 1880 by August V. Saabye. In Kongens Have, Copenhagen.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/hcatexted.jpgHCATextedStatue of Hans Christian Andersen, Kongens Have (King's Garden), Copenhagen2014-09-09T17:34:03+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/09/05/to-birds-in-art-with-love-from-denmark/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_9705.jpgIMG_9705Copenhagen street scene, with bicycles.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/heather.jpgHeatherPurple-blooming heather on the moors of Northern Zealand, Denmark.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/gulls.jpgGullsCommon black-headed gulls, Copenhagen harborhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/duckandtit.jpgDuckAndTitAn eclipse plumage mallard and blue tit https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/swans2.jpgSwans2Mute Swans, Copenhagenhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/barryscopedraws.jpgBarryScopeDrawsBarry Van Dusen scope draws shorebirds in a Connecticut marsh, while bird artist Mike DiGiorgio does the same right behind.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/grebeswimmers.jpgGrebeSwimmersA great crested grebe and swimmers in the canal by the Old Stock Exchange, Copenhagen2014-09-11T15:45:12+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/08/29/sightseeing-for-the-sketchbook-tourist/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/royaldrumandfife.jpgRoyalDrumAndFifeThe Danish Royal Army's Fife and Drum Corps, Copenhagenhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_9564.jpgIMG_9564Jugglers walking on Slotsholms Canal, Copenhagen. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/storkespringvandet.jpgStorkespringvandetThe Storkespringvandet, or Stork fountain, in Hojbro Plads, Copenhagenhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/elsinorecastle.jpgElsinore CastleHelsingor (Elsinore) Castle, Denmarkhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dianahorsebackstag1.jpgDianaHorsebackStaghttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dianahorsebackstag.jpgDianaHorsebackStagStatue of Diana slaying a stage, Copenhagen2014-09-18T01:57:52+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/08/22/the-birds-thus-far-of-copenhagen/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_6832.jpgIMG_6832Wonderful Copenhagen: the evening view from our little apartment on Nyhavn. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/jackdaw.jpgJackdawJackdaw, Copenhagenhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_9244.jpgIMG_9244Rooftop scene from my window, Copenhagenhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_7030.jpgIMG_7030Great tit, Botanical Garden, Copenhagenhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/royalswans.jpgRoyalSwansThe Royal Swans, Copenhagen2014-08-30T05:28:54+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/08/15/the-little-mermaid-maintains-her-dignity/2014-08-17T18:19:32+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/08/12/my-weekend-with-google/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-on-8-12-14-at-3-41-pm.jpgPhoto on 8-12-14 at 3.41 PMMy first drawing from the surface of Mars. Drawn on Google's Holodeck.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_6871.jpgIMG_6871It's a Conference Bike. As good as it sounds.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_6852.jpgIMG_6852Primary colors for maximum visual fun. Google's architecture reflects its purpose: a big toybox for grownup child's play. Seems to work very, very well.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_6851.jpgIMG_6851Google by night: yes, it's a real, physical place. 2014-08-16T17:36:16+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/07/17/ill-have-the-danish/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/muteswansembassysuites.jpgMuteSwansEmbassySuitesWe had to drive to Houston to get our paperwork in order at the Danish consulate. The mute swan is, by sheerest coincidence, the national bird of Denmark. These two were afloat in the tiled pond in the Houston Embassy Suites lobby. Sketched in a borrowed Moleskine notebook, equations and all.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_6543.jpgIMG_6543At Wilson's Rock, an outcropping along the Arkansas river in eastern Oklahoma. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8774.jpgIMG_8774Painting from an abandoned bridge over the Cimarron river near Ripley, Oklahoma.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/nyhavn.jpgNyhavnOur living quarters, like something straight out of a fairy tale. Just ask Hans Christian Anderson. He lived here from 1871 to 1874. We'll be here from August to December. 2014-08-30T00:55:11+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/new-works/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/bromeliad.jpgSunset, Amazon Canopy BirdsAmazon canopy birds, oil on canvas, 16 x 20https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/3-parakeets.jpgShadow Play: Crimson Fronted ParakeetsCrimson fronted parakeets, oil on canvas, 24x30, framedhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/tiger-heron.jpgTiger HeronRufescent tiger heron, Panama; oil on paper 15.5" x 16.5"https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/tamarin.jpgTamarinGolden-headed lion tamarin, oil on paper, 15" x 22"https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/parakeets2.jpgParakeets2Orange-chinned parakeets in mangoes, Panama; oil on paper 16" x 20"https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/moonchild.jpgMoonchild"Moonchild"; striped owl and chick, oil on paper 15" x 22"https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/macaw2.jpgMacaw2Scarlet Macaw, oil on paper, 15" x 22"https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/flycatchers2.jpgFlycatchers2Rusty-margined flycatchers in Panama, oil on canvas 26" x 30"https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/macawoilfinish.jpgMacawOilfinishScarlet Macaw, 15" x 22" oil on paper, from life sketch. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/barred-owl.jpgBarred OwlBarred owl, from a fresh specimen- colored pencil and chalk on toned paper, 30" x 22"2014-06-11T20:00:06+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/05/27/tales-from-the-isle-of-galveston/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/galvestonwhiteibis2.jpgGalvestonWhiteIbis2White ibis and dunlin, Galveston East End marsh. Watercolor over pencil.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/galvestonwatermoccasinbnw.jpgGalvestonWatermoccasinBnWIn the water feature, a snake makes a kill. Watercolor over pencil, Stillman & Birn Alpha Series, 8 1/2" x 11" https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/galvestontricoloredherons.jpgGalvestonTricoloredHeronsTricolored heron studies, watercolor over pencil, Stillman & Birn Alpha Series 8 1/2" x 11". Fishing for teeny minnows in a Bolivar Peninsula inlet on an incoming tide.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/galvestoncommonnighthawk.jpgGalvestonCommonNighthawkCommon nighthawk on a post near the beach condo tower, Galveston Island. Pencil, 8" x 10"https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/highisland.jpgHighIslandBirding the Starbucks way. Antman, far right, knows how to watch warblers over a cup of Pike Place. Lafitte's Cover Nature Preserve, Galveston, TX.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/galvestonspoonbills3.jpgGalveston SpoonbillsRoseate spoonbills preening and moving nesting material around; High Island's Smith Woods rookery, Bolivar Peninsula, Texas. Watercolor over pencil, drawn through a dinky Nikon field scope to great amusement from the Guys with the Giant Camera Lenses. 8 1/2" x 11, Stillman & Birn Alpha sketchbook.2014-06-27T13:48:32+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/04/25/sketching-spoonbills-on-the-nest/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/image2.jpgimagehttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/image1.jpgimageAt High Island, Texas, famous for warbler migration binges- no one ever mentions the spoonbill rookery. Or do they? Watercolor over pencil on Stillman& Birn Alpha Series 8.5x 11 sketchbook.2014-04-26T00:46:34+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/04/17/exhibit-drawing-from-the-tropics-april-17-to-may-29-2014/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/rufousmotmotqrcode.jpgRufousMotmotQRCodehttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_5854.jpgIMG_5854Awesome installation helpers Konrad Eek and Becky Way. Konrad is also one of my framers and artwork photographers. Becky is a fabulous pastel artist. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_58881.jpgIMG_5888One of the perks of showing in a tropical conservatory is the tropical plant collection. Incredible place to sketch or just catch your natural balance.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_5329.jpgIMG_5329I'm excited about joining with the Myriad Botanical Gardens for this show. The Crystal Bridge Tropical Conservatory is a lush rainforest in the heart of Oklahoma City. It’s the perfect place to display- and see- paintings of parrots, tamarin monkeys and orchids. The exhibit is free and open to the public during regular Crystal Bridge hours (Mon-Sat 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m.-5 p.m.)2014-04-17T17:24:19+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/debby-kaspari-drawing-from-the-tropics/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/tangled-bank.jpgTangled Bankhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sunstruck.jpgSunstruckhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sunset-on-the-amazon.jpgSunset on the Amazonhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/suncatchers-coatimundis.jpgSuncatchers, Coatimundishttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/slice-of-life.jpgSlice of Lifehttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/shadowplay.jpgShadowplayhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/salsa-caliente.jpgSalsa Calientehttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/red-on-gold.jpgRed on Goldhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/palm-edge.jpgPalm Edgehttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/mystique-vanda-orchid.jpgMystique Vanda Orchid2014-04-18T21:49:13+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/ground-level-panama-source-material/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p1000622.jpgP1000622It had rained a bit, and some drops were rolling off the leaves above, so I put plastic over the drawing and waited it out.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p1000619.jpgP1000619This is some kind of a ground bromeliad, I think, but could be wrong. The fan-shapes and colors caught my eye.2014-04-17T14:22:51+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/escape-with-me-rufous-motmot-source-material/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p1010797.jpgP1010797This is my drawing platform, about 18 inches wide and five feet long. Do you think the bungee cords would have held if I slipped?https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p1010344.jpgP1010344Rufous motmots are big, colorful birds that hide away in the vegetation. Usually very hard to see, very easy to hear (check the sound clip), but finding them is another matter. They are natural ventriloquists.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p1010789.jpgP1010789This is where it started: in the scaffold canopy tower on Barro Colorado Island. I bungee-corded the drawing board and myself to the pipes and tried not to look down. This is at about 75 feet up or so.2014-04-17T14:17:40+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/branchfall-panama-understory-source-material/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p1010020.jpgP1010020A fallen branch in a Panama clearing makes a light gap for seedlings to grab a little sun and grow up. Falling branches are common events in the rainforest, and hardhats aren't a bad idea. Barro Colorado Island, Panama.2014-04-17T14:12:29+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/palm-edge-panama-understory/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p1000983.jpgP1000983A large ant taking an easel walk.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p1000979.jpgP1000979Work in progress.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p1000962.jpgP1000962A patch of various low-growing palms, Barro Colorado Island, Panama.2014-04-10T11:33:44+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/donatos-trail/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p1010266.jpgP1010266The forest studio.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/donatosmall.jpgDonatosmallIn the field, Barro Colorado Island, Panama. The beautiful dimness of the rainforest floor.2014-04-10T11:29:43+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/blue-light-understory-palm-source-material/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p1010285.jpgP1010285This understory palm feeds itself by trapping dead leaves as they fall, then absorbing the nutrients as they rot. Nice system in a low-nutrient environment.2014-04-10T11:26:40+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/bromeliad-on-liana-amazon-source-material/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_3650.jpgIMG_3650A light-catching bromeliad grows on a vine along an Amazon stream.2014-04-09T22:53:51+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/tangled-bank-amazon-source-material/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_4337.jpgIMG_4337An Amazon forest tree dies and returns, gradually to the soil that gave it life.2014-04-09T22:50:35+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/emerald-garden-panama-source-material/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p1010419.jpgP1010419The spindly roots on the left are "walking palm" struts. They also have semi-lethal spines, so don't touch. Buttressed roots are common in the rainforest. The soil isn't very deep, so the roots have to spread out to capture nutrients.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p1010423.jpgP1010423Drawing in the field.2014-04-09T22:29:38+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/lines-and-orchids-panama-oncidium-source-material/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p1000614.jpgP1000614The plant itself, a massive one.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p1000668.jpgP1000668Oncidium orchid in bloom, growing on the side of a tree on Barro Colorado Island. Sketched with a field easel under an awning, as it was beginning to rain.2014-04-09T22:00:24+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/think-of-one-golden-headed-lion-tamarin/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/tamaringoldliontulsazoo.jpgTamarinGoldLionTulsaZooGolden headed lion tamarin, sketched in the Tulsa Zoo's rainforest walkthrough. 2014-04-09T21:54:28+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/salsa-calienta-scarlet-macaw-source-material/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/scarletmacawtulsazoo.jpgScarletMacawTulsaZooScarlet Macaw at the Tulsa Zoo's Rainforest walkthrough. A version of this sketch appeared in Oklahoma Today magazine.2014-04-09T21:48:54+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/slice-of-life-amazon-understory-source-material/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/amazonstranglerfig.jpgAmazonStranglerFigThe original drawing was done plein air in the Amazon forest, showing a strangler fig that's consumed another tree (they're vines that choke trees to death as they use them to get themselves up into the canopy. They become trees themselves, with rotting trees at their cores). 2014-04-09T20:42:13+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/bejeweled-vanda-orchid-and-jambu-fruit-dove-source-material/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/fruitpigeon.jpgFruitPigeonThis is a Jambu fruit dove, found Old World tropics, but I drew it in the Oklahoma City Zoo's aviary. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/vandapastel.jpgVandaPastelThis is the original sketch of the vanda orchid used in this painting. It's growing in the Crystal Bridge Conservatory right now. Can you find it?2014-04-09T20:32:09+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/moonchild-striped-owls-source-material/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/stripedstriped.jpgstripedstripedThis sketch is from the owl page in The Field Guide to Birds of Trinidad and Tobago, which I painted. For "Moonchild" I turned her head to face her offspring.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/lianadrawing.jpgLianaDrawingA big, woody vine is called a liana; this one wrapped around a tree to one side of the trail in the Amazon forest. I sat and drew it for a couple of hours, when a gray-winged trumpeter started curiously pecking my art gear (see video). Also note the large moth in the shadows, nearly invisible.2014-04-09T20:06:30+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/suncatchers-coatimundis-source-material/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_3529.jpgIMG_3529I took this shot from high up in the Amazon canopy, and used it for the background.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/coatistudies.jpgCoatiStudiesCoatimundis sketched on Barro Colorado Island, Panama. They are raccoon relatives, inquisitive with long rubbery noses and claws for digging up bugs. 2014-04-09T19:57:36+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/shadowplay-crimson-fronted-parakeets-source-material/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/astrocaryumparakts.jpgAstrocaryumParaktsI stole the parakeets from another piece, a mixed media drawing I'd done plein air (more or less) on Barro Colorado Island.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/heliconiabci2.jpgHeliconiaBCI2This tiny watercolor serves as the foliage for "Shadowplay". It was painted from life on Barro Colorado Island, Panama. The original measures about 6" x 6".2014-04-09T19:42:14+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/sunset-on-the-amazon-source-material/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_3702.jpgIMG_3702Lots of colorful, highly patterned vegetation to go along with the jewel-like birds.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_3411.jpgIMG_3411This is where I drew the birds and the bromeliads for the background. It's high up in the Amazon canopy. Great view from up here and lots of birds.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/honeycreepers.jpghoneycreepersStudies in the air: purple honeycreepers (see lower right corner of this painting) sketched from the top of a tree in the Amazon.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/swallowtanagerscolor.jpgSwallow tanagersSwallow tanagers hawk insects from the treetops, where I sketched them in the Amazon. I stood on a platform about 150 feet up as I did so. This is watercolor.2014-04-09T19:34:34+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/get-the-party-started-orange-chinned-parakeets-source-material/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/orangechinpara8x6.jpgOrangeChinPara8x6This is a pastel study for the oil painting.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/ocparakeet2.jpgOCParakeet2Two Orange chinned parakeets chowing down on mangoes in Gamboa, Panama. Mangoes grow on long stems, and they spun as the birds ate. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/ocparakeet1.jpgOCParakeet1Orange chinned parakeet sketched eating a mango, upside down, in a small town in Panama, just off the balcony of my friend's house.2014-04-09T19:15:24+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/rufescent-tiger-heron-source-material/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_5734.jpgUnderstory streamAn understory stream on Barro Colorado Island, and a rufescent tiger heron hangout. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/youngcecropia.jpgYoungCecropiahttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/tigerheronstalks.jpgTigerHeronStalksRufescent Tiger Heron, a wader of understory streams, perched here on a sapling cecropia. Bird and plant sketched separately on Barro Colorado Island, Panama.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/tiger-heron.jpgTiger HeronRufescent Tiger Heron, a wader of understory streams, perched here on a sapling cecropia. Bird and plant sketched separately on Barro Colorado Island, Panama.2014-04-09T19:07:14+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/ive-heard-that-song-before-source-material/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/caciques.jpgCaciquesThese yellow rumped caciques were sketched in action at a scientific field station in the Peruvian Amazon. They hung out in the palm fronds all day and made great noises (see audio clip below), at least the males did. The painting, I've Heard That Song Before, depicts the ritualistic song and dance the males perform before indifferent females. Rough life.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/palmedge.jpgPalm EdgePalm edge, Barro Colorado Island, Panama. Drawn in the field, this mixed media drawing, also in this exhibit, was the source of the background for "I've Heard That Song Before".2014-04-09T19:04:09+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/the-cecropias-foot-great-tinamousource-material/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p1010015.jpgCecropia rootsThis is the root system of the cecropia, a "pioneer" tree that shoots up whenever a light gap opens in the canopy. Its roots look like legs; the tree might just get up and walk away at any time. Barro Colorado Island, Panama.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p1010008.jpgThe Cecropia's Foot in progressIn progress, was drawing this cecropia tree's root structure (and a dead tree that it was growing around as support) when a wild great tinamou strolled into the picture, saw me and froze. It held the pose for several minutes and finally relaxed and walked a few feet away, lay down and took a nap. Stuff like that is golden. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p1010002.jpgDrawing RigThis is my drawing rig for field studies: a Jullian watercolor easel, drawing board and sheets of Rives BFK paper. And various pencils and stubs of pastels. This is along one of the dense forest trails on Barro Colorado Island, Panama.2014-04-09T01:10:21+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/sunstruck-source-material/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/rustymarginedflycatchers.jpgRusty Margined Flycatchers2014-04-09T00:55:57+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/04/06/sunday-post-with-tasteful-nudity/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/twistedfootsmall.jpgTwisted FootAll's needed here is the Style Section of the NY Times and a mug of hot coffee. Charcoal on Inges toned paper, 13 3/4" x 19"https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/kickingbacksmall.jpgKicking BackLazy Sunday afternoon, kicking back and looking out the window at the rain. At least, that was the pose and the illusion. Graphite and white compressed chalk on Ingres toned paper, 15" x 13 3/4".2014-04-07T01:55:55+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/03/23/cheap-trick/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/fruitpigeon.jpgFruit DoveJambu fruit dove, sketched in OKC Zoo's aviary. Graphite, 8 1/2" x 11".https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/fruitdovesideview.jpgFruit Dove Side ViewLooks normal from the front. Step to the right, shine a strong light on the orchid, and get a hit of glittering violet. My next painting may be on black velvet.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/fruitdovefinish.jpgFruit Dove and VandaVanda orchid and Jamba fruit dove, joined together in a festive eye-candy scuffle. Acrylic on cradled board, 28" x 24".2014-04-13T23:32:46+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/figure-drawing/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/gracec1.jpgArchhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/drsketchys1109-4.jpgKneelhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/drsketchys1109-3.jpgLurehttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/drsketchys1109-2.jpgDressedhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/drsketchys10.jpgDonehttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/drsketchys7.jpgDancehttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/drsketchys5.jpgAttendhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/drsketchys310f.jpgArchhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/drsketchys310e.jpgSkatehttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/drsketchys310c.jpgBruise2023-04-11T09:07:48+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/figure-oil-sketches/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/saraoilsketchwatermix2.jpgDrapedhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/longtorso.jpgTorsohttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_4600.jpgHathttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_4480.jpgTurnhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_4478.jpgLeanhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_4466.jpgLeghttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_4436.jpgDresshttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_4401.jpgTurnedhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/brendasketch.jpgEyeshttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/borednude.jpgBent2022-11-08T12:27:12+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/figures/2014-03-02T01:23:34+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/02/28/low-tech-painting-tools-i-cant-live-without/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_5756.jpgGrayscale Value FinderBest cheap painting fixer ever: a grayscale value finder. I can never tell by eyeballing a picture where the values really are; all I know is the whole thing's too damn dark. This little card will verify that, yes, it's too damn dark. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_5744.jpgDrying PaintWatching paint dry. This one's just been oiled out, meaning it's finished and dry, and a 50/50 mix of Galkyd and Gamsol has been lightly brushed on and left to dry. This serves to even out the different levels of dullness and gloss. Good video tutorial by Gamblin is here.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_5751.jpgHand MirrorA hand mirror will shock you. I don't mean when you catch sight of yourself frowning or wrinkling prematurely. Reverse the painting and see the mistakes, instantly. No, this isn't fun. But it's useful.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_5748.jpgLight StandI've got a clamp-on gooseneck daylight lamp that illuminates one small patch at a time. Not good. You want a daylight lamp on a moveable stand. This one's got a 150 watt bulb in a reflector with a wooden handle at the back end so you don't burn your fingers when you turn it. It's actually got a clever ball joint at the top of the stand which puts it a few steps above the usual clamp lamp.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_5747.jpgValue FinderBest cheap painting fixer ever: a grayscale value finder. I can never tell by eyeballing a picture where the values really are; all I know is the whole thing's too damn dark. This little card will verify that, yes, it's too damn dark. 2014-05-01T04:23:19+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/02/07/why-im-glad-im-not-painting-polar-bears/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/aratingas.jpgAratingasAnother warm scene. Crimson fronted parakeets flying past a sunny patch of heliconia leaves. Oil on canvas, 24" x 30".https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/jagunderpainting.jpgJaguar UnderpaintingUnderpainting of a sleeping jaguar, somewhere around dawn in the leaf litter on Barro Colorado Island, Panama. I've never seen a jaguar there, but they have them there, or at least one. Oil on canvas, 48" x 24". 2014-02-10T23:32:56+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/panamabarro-colorado-island-sketchbook-2013/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/poisondartfrog.jpgPoison Dart Froghttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/oropendolasnestweaving1.jpgChestnut headed Oropendolas Nest weavinghttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/oropendolas41.jpgChestnut headed Oropendolashttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/oropendolas32.jpgChestnut headed Oropendolashttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/oropendolas21.jpgChestnut headed Oropendolashttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/oropendolas.jpgChestnut headed Oropendolashttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/oropendolanestjune101.jpgChestnut headed Oropendola Nesthttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/whitehawk.jpgWhite Hawkhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/trogonnest2.jpgTrogon Nesthttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/torchginger.jpgTorch Ginger2017-05-16T01:03:12+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/oregon-plein-air/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/healedstump.jpgHealed Stumphttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/winterwren.jpgWinter Wren on mossy, ferny loghttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/splinteredstump.jpgSplintered Douglas Fir Stumphttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/riverlogjam.jpgRiver Log jamhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/nurselog.jpgDouglas Fir Nurse Log with Hemlock Sproutshttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/crash.jpgCrashed Douglas Fir2014-02-03T00:26:31+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/panama-plein-air-the-large-drawings/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/groundlevel.jpgGroundLevelGround level view of a Panama rainforesthttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/yelloworchid.jpgYellow OrchidLong sprays of a bright yellow orchid blooming on the side of a tree. 18"x24" graphite on Rives BFK, drawn plein air on Barro Colorado Island.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/trashbasketpalm.jpgTrash Basket PalmThis small understory palm catches falling leaves, benefitting from nutrients as they decay. 18"x24" pastel and graphite on Rives BFK, drawn plein air on Barro Colorado Island.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/socrateanbuttresses.jpgSocratea And ButtressesA palm tree on stilts and a canopy giant with buttresses; two strategies for holding on to the ground in thin soil. 24"x18" pastel and graphite on Fabriano Ingres toned paper.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/palmedge.jpgPalm EdgeAt the edge of a clearing, palms and heliconias grow in profusion. 24"x18 pastel and graphite plein air, drawn on Barro Colorado Island.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/monsteramotmot.jpgMonstera MotmotRufous Motmot flies past a vine-covered tree; 24"x18" pastel and graphite on Fabriano Ingres toned paper, drawn at 75' up in the air on a scaffold.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/donato.jpgDonato CreekBig leaves gather more light on the forest floor. 24"x18" pastel and graphite on Rives BFK, drawn plein air on Barro Colorado Island.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/cecropiasfoot.jpgThe Cecropia's FootCecropia roots and great tinamou. 24"x18" pastel and graphite on Rives BFK, drawn on Barro Colorado Island.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/attila.jpgAttilaBright-rumped attila reflects; 24"x18" pastel and graphite on Fabriano Ingres toned paper, drawn plein air on Barro Colorado Island.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/astrocaryum.jpgAstrocaryumAstrocaryum palm with hanging fruit clusters. 18"x24" pastel and graphite plein air, drawn on Barro Colorado Island.2022-03-26T14:55:23+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/plein-air-new-england-2011/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/negus11.jpgNegus House Foundationhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/poorfarmmarkerb.jpgPetersham Poor Farm Markerhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/windthrowhemlock.jpgWindthrow Hemlock, Pisgah State Forest, NHhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/chestnut-hemlock1-2b.jpgChestnut-Hemlock Embracehttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/okeefeshinglemill1.jpgO'Keefe Shingle Millhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/neguslilacsb.jpgNegus Lilacshttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/neguscellarhole2b.jpgNegus Family Cellar Holehttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/parlinsmill2b.jpgParlins Mill, Foundation and River Stonehttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/rogersoutbuilding.jpgRogers Outbuilding Foundationhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/rogerscellarholeb.jpgRogers Cellar Hole2022-05-02T18:11:04+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/plein-air-oklahoma/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/oak41.jpgOak4https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/oak3.jpgOak3Post Oak 4, pencilhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/oak2.jpgOak2Post Oak 3, pencilhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/oak1.jpgPost Oak 1, pencilPost Oak 2, pencilhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/buffalocreek2c.jpgBuffalo Creek Buffalo Creek, Selman Ranch, OK, pastel on paper, 18" x 12.5"https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/cimarronselmansaltflats.jpgCimarron Selman Ranch Salt FlatsBuffalo Creek-Soldhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/tallgrasswaterhole.jpgTallgrass WaterholeWaiting for Bisonhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/tallgrassbison.jpgTallgrass BisonTallgrass Prairie Bisonhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/selmansaltflatssm.jpgSelman Salt FlatsSalt Flats, Buffalo Creek-Soldhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/ironweedtallgrassprairie.jpgIronweed Tallgrass PrairieTallgrass Prairie2014-02-01T22:02:45+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/still-life-pastels/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dragonvase.jpgDragon Vase2015-01-05T21:20:14+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/mixed-media/2014-02-01T18:45:09+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/sketchbooks/2018-03-12T11:33:11+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/oil-paintings/2025-07-14T17:06:43+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/pastels/2014-02-01T18:38:18+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/01/31/august-osage-county-tallgrass-prairie-preserve/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_7135.jpgIMG_7135Second pastel of the day, at a waterhole by the side of the road. Favored by sneaky bison, apparently.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dickcisseltallgrassprairie.jpgDickcisselTallGrassPrairieThe most abundant, or at least the most obvious, bird on the prairie that day- a dickcissel sings its own name. I was looking for Henslow's sparrows- they nest here, but no go. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_7124.jpgIMG_7124https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_5382.jpgIMG_5382Blooming ironweed on a sunbaked tallgrass prairie in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, rendered in pastel. The wind, miraculously, was quiet for the day.2014-02-02T23:26:18+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2014/01/10/new-year-with-various-cats/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/sleepingcatfinal.jpgSleepingCatFinalGizmo, safely asleep. Pastel on paper, about 30" long. Cute!https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_8162.jpgIMG_8162Sleeping jaguar, drawing and initial underpainting. Oil on canvas, 48" x 24". https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_5647.jpgIMG_5647Heidi the cat sniffs at her portrait, in water-soluble graphite in a Stillman & Birn sketchbook. Christmas Day, Lincoln, Nebraska.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_5665.jpgIMG_5665Smilodon californicus, sabertooth cat replica skull with tar pit finish. Measures 14 1/2" long, and those sabers are 6". Best Christmas gift ever- thank you Ant Man!https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/orchid.jpgOrchidMy first orchid. I saw her at Home Depot and just caved. Now she needs a name.2014-01-20T11:45:37+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2013/12/20/the-motmot-holiday-gift-bag-is-a-bookcase/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/gizmoandme.jpgGizmoAndMeHoliday wishes from Gizmo, Ant Man (who took the picture) and the Motmot. Cheers!https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/holiday-books.jpgHoliday BooksClockwise from left: The Laws Guide to Drawing Birds, Drawing and Painting Birds, Capturing the Essencehttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/motmotornament.jpgMotmot OrnamentA little festive commemorative ornament to download, cut out, and hang up. Cheers!2014-07-18T22:41:00+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2013/12/13/orchids-and-flycatchers-revisited/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/rustymarginsketchb1.jpgRustyMarginSketchBTrying to make sense of a head pose, drawing from videos. Rusty margined flycatchers have insanely flexible necks. Like pretty much any bird. But this is a good illustration of what they can do with it.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/rustymarginsketchea.jpgRustyMarginSketcheACatching a few more head poses of a rusty margined flycatcher, drawn from a video taken on Barro Colorado Island last May. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/vandapastel.jpgVandaPastelOrchid drawing updated with some light pastel in the background and a few highlights. 14" x 20" pastel and graphite on Ingres paper.2014-01-22T22:44:10+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2013/12/06/drawing-orchids-wanting-so-much-more/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/vandadrawing1.jpgVandaDrawing1Drawing the alluring Vanda from the top of the catwalk at the Myriad Garden's Tropical Conservatory. I could hear the siren song of the orchid above the sounds of a rushing waterfall under my feet.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/vandaphoto.jpgVandaphotoVanda orchid, "Robert's Delight Big Black". It grows from a small basket hanging in the air under a live tree branch at the Myriad Botanical Garden Tropical Conservatory in OKC. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/vandaorchiddrawing.jpgVandaOrchidDrawingVanda Orchid drawn at the Myriad Botanical Garden's Tropical Conservatory. 14" x 20" 6B pencil on celery green Ingres paper. 2013-12-10T22:11:04+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2013/11/28/happy-turkey-day-with-or-without-feathers/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/wildturkeynesting2.jpgWildTurkeyNesting2Wild turkey hen on nest, Petersham, MA. She was surrounded by raspberries, not cranberries as is traditional. Watercolor over pencil, 8 1/2" x 11".https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/wildturkeys.jpgWildTurkeysThese didn't get eaten, either. Lovely bronze beauties, perfectly at home eating bird seed, but wild and wily. Benjamin Franklin's favorite bird- he lobbied for it to be the national bird of the USA, but the bald eagle prevailed.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/wildturkeysforaging.jpgWildTurkeysForagingTurkeys are wildlife, too. These didn't get eaten- they were honored guests at the backyard feeders of my friend, Cindy. 2013-11-29T14:48:03+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2013/11/15/friday-figures-couch-potato/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/julieb2.jpgFigure wearyGot to draw a nice nude today after a bit of a break. 2013-11-17T01:30:57+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2013/10/18/friday-fauna-garden-variety-sex/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/wheelbugcopulating34.jpgWheelbugCopulating3Natural wonders at the small end of the scale: a pair of wheelbugs (Arilus cristatus) copulate in my front garden, where the neighbors can see, if they look real close. Watercolor over pencil on Stillman & Birn Epsilon series sketchbook.2013-11-16T03:15:44+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2013/10/11/100000-ways-to-start-a-painting/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/guanframedsm.jpgGuanFramedsmIt's all about seeing in a new way. Some use a mirror for a fresh view (the digital analogy is flipping it). I photographed a frame I have lying around and, in Photoshop, plunked in my color comp. Magic. I can adjust again until I'm happy with the results. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/guanthumbnail.jpgGuanThumbnailHere's the thumbnail rough, which measures 4" x 4". Smaller= faster. I used a graphite bar to rough in the values. Ask yourself: where's the light coming from? Where are the darkest darks? https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/guans6.jpgGuans6Here's the original sketch. This guan sat on a vine in a clearing, honking and looking this way and that, but basically staying put. Lucky me. What struck me most was how brightly the wattle glowed in the understory shadows- a red lantern in the dark. That became the focus of the composition. Pencil sketch, 8 1/2" x 11"https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/guancolorcomp.jpgGuanColorCompCrested guan, hand-colored inkjet print of a thumbnail pencil rough, drawn from an original field sketch. Sounds like a lot of steps, but it's actually really fast. Watercolor over inkject print on bond paper (you can do this on watercolor paper, but this is just as good for the purpose). 8 1/2" x 11"2013-10-13T22:03:36+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2013/10/04/friday-fauna-jungle-escape-pod/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/jaguar1spots.jpgJaguar1spotsJaguar, Tulsa Zoo. Sleeping fitfully due to large group of noisy bipedal primates gawking on the other side of the glass. Tiny girl in pink tutu, with beaming mother nearby, bangs on glass. Jaguar cracks open one eye. Little girl in tutu twirls and pirouettes, bangs again. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/plumeria3.jpgPlumeria3Plumeria obtusa, Myriad Gardens. Pinwheel flowers perfumed like a demon whore. Watercolor over pencil, 8 1/2" x 11" Stillman & Birn sketchbook.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/tamaringoldliontulsazoo1.jpgTamarinGoldLionTulsaZooGolden-headed lion tamarin. A pair inhabit the island in the rainforest pond at the Tulsa Zoo. They are committed to looking adorable, like a cross between a monkey and a kitty cat. And they sing like birds. Pencil on paper, 8 1/2" x 11".https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/scarletcolor5.jpgScarletColor5Scarlet Macaw, a donated former pet that says, "hullo" and "buh-bye". As ambassador to the rainforest, it clearly straddles the perch between animal and human behavior. Watercolor over pencil, 8" x 10".https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/doublestripedthickcolor2.jpgDoublestripedThickcolor2Double striped thick-knees hobnob under a fruiting papaya in the Tulsa Zoo Rainforest Exhibit. Charming birds of open savannah, but they look great here in the understory. And so cute. Watercolor over pencil, 8 1/2" x 11".https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/myriadoverview.jpgMyriadOverviewA little rainforest escape pod, seen from within the Myriad Botanical Garden's Crystal Bridge Tropical Conservatory, the glorious tropical heart of Oklahoma City. A glass cylinder fallen on its side, filled with palm trees, orchids, waterfalls and zebra heliconia butterflies. A big warm breath of rainforest air in the heart of the big city. Watercolor over pencil in a Stillman & Birn sketchbook, 8 1/2" x 11"https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/howlerfeettulsazoo.jpgHowlerFeetTulsaZooStack of howler monkeys, asleep, Tulsa Zoo. Only thing visible: tails and feet. No idea how many monkeys are here. Pencil on 8 1/2" x 11" Stillman & Birn sketchbook, Epsilon Series.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/specowltulsazoo.jpgSpecOwlTulsaZooSpectacled Owl, Tulsa Zoo. Same bird, two moments: relaxed and ruminating, pupils dilated and black as night. Second view: the owl turns its head to regard the viewer with sharp attention sharpened focus, contracting its pupils. Gold rings set with fiery black opals. Pencil on 8 1/2" x 11" Stillman & Birn sketchbook.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/doublestripedthickknstulsazoo.jpgDoubleStripedThickknsTulsaZooDouble-striped thick knees, Tulsa Zoo. Pencil on 8 1/2" x 11" Stillman & Birn Epsilon Series sketchbook.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/tamaringoldliontulsazoo.jpgTamarinGoldLionTulsaZooGolden headed Lion Tamarin, Tulsa Zoo.2013-10-12T07:17:00+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2013/09/20/friday-fauna-herding-oklahoma/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/longhorn1-2color.jpgLonghorn1.2colorHeifers on parade.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/longhorn3color.jpgLonghorn3colorTrail Dust, the longest pair of horns on the block.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/longhorn2color.jpgLonghorn2colorCow and calf2013-09-24T07:12:04+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2013/09/13/friday-fauna-wild-and-otherwise/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/coatis2.jpgCoatis2Coatis, in progress. Oil on Arches primed paper, 24" x 18" https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/coatistudies.jpgCoatiStudiesCoatis, sketched on a low tree on Barro Colorado Island, looking curious and mischievous and very omnivorous (they were looking for fruit and grubs). BCI was once home to large groups of coatis but in the last few years their numbers have fallen off a bit since a jaguar or two swam across the canal.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/coatis.jpgCoatisOn the easel: a pair of coati mundis, posed on a high branch in a tropical forest. The coatis were sketched in Panama, the branch photographed in the Peruvian Amazon. Please don't tell anyone. Oil on Arches primed paper, 24" x 18". Please note the wooden palette box at the right. I built it. They're usually called a "French Mistress" but since I made it I'm calling it a "Rumanian Gigolo". 'Nuff said.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/orangutanmonalisa.jpgOrangutanMonaLisaDreaming of Borneo: a beautiful orangutan at the OKC Zoo. 2013-09-20T09:33:10+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2013/08/30/friday-figures-icons-of-change/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/orangechinnedparakeets.jpgOrangeChinnedParakeetsOrange chinned parakeets gnawing away at ripe mangoes. Sketched from a balcony in Gamboa, painted oil on paper a couple of weeks ago. 16" x 20". Color!https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/tigerheroneasel.jpgTigerHeronEaselRufescent Tiger Heron, oil on paper, 15" x 17". It's what's on the easel.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/gloriasteinemportrait.jpgGloriaSteinemPortraitPortrait of Gloria Steinem, watercolor 8" x 10", commissioned for fundraiser auction to benefit Planned Parenthood of Central Oklahoma.2013-09-12T21:22:23+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2013/08/10/friday-figures-the-cycle-of-life-needs-a-rack-too/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/photo.jpgphotoThundercloud bike rack, corner of Main Street and James Garner Avenue. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_7059.jpgIMG_7059Three inch steel pipe, wrought into the form of a charging bison bike rack, on the corner of Main Street and Webster, Norman, Oklahoma.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/flamenconondancer.jpgFlamencoNonDancerA Flamenco dancer on break? Nope, just your basic peasant drapery; write your own narrative. Oil on canvas: raw umber, terra rosa and titanium white. 3 hour pose- can you believe this is as far as I got?2013-08-13T14:16:22+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2013/07/30/i-drew-a-butterfly-and-learned-something-new/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/buckeye.jpgBuckeyeCommon buckeye, a gorgeous butterfly with four legs, count 'em. And read on. Pencil on paper.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/gulffritillarybutterflyemerge.jpgGulfFritillaryButterflyEmergeGulf fritillary butterfly freshly emerged from chrysalis. Look close. How many legs do you see? Watercolor over mechanical pencil, S&B Alpha Series sketchbook 8 1/2" x 11"https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/gulffritillaryemergadult.jpgGulfFritillaryEmergAdultGulf fritillary butterfly freshly emerged from chrysalis. Look close. How many legs do you see? Watercolor over mechanical pencil, S&B Alpha Series sketchbook 8 1/2" x 11".2013-07-31T15:20:07+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2013/07/26/friday-figures-ouch/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/borednudesm.jpgBoredNudesmA little bit posterized, or a model as a logo. But what is she selling? Oil on canvas, 20 x 162013-10-13T22:05:58+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2013/07/23/your-natural-history-moment/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/fritillarylarvae.jpgFritillaryLarvaeThere goes the passiflora...passion flower, it turns out, is really tasty to a certain caterpillar. Watercolor over pencil on 8 1/2" x 11" Stillman & Birn Alpha sketchbook.2013-07-24T03:48:14+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/listen-to-a-howler-monkey/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/howlers3.jpgHowlers3Howler monkeys, watercolor on paper. Drawn from life, Barro Colorado Island, 2013https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/howlers2.jpgHowlers2Howler monkeys, Barro Colorado Island, drawn from life, May 20132013-07-20T00:17:17+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/2013/07/19/friday-figures-brother-can-you-paradigm-shift/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/blondewithchignon.jpgBlondewithChignonToday's figure session, with chignon-topped blonde. Oil on gray-toned canvas, 20" x 16". https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/brendasketch.jpgBrendaSketchFollow directions, and you get results. Or at least a reasonable likeness. Mitsuno Reedy's oil portrait workshop. I'm thinking of it as a great set of new tools for the kit, all shiny bright. Tools that get sharper the more you use them.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/img_6927.jpgIMG_6927Trying for the new. Oil on toned canvas2013-07-20T13:41:35+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2013/07/12/friday-figures-learning-from-a-new-master/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/photo.jpgStillLifeWithEffortLet me stress that this is MY own little stab at painting a classical still life in oils. And that it took about two hours for me to get this far, okay? It was another half hour before I screwed up the nerve to add color. In flat planes, by the way. That's the key to this type of work- everything reduced to angles and planes. Mitsuno said, "Draw everything with no name, just shapes and lines". And so we did. Raw umber thinned with turpentine on gray-toned cotton canvas, 16" x 20", applied with a long-handled very small filbert bristle brush, held out forward at the end of the arm like a fencer's epee.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/mitsunodemo7-1-13.jpgMitsunoDemo7-1-13Drawing the drawing demo; Mitsuno Reedy demonstrates charcoal drawing technique at a demo in Midwest City. 2013-07-19T15:39:53+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2013/07/05/friday-figures-a-models-moods/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/longtorsosketch.jpgLongTorsoSketchThere's a different character to this sketch, a different expression. More angst, which disappeared in the painting. Here, she looks nearly anguished. In the oil sketch she is a lot calmer, self-possessed. By the end of three hours, her eyes were shut. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/longtorso.jpgLongTorsoNude flings herself onto the couch in a Victorian faint, and keeps this position for three heroic hours as artists scramble for smelling salts and fragrant tussy-mussies.2013-07-08T08:18:40+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2013/06/28/friday-figures-street-sketches-benefit-tornado-victims/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/img_5300.jpgIMG_5300These two nice ladies asked me if I'd paint their portrait with Rick Bayless, who was busy in his cook tent whipping up tacos. They chatted while I sketched them and wondered how I would work the chef into the picture. A few minutes later, he stepped out from the behind the grill and did a TV interview right in front of my table. No kidding. Lucky me. And the ladies paid handsomely for the portrait- all for the cause. 11 1/2" x 7 1/2", watercolor over pencil on Arches hot press paper.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/img_5295.jpgIMG_5295Rumble, the Oklahoma Thunder's mascot bison, explains fire ecology to an interested listener.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/img_5291.jpgIMG_5291Quickdraw in Leadership Square, sketching the scene as fast as the fingers could fly. Watercolor over pencil on Arches hot press watercolor paper, 140 lb.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/img_5280.jpgIMG_5280Quick draw on the scene at Tornado Relief fundraiser on Monday; Oklahoma City folks lined up around the block for a taste (for a donation of $10) of celebrity chef Rick Bayless's delish street tacos. Watercolor over pencil, by the way.2013-07-12T12:08:30+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2013/06/21/friday-feathers-or-figures-feathers/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/frankchapmanbinocs.jpgFrankChapmanBinocsFrank Chapman, watching the oropendolas of BCI. Yup, same birds, different generation. Photo from My Tropical Air Castle by Frank Chapman.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/oropendolanestjune10.jpgOropendolaNestJune10Growing oropendola nest, not finished but getting there. The female at right is working on what she hoped would become a nest, but never got that far. This is the "helper" bird that kept interfering and fighting with the female who wove the beautiful nest at left. Chapman observed similar competitive behavior between females, and noted that some took "helper" roles that really hindered. My guess is that this is a young, inexperienced female working on her first nest, and hasn't gotten the hang of it, even after carefully watching (and bugging the hell out of) the successful nest-builder right next to her. Drawn through the scope, 8 1/2" x 11" pencil.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/oropendolanestgrows.jpgOropendolaNestGrowsIt's sort of mysterious how they lengthen their nests- when it's done, this thing will be over two feet long- because the bottom of the basket is sealed over pretty early in the process. But from what I can tell, the bottom weave is kept loose while the female is working down inside, pushing her feet, wings and body against the fibers, adding material and shoving some some more. I think she pushes the nest downward to create a big long stocking. Sketched through a scope, pencil on 8 1/2" x 11".https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/oropendolacolonytotal.jpgOropendolaColonyTotalThe colony of chestnut-headed oropendolas looked like this right before I left- only 7 days after the birds arrived and started building. 2013-06-28T19:06:53+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2013/06/14/friday-feathers-drawing-the-motmot/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/broadbilledmotmot31.jpgBroadBilledMotmot3Broad billed motmot scanning for large insects from a complicated knot of branched wood, just a few dozen yards from our porch. Mechanical pencil and water soluble graphite on Robert Bateman 8 1/2" x 11" sketchbook. Barro Colorado Island.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/rufousmotmot2.jpgRufousMotmot2Rufous motmot, seen from far below, hiding behind a screen of leaves, which have been edited out. Had to sit on a tree root and look up to sketch it, which I'm not complaining about at least not until the chigger bites take hold. Then I'll gripe. 6B pencil on Robert Bateman 8 1'2" x 11" sketchbook. Barro Colorado Island, Panama.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/broadbilledmotmot4.jpgBroadbilledMotmot4Broad billed motmot, three poses, one bird. Drawn through the scope. 6B pencil on Robert Bateman sketchbook 8 1/2" x 11". Barro Colorado Island.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/broadbilledmotmotgrosbeak1.jpgBroadbilledMotmotGrosbeakBroad billed motmot, really similar to Rufous but smaller, has a blue chin and a different call, more like a toy train whistle and less like a double owl hoot. Usually not too picky about being looked at, either. Oh, and the blue black grosbeak head study is a female (she is brown; the male gets the glory as usual). It's a nice little understory bird with a nearly parrot-like finch bill. Watercolor over pencil, S&B Alpha Series 8 1/2" x 11". Barro Colorado Island, Panama.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/rufousmotmots.jpgRufousMotmotsRufous motmots, tails going tick-tock. Biggest motmot species in Panama. Biggest and most secretive, as far as I'm concerned. Watercolor over pencil, Stillman & Birn Alpha Series 8 1/2" x 11" sketchbook. Barro Colorado Island.2016-10-29T23:08:07+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2013/06/11/random-oddities-from-the-rainforest-planet/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/peanuthead.jpgPeanutHeadPeanut head bug, Fulgora laternaria. Most peculiar. The "head" looks like a rubber ducky, or a cartoon alligator. And it's a bug, meaning, its mouth is a syringe for sucking plant juices. Watercolor over pencil, drawn in the lab from a live specimen captured and released unharmed by Brian Stucky, noted cicada expert. Thanks, Brian!https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/brocketdeerb.jpgBrocketDeerBIt's a little startling to see a big unlikely mammal walking toward you in the rainforest, but a brocket deer is one of those. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/bee2.jpgBee2Eulaema Orchid Bee, head-standing inexplicably on the side of a pseudobombax tree in the forest. See the long hind legs? https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/bee.jpgBeeEuglossian Orchid Bee, head-standing inexplicably on the side of a psuedobombax tree.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/slatyantshrikemantis.jpgSlatyAntshrikeMantisSlaty Antshrike faces off with a praying mantis below a path light where they both hoped to score a moth or other light-attracted creature. One of these two predators became prey. Can you guess which one? Watercolor over pencil, S&B Alpha Series.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/bathinghummer.jpgBathingHummerRandom sighting: a large hummingbird settles on a mossy branch in a sunbeam overhead; washes armpits and drinks simultaneously from wet moss, moving long tongue in and out of the wet moss.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/howlers31.jpgHowlers3Howler monkeys are peaceable vegetarians with the loudest voices of any land animal. Who could doubt it? They are pretty damn loud. Watercolor brush drawing on Stillman & Birn Alpha Series sketchbook. Barro Colorado Island, Panama.2013-06-11T17:07:11+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/plants-and-trees-barro-colorado-island-panama/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/calithearolled.jpgCalitheaRolledhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/calatheaflat.jpgCalatheaFlathttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/cavenillesiaplatanifolia.jpgCavenillesiaplatanifoliaCavenillesia platanifolia, a.k.a. Cuipo Tree seedling. Huge winged jelly-filled fruits germinate on the forest floor into big-leafed seedlings which in turn, grow into enormous water-filled trees that ring like gongs when you knock on their sides. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/cuipotree.jpgCuipoTreeHere's the mature Cuipo tree, on the ground. One of the big emergent canopy trees, it's closely related to the giant Ceiba. Not really a buttressed tree, but has its toes dug into the thin Barro Colorado soil. It looks and sounds like a water tank. Give it a knock with your knuckles and hear it slosh a little. There is a grove on the island of differently sized and aged cuipos, and they are each tuned to a different note, like keys on a marimba. Pencil on Robert Bateman sketchbook, 8 1/2" x 11"https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/balsa1.jpgBalsa12013-06-08T19:08:49+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/panamabarro-colorado-island-sketchbook-2013/barro-colorado-island-sketches-trogons-and-motmots/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/rufousmmtrogon.jpgRufousMMTrogonRufous motmots and a Slaty tailed trogon, Barro Colorado Island, Panama. Drawn through binoculars.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/sttrogonnest.jpgSTTrogonnestSlaty-tailed trogon nest, a repurposed termite nest on the side of a liana covered tree, Barro Colorado Island, Panama 2013https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/broadbilledmotmotgrosbeak.jpgBroadbilledMotmotGrosbeakBroad-billed motmot, drawn through binoculars, watercolor over pencil, Barro Colorado Island, Panama 2013https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/sttrogonfem.jpgSTTrogonFemSlaty tailed trogon, sketched through scope, Barro Colorado Island, Panama 2013https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/slatytailedtrogon2.jpgSlatyTailedTrogon2Slaty tailed trogon hanging out in the rafters; Barro Colorado Island, Panama 20132015-01-19T15:31:04+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/chestnut-headed-oropendola-sketches-barro-colorado-island-2013/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/nestbuildingtriangle.jpgNestBuildingTriangleLove triangle, chestnut headed oropendolas. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/oropendolastandoff.jpgOropendolaStandoffMore female to female hostility in the nest-building arena.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/oropendolas4.jpgOropendolas4female chestnut headed oropendolas facing off over nest ownershiphttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/oropendolas31.jpgOropendolas3female chestnut headed oropendolas https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/oropendolas2.jpgOropendolas2female chestnut headed oropendolas inspecting possible nest sites, male in background displaying to them.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/oropendolanestposes.jpgOropendolaNestPosesfemale nest building https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/oropendolamales1.jpgOropendolaMalesmale chestnut headed oropendolas displaying2013-06-08T18:40:25+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/2013/06/07/friday-feathers-the-lady-oropendola-weaving-collective/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/oropendolas3.jpgOropendolas3Here's what happened: two females, one weaving, one waiting nearby. A male hops up, flashes his blue eyes and gurgles, whereupon the weaver takes a break and turns upside down, soliciting the male for sex. The second female takes advantage of the lag by hopping on the nest. The male sizes up the situation and decides not to have his way, leaving the first female hanging in an embarrassing position. She folds her wings and rights herself, to find 'her' nest taken over. Other interactions are more aggressive- the 'helper' female lands on the poor, upside-down girl, they tangle and squawk and then spiral downward like a maple samara. Drawn through scope, pencil on Robert Bateman 81/2" x 11" sketchbook, spiral-bound.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/oropendolaheadstudies.jpgOropendolaheadstudiesMale chestnut-headed oropendolas looking seductive. Those blue eyes just burn, don't they? Watercolor over pencil, Stillman & Birn Alpha Series 8 1/2" x 11", drawn through the scope.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/oropendolamales.jpgOropendolaMalesMale chestnut-headed oropendolas have thready crests that raise at the crescendo of the display. Watercolor over pencil, drawn through scope across two pages of S&B Alpha Series sketchbook.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/oropendolasnestweaving.jpgOropendolasNestweavingFemale Chestnut-headed oropendolas working together on a new nest, which will, when finished, dangle under the branches like full Christmas stockings. Watercolor over pencil, drawn through field scope. Barro Colorado Island, Panama. 10" x 11" (across two pages), Stillman & Birn Alpha Series sketchbook.2013-06-21T00:58:25+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2013/06/04/another-bird-drawing-method-that-works-blind-contours/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/maskedtityras2.jpgMaskedTityras2Masked Tityras, blind contour drawing through field scope, Barro Colorado Island, Panama. Watercolor over pencil, S&B sketchbook 8 1/2" x 11" Alpha Series paper.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/plaincoloredtanagerseries.jpgPlainColoredTanagerSeriesPlain colored tanager preening, Barro Colorado Island, Panama. Drawn through the scope, mostly blind contour (I cheated and looked, though). Pencil on 8 1/2" x 11" S&B sketchbook paper.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/keelbilledblindcontour.jpgKeelBilledBlindContourKeel billed toucan, Barro Colorado Island, Panama. Drawn blind contour technique through field scope. pencil on paper.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/guans6blindcontour.jpgGuans6BlindContourCrested guan, Barro Colorado Island, Panama. Drawn blind contour method, with one hand holding binoculars up to eyes and the other moving pencil around on the paper. No peeking. 2013-06-10T13:44:56+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2013/05/31/friday-feathers-tropical-flycatchers/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/socialflycatcher.jpgSocialFlycatcherSocial flycatcher dropping pearls of wisdom, er, seeds from some plant, possibly a vine or bromeliad. Watercolor over pencil, S&B Alpha series.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/streakedflycatcher.jpgstreakedflycatcherStreaked flycatcher, mouthing off at the rest of the world. Flycatchers are nothing if not talkers. Watercolor over pencil on S&B Alpha Series 8 1/2" x 11.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/commontodyflycatcher.jpgCommonTodyFlycatcherCommon tody flycatchers, no bigger than a bee sting, built a hanging nest of balsa fluff and plant fibers. Shortly after I made this sketch, they moved- building a new nest with a better canal view. Location, location, location. Watercolor over pencil on S&B Alpha series 8 1/2" x 11". https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/rustymarginedflycatchers.jpgRustyMarginedFlycatchersRusty-margined flycatchers, parent and baby and lots of noise and drama out of these guys. Note the pink-lined mouth of the begging fledgling. Watercolor over pencil, drawn through scope, S&B Alpha Series 8 1/2" x 11".2013-06-03T11:56:11+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2013/05/28/my-short-attention-span-rainforest-theater/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/balsa1.jpgBalsa1Balsa seed pods look like fluffy teddy bears until they split lengthwise and open out into villainous black claws lined with evil-looking red seeds. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/angelbees.jpgAngelBeesAngel bees at the golden hive. Violet crowned woodnymph hummingbird in background. Watercolor over pencil on S&B Alpha Series. 81/2" x 11"https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/calithearolled.jpgCalitheaRolledPassed this Calithea plant when it was in shade, leaves open and relaxed. Underside of big long leaf is red, upperside green. When I came back the same way it was in full hot sun. Every leaf was rolled up like a mailing tube, red side out. Some kind of sunscreen deal, is my conjecture. Does red filter out UV? What's the deal? Watercolor over pencil on S&B Alpha Series, 8 1/2" x 11"https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/poisondartfrog.jpgPoisonDartFrogLove nest in the leaves...step by step poison dart frog courtship. Sketched from about 18 inches away, Barro Colorado Island. Watercolor over pencil, S&B Alpha Series.2013-05-29T15:15:19+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2013/05/24/friday-feathers-slaty-tailed-trogons-masked-tityras-and-one-big-beautiful-fly/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/maskedtityras.jpgMaskedTityrasMasked tityras, roving bandits of the canopy...actually, they were snooping around a fruiting fig. I plan to snoop around there more myself. 5 to 25 second poses, watercolor over pencil on S&B Alpha Series 8 1/2" x 11"https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/slatytailedtrogon2.jpgSlatyTailedTrogon2Under the galvanized tin roof of the visitor center (which was historically the dining hall, back in the day) there is a sprinkler system. Its pipes are painted red. Matching the breast feathers of a male slaty-tailed trogon perched on it. Trogons are sedentary birds and this one took his job seriously. Didn't mind me at all, being a little sedentary myself with a sketchbook on my knees nearby. 1 hour pose, watercolor over pencil, 8 1/2" x 11" Stillman & Birn Alpha Series.2013-06-16T23:05:25+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2013/05/23/back-in-the-tropics-with-paint/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/barbourlathropbridge2.jpgBarbourLathropBridge2A lovely rill running down the Allee ravine. Painted while standing on a footbridge of the Barbour Lathrop trail. Water soluble graphite on Stillman & Birn Alpha Series 8 1/2 x 11 hardbound sketchbook.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/redleggedhoneycreeperslothia.jpgRedLeggedHoneycreeperSlothiaRed legged honeycreeper and this morning's dawn pink over the Panama Canal. The little chunk of trees in the water is called Slothia Island, and is peopled only with greater anis, crocodiles and anything else that can swim, fly or boat over there from BCI. That's probably a research biologist making that wake in the water. Watercolor over pencil on Stillman & Birn Alpha Series Hardbound 8 1/2 x 11".https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_5382.jpgIMG_5382Barro Colorado- once a mountain top and turned into an island by a man, a plan, a canal, Panama.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_5378.jpgIMG_5378painting big leaves in paradise. 2013-05-25T13:12:47+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2013/05/20/we-are-okay-here-in-norman/2013-05-21T22:51:31+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2013/05/17/friday-feathers-woodstorks-at-the-16th-hole/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/oysterbeds.jpgOysterbedsOysters in their comfy beds on the mud flats of Spring Island, exposed by low tide. Semipalmated plovers sucking down worms pulled from air holes in the muck, the marsh equivalent of robins on a lawn. I wrote on the page: "sketched to the delightful sound of rich bivalve pops, like the clacking of meaty tongues". Watercolor over mechanical pencil on Stillman & Birn Alpha Series hardbound 8 1/2" x 11" sketchbook.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/babyanhingas.jpgbabyAnhingasNothing cuter and weirder than a nestful of baby anhingas. Pale creamy fuzz and pink faces. Heads no wider than necks, like nozzles on fire hoses. Mechanical pencil on Stillman & Birn Alpha Series 8 1/2" x 11" sketchbook, drawn through a scope at the rookery on the 16th hole. Golf course designed by Arnold Palmer.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/woodstorks.jpgWoodstorksDozens of pairs of breeding woodstorks on a little island in the water hazard at Spring Island, South Carolina. Drawn through a scope from the space between the green and the sand trap. watercolor wash over pencil on Stillman & Birn 8 1/2" x 11" Alpha Series hardbound book with mechanical pencil. 2013-05-21T15:34:42+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2013/05/10/friday-figures-how-to-paint-a-tornado/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/drsketchys3-10e.jpgDrSketchys3-10ELooking up: Oklahoma City's Poison Okies roller derby queen on the model stand. 3 minute pose, 14" x 17" 6B pencil on Newsprint.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/drsketchys3-10f.jpgDrSketchys3-10FFirst, get up off your knees. 3 minute pose, 6B pencil on newsprint 14" x 17". Model skates with the Poison Okies, an OKC Roller Derby team.2013-05-17T03:04:49+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2013/05/03/friday-figures-oil-and-water/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/sarachopstickhair.jpgSaraChopstickHairI do a small pencil sketch before committing to big expensive paper- don't you? This is the modelhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/sararoughedin.jpgSaraRoughedInThis is the pencil underdrawing for the previous- you can see how the shapes and expression on her face changed as the paint went over the lines, and it became a painting. Graphite on Arches oil primed paper, 15" x 22"https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/ssketchwatermix2sm.jpgSSketchwatermix2smTrial run of water mixable oil paint on Arches oil primed paper, 15" x 22". Not a happy medium, sorry to say. 3 hour pose. Winsor & Newton Artisan water mixable oil colour.2013-05-13T14:01:48+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2013/04/30/new-orleans-gumbo-report/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/lafayettecemetery1.jpgLafayetteCemeteryLafayette Cemetary #1https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/mystery.jpgMysteryhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/liveoakaudparkb.jpgLiveOakAudParkBThe great live oaks in Audubon Park still stand firm. This one peeled off some bark but looks healthy. A good load of resurrection ferns along its arms must bring it a little good luck.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/bluefeathers.jpgBluefeathersMardi Gras Indians parade with the Black Eagles, Shawee and Big Chief Kevin Goodman & the Flaming Arrows.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/stlouiscemeteryno3.jpgStLouisCemeteryNo3St. Louis Cemetery #3, New Orleanshttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/tradjazzfest.jpgTradJazzfestDon Vappie and his Creole Serenaders play in the People's Health Economy Hall Tent at JazzFest.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/lafayettecemetery.jpgLafayetteCemeteryLafayette Cemetery Number 1https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/stcharlesstreetcar.jpgStCharlesStreetcarA streetcar named St. Charles rumbles uptown, drops me off in the Garden District near Lafayette Cemetery #1.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/frontgarden1.jpgFrontGarden1A fine and private place; the little courtyard gardens of New Orleans entice discreetly from behind iron spikes.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/yellowhouse.jpgYellowHouseEnchanting little houses with post tropical colors.2013-05-05T12:35:12+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2013/04/26/friday-figures-dont-look-back/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/neworleansthechimesb.jpgNewOrleansTheChimesBTropical foliage and old architecture; The Chimes, an Uptown B&B. Rapidograph pen and ink on paper, 6" x 8"https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/seatedturning.jpgSeatedTurningSeated, turning nude. 20 minute pose, watercolor wash over pencil, Stillman & Birn Gamma Series hardbound 8 1/2 x 11 sketchbook.2013-04-25T01:23:48+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2013/04/23/a-hungry-carnival-of-birds/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/cwaxwings2.jpgCWaxwings2https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/hollyberries.jpgHollyberriesBurford berries. Even as the last berries are picked, there are flowers and next year's fruit, all on the same branch.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/cwaxwings1.jpgCWaxwings1Cedar waxwings keen perched on nearly bare twigs in a Caddo maple out front. Drawing birds through a scope can be a challenge, but in early spring the tiny leaves and frilly maple flowers reveal and frame them in pale green. And bellyfuls of berries keep them stupefied. Easy to draw like that.2013-04-30T01:21:34+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/3188-2/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/rise.jpgRise"Rise"; acrylic 12" x 12". Painted from iphone photo just after storm, on canvas retrieved from debris.2013-04-19T23:48:11+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/3179-2/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/evangeline.jpgEvangelineShowing in OKC's "Biting The Apple", April 19-20.2013-04-19T23:35:10+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/3078-2/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/graytonbeachthumb.jpgGraytonBeachthumb2013-04-19T23:32:26+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/3089-2/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/coverincidentalthumb.jpgCoverIncidentalthumb2013-04-19T23:32:01+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/national-weather-center-biennale-painting/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/rise1.jpgRise"Rise"; 12" x 12" acrylic on canvas, 2013. Painted from first image taken on iphone upon leaving the storm shelter on May 10, 2010. Painted on a canvas recovered from the rubble of my studio. What you are looking at is the guest room, brass bed, linens, washer and dryer to the right where the laundry room was. Brown shag carpet at the bottom. The back of the canvas, oddly, is my favorite part of the piece. It holds a collection of dirt, wallboard chips, and fiberglass insulation. I had the framer preserve it with an acrylic cover.2013-04-19T12:56:34+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/2013/04/19/friday-figures-drama-queen/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/recliningsullen.jpgRecliningSullenNude, reclined sullenly with one crossed leg. Watercolor over 6B pencil in Stillman & Birn Gamma Series skethbook. 20 minute pose.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/asprawltwist.jpgAsprawlTwistComfort or discomfort, it's a bit of a stretch no matter what. Watercolor over 6B pencil in Stillman & Birn Gamma Series sketchbook. 20 minute pose.2013-04-19T12:28:58+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2013/04/12/friday-figures-3-nudes/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/carolina3.jpgStanding1Great balance required to hold this 4 minute pose. 6B pencil in Stillman & Birn Gamma Series sketchbook.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/carolina2.jpgSeated2Notice the angles an arm takes when supporting weight. Almost a zigzag pattern. 4 minute pose, 6B pencil in Stillman & Birn Gamma Series sketchbook.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/carolina1.jpgSeated1Like Narcissus's kid sister, on reflection. 4 minute pose, 6B pencil in Stillman & Birn Gamma Series sketchbook.2013-04-16T14:52:12+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2013/04/11/to-see-a-world-in-a-grain/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/mandalasmaller2.jpgMandalasmaller2Sand Mandala, two days to go, working from the middle outward to the edge.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/mandalasmaller.jpgMandalasmallerSand Mandala, two days to go, working from the middle outward to the edge. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/tibetanmonksmandala.jpgTibetanMonksMandalaAmazing, watching them build the design in tiny increments of colored sand.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/colorsandhorns.jpgcolorsandhornssilver cups of colored sand, silver and copper horns nearby, used to gently sift colors onto the curlicues and filagrees of the mandala's expanding circle. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/tibetanmonksmandalacolor.jpgTibetanMonksMandalaColorTibetan monks from the Drepung Loseling Monastary, creating a Manjushari- a Mandala of Wisdom, grain by sandy grain.2013-05-21T15:41:06+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2013/04/05/friday-figures-4/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/sara7.jpgSprawlAwkward+ winsome= beautiful. 4 minute pose. Stillman & Birn Gamma Series 8 1/2" x 11" hardbound sketchbook. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/sara6.jpgLeaning BackLeaning back to consider the situation, or perhaps work out a kink in the lumbar. Love this gesture. 4 minute pose, Stillman & Birn Gamma Series 8 1/2" x 11" hardbound sketchbook. Drawn in a thunderstorm.2013-04-10T13:15:22+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2013/03/29/friday-figures-costumed-models/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tiemanb.jpgTieManBLeaning in to close the deal. 40 minute pose. 8 1/2" x 11" Stillman & Birn Gamma Series sketchbook.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/highheelsb.jpgHighHeelsBSometimes you covet the costume. I would have killed for those heels. 1 hr pose, 8 1/2" x 11" on Stillman & Birn Gamma Series sketchbook2013-04-02T16:27:36+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2013/03/26/a-quetzal-in-the-flesh/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_4768.jpgIMG_4768https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/slatytailedtrogons.jpgSlatytailedTrogonsMore trogons. Slaty tailed. In Panama.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/violaceoustrogon.jpgViolaceousTrogonNope, no quetzal here. More violaceous trogons. Peruvian Amazon life drawing.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/violaceoustrogons1.jpgViolaceousTrogonsThese are not quetzals. Close, but no cigar. (Graphite and pastel on Rives BFK paper, )https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/slatytailtrogon.jpgSlatyTailTrogonThis is not a quetzal. Close, but no cigar.2013-04-13T22:18:45+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2013/03/22/friday-figures-3/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/sleeper1.jpgSleeperOil on Arches primed paper; 20" x 15", 2 1/2 hour pose. Have you ever watched Mad Men? The redheaded bombshell executive assistant? Her doppelganger lives in Oklahoma.2013-03-22T22:50:00+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2013/03/15/friday-figures-diy-family-portraits-priceless/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dorianne2013march2.jpg2013MarchMy sister agreed to pose if she could consult her Samsung Galaxy at the same time. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dorianne2013march1.jpgDorianne2013MarchMy sister agreed to pose if she could consult her Samsung Galaxy at the same time. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dad2013march.jpgDad2013MarchOne of the sweetest things you can do with your dad, swapping stories while sketching his portrait. My dad was a dear to sit for me. He's a retired math professor was getting over a cold, somewhat amused and a very good sport about it. 2013-03-17T01:55:54+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2013/03/12/frank-lloyd-wrights-little-skyscraper-on-the-prairie/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_4595.jpgIMG_4595https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/bisontallgrasspreserve1.jpgBisonTallgrassPreserve1Bison in belly-high grasses at the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve (Nature Conservancy) in Pawhuska, Oklahoma.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_4573.jpgIMG_4573Frank Lloyd Wright storm drain.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_4576.jpgIMG_4576Our Frank Lloyd Wright car park.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_4563.jpgIMG_4563Our knife-edged chair.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_4558.jpgIMG_4558The fresh wind and views from our our floor-to-ceiling casement windows blew us away. They all crank open, horizontally. A fine retro feature in an era of permanently shut high-rise windows.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/pricetowerbartlesville.jpgPriceTowerBartlesvilleWe slurped champagne in our airy aerie on the prairie and whacked our shins and hips on Mid-Century Modern edges and angles, the essential aesthetic of all the chairs, bed frames, the handsome maple desk, the fixtures, and even the green marble and copper vanity. There was no escaping the style dictums of Frank Lloyd Wright.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_4577.jpgIMG_4577Price Tower, Bartlesville, OK. Frank Lloyd Wright's only high-rise.2013-03-13T17:35:45+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2013/03/08/friday-figures-posing-and-reposing/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/sleeper.jpgSleeperAfter a long night of doing whatever models do after dark, she curled up on a pile of cushions and crumpled satin raiments, and slumbered untroubled in a roomful of searching eyes, sleeping through the tiny scribbling sounds of charcoal, pencils and brushes wielded by a dozen artful, earnest, energetic Oklahomans. 24" x 19" charcoal and white compressed charcoal on Canson toned paper. 2 hour pose (1 of two drawings).2013-03-03T20:15:47+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2013/03/01/friday-figures-strike-a-good-attitude-when-all-else-fails/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/crossedarms.jpgCrossedArmsWoman with folded arms and partially shaved scalp. 6B pencil on Stillman & Birn 8 1/2 x 11 hardbound Epsilon series sketchbook. 4 minute pose.2013-03-01T22:00:20+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2013/02/26/follow-the-river/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/buffalocreek2c.jpgBuffaloCreek2CBuffalo Creek, a branch of the Cimarron. I came here as a guest of Sue Selman, rancher and a living part of the area history. And a great cook. Studio pastel, 18.5" x 13". The white stuff is pure salt, about a foot deep.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/marshwrenjenkinscolor2.jpgMarshWrenJenkinsColor2Marsh Wrens, Canadian River. The landowner welcomes birders, turns back most everyone else. His black angus bull didn't like me much, though. Watercolor over pencil in Stillman & Birn Epsilon sketchbook, hardbound 8 1/2" x 11".https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/canadianriverbendsmall.jpgCanadianRiverBendsmallWe pondered how to capture this scene until the owner, brush-hogging nearby, invited us to crawl under his barbed-wire and set up our easels at the river's edge. A bald eagle circled overhead while we painted. Plein air, 11" x 7" pastel.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/chickasawriveraugust.jpgChickasawRiverAugustPond scum on the Chickasaw, August. Water was really down and you can so see the 1930s CCC-built rocks in the river. Plein air, 19" x 15", pastel.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/canadianrivercottonwoods.jpgCanadianRiverCottonwoodsLate day light on the Canadian River- pastel 18.5" x 12.5". This spot is on the property of a sand company in Goldsby. The owner turned out to be a really nice guy who didn't kick us out, and invited us (me and another artist) to stop by anytime and paint. Sometimes it pays to look really harmless.2017-02-15T00:59:15+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2013/02/22/friday-figures-man-with-fur-hat/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/manhat.jpgMan in Fur HatMan in Fur Hat, oil on Arches oil-primed paper, 22" x 15". 2 hour pose. 2013-03-03T17:05:39+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/contact/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/contactgraphic.jpgContactGraphic2022-06-15T06:14:29+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/2013/02/15/friday-figures-and-great-art-in-tulsa/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/sitter.jpgSitterOil wash over pencil on Arches primed paper, 15" x 22". 25 minute pose.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/a5-2.jpgA5.2Pencil on 81/2" x 11" sketchbook paper; 4 minute pose.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/figures1.jpgfigures1pencil and color washes on sketchbook paper 8 1/2" x 11". Four minute poses.2013-02-15T23:54:42+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2013/02/12/from-a-pile-of-old-drawings/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/accidentalmoss.jpgAccidental MossCouldn't have planned it better. Painting wet into wet, I walked away for awhile to do something else while it dried and returned to this nice hank of hanging moss created by slow dribbles in the oil paint.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/stripedsketchheadturn.jpgStripedSketchheadturnAnother artist suggested adding this extra layer of meaning by turning the adult's head to look to her offspring. I loved the idea. Thanks, Barry Van Dusen!https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/stripedsketch23x30b4.jpgStripedSketchFirst shot, keeping to the original pose, combined in Photoshop with the liana, values added in multiplied layers.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/lianadrawing.jpgLianaDrawingFrom the Amazon rainforest, a life drawing of a liana. There's some kind of big moth clinging upside down to the trunk of the tree behind it. There's kind of a funny story that goes with this drawing. Video here. 6B pencil in 8 1/2" x 11" sketchbook.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/owls2.jpgStriped OwlsStriped owl adult and juvenile, combined from sketches. Oil on paper, 15" x 22".https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/adultjuvstriped.jpgAdultJuvStripedSketches from the archives, Striped owls (adult and juvenile). Pencil on paper.2014-01-06T17:34:16+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2013/02/08/friday-figures-drawing-joy/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/sara5.jpgDraped nude6B pencil on Stillman & Birn 8 1/2 x 11" sketchbook, Alpha Series.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/sara1.jpgSitting figure6B pencil on Stillman & Birn Alpha Series sketchbook.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/sara2.jpgArms up figure6B pencil in Stillman & Birn Alpha Series sketchbook, 8 1/2 x 11https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/sara3.jpgLooking up6B pencil on Stillman & Birn 8 1/2" x 11" sketchbook, Alpha Series.2013-02-10T20:00:13+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2013/02/01/friday-figures-2/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/img_4475.jpgSatin-robed sitting nudeOil sketch, 1 hr pose, 15" x 22", Arches oil primed paper. I had to do some tweaking on this one before uploading it, but it's still a Friday Figure even though this is Saturday.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/amina15.jpgstanding pose, twisted6B pencil on 8 1/2" x 11" sketchbook page, 4 minute pose.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/img_4466.jpgIMG_4466Oil sketch on Arches primed paper 22" x 15". Using ultramarine blue, burnt umber and terra rosa thinned with turpenoid.2013-02-02T20:47:26+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2013/01/29/over-the-cliff-with-georgia-okeefe/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/kitchenmesarocks.jpgKitchenMesaRocksKitchen Mesa, another view; pencil in sketchbook. 8 1/2" x 6"https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/chamariverbutte.jpgChamaRiverButteChama River, with a nicely shaped butte in the background. Pastel on royal blue Colorfix sanded pastel paper, 19" x 12".https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_4104.jpgIMG_4104Chama River- this is the beginning of the painting, with the thumbnail enlarged (with the help of a little graphing) onto a bigger sheet of Colorfix pastel paper, Royal Blue. Next step: add pastel.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/chamariverstudy.jpgChamaRiverStudyChama River, another view. This is my thumbnail, drawn very quickly first thing on setting things up. 4" x 6 1/2" in sketchbook.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/janetpalin.jpgJanetPalinJanet Palin, working her magic. Chama River overlook, Abiquiu, NM.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/chamariverfields.jpgChamaRiverFieldsDone. Chama River winding through the mesas and cliffs of Abiquiu, fall cottonwoods, and way in back, lush irrigated farm fields growing who knows what.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_41381.jpgIMG_4138Chama River panorama, being drawn in pastels. 27" x 19https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/chimneyrock.jpgChimneyRockChimney Rock. As far as I know, no connection. Watercolor over pencil, 5 1/2" x 61/2, sketchbook.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/kitchenmesa.jpgKitchenMesaKitchen Mesa, located, behind the Ghost Ranch kitchen. Watercolor over pencil, 6 1/2" x 5", in Stillman & Birn sketchbookhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/kitchenmesaphoto.jpgKitchenMesaphoto2013-02-01T19:42:44+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2013/01/25/friday-figures-pencil-gestures-and-an-oil-sketch/2013-02-09T14:18:24+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2013/01/18/friday-figures/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/amina13.jpgStretch6B pencil on Stillman & Birn Alpha Series hardbound 8.5" x 11" sketchbookhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/amina12.jpgTwist6B pencil on Stillman & Birn Alpha Series hardbound 8.5" x 11" sketchbookhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/amina14.jpgBow6B pencil on Stillman & Birn Alpha Series hardbound 8.5" x 11" sketchbook2013-01-25T19:15:37+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2013/01/15/cat-and-mouse-catch-the-gesture-in-figure-drawing/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/shelbycharcoalduo1.jpgCharcoalDuoThis one's in charcoal, two poses on one sheet of paper. Charcoal drawing is more like painting- I use the edge of the stick and drag it sideways to get shading, and straight down to get line. Doesn't this look like two friends at the beach? https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/shelby21.jpgYogahttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/amina11.jpgReposehttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/shelby1.jpgTwisthttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/shelby4.jpgShelby4Live model, four minute pose: artist's recipe for excitement or possible meltdown2022-06-12T00:10:56+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2013/01/01/the-fine-art-of-science/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/foggypelicans21.jpgFoggy Pelicans, Florida Panhandle12/16/12 Fogbound, warm morning. Their forms are vague and misty, but with binoculars it’s possible to watch the bonaparte’s gulls, foster’s terns and big clunky pelicans fishing. The pelicans flap slowly and fold in half for a dive. They sit on the surface and sort out their pouches, attracting hovering laughing gulls looking for spillage. The pelicans are superb; they drop from heights, spear-like, bill-first, bob up and tip back to swallow. They fall like meteors and take off again like heavily loaded cargo planes. A few flaps and they are erased by mist.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_4185.jpgIn the field, with mossAt HJ Andrews Experimental Forest in Oregon, August 2012https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/graytonbeach2-2.jpgGraytonBeach2.2Grayton State Beach coastal dune lake habitat near Pensacoloa, Florida. Watercolor over pencil.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/winterwren.jpgWinter Wren, Logging Ina decaying Douglas fir log in an Oregon forest feeds millions. Mostly very small things. 2013-02-03T19:47:10+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2011/12/27/the-best-of-2011-a-motmots-view/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/img_1677.jpgIMG_1677Your carriage is waiting, Ma'am. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/rogersoutbuilding.jpgRogersOutbuildingFoundation of a farm outbuilding, possibly an ice-house.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/porcupine.jpgPorcupinehttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/bobolinks4.jpgbobolinks4Bobolinks bubbling over in the meadow.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/oxreddevonsturbridge.jpgOxRedDevonSturbridgeHandsome Henry the Red Devon Ox, Old Sturbridge Villagehttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/img_1968.jpgIMG_1968Graphic demonstration of the slow power of nature: same spot, 121 years apart. From farm to forest.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/oxbelchertown2craig1.jpgOxBelchertown2CraigCraig the Chianina Ox, resting up for the Belchertown Oxen Pull, Belchertown Fair.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/syllabubfromthecowamsim1796.jpgSyllabubFromTheCowAmSim1796This has to be good: it's so darn old.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/fiddlergalway.jpgFiddlerGalwayhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/blackheadedgulls.jpgBlackheadedGullsBlack-headed gulls on the mudflats of the River Corrib, Galway.2012-07-08T04:13:06+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2011/11/20/binoculars-bugspray-sketchbook/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/325332_10150950137005157_660920156_21776768_1583261975_o.jpg325332_10150950137005157_660920156_21776768_1583261975_oAltoids in action at Santa Ana NWR, Rio Grande Valley, TX. Trying to nail down a green jay at the visitor center's busy feeders. Photo by Amy K. Hooper/WildBirdmagazine.com https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/photo-on-2011-11-20-at-14-58.jpgPhoto on 2011-11-20 at 14.58Yes, please- I'll have the burnt sienna.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/photo-on-2011-11-20-at-15-00.jpgPhoto on 2011-11-20 at 15.00Mint?https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/leastgrebes.jpgLeastGrebesIn five days I saw 125 species- not bad for a sketch-birder- and 21 were lifers, including these frickin' adorable least grebes on an oxbow at Sabal Palm Reserve near Brownsville, TX. Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/kiskadees.jpgKiskadeesWho doesn't love a kiskadee? The one at the bottom was heading into the wind, lengthwise on an oak branch. It looked like it was surfing.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/greenjay.jpgGreenjayThe facial pattern on the green jay is amazingly hard to sort out in the field. It's likely meant to break up the outline of the bird- it doesn't make a whole lot of sense in terms of the feather tracts or facial anatomy. Go figure.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/redcrownedredlored.jpgRedCrownedRedLoredrA side-by-side comparison of two similar species- Red-crowned and Red-lored parrots, Harlingen, TX. Fabulous flocks at sunset, flying around the neighborhoods and raising a lovely ruckus.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/mixedflock1.jpgMixedflock1A fast-moving mixed flock put the field-sketcher at risk of a meltdown, but at least there was some chance of sorting them out later at leisure. A more experienced birder was able to not only verify the Lefresnaye's piculet from my drawing, but tell me how to pronounce its name. Drawn in northern Peru.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/redcrowned-loredparrots.jpgRedCrowned-LoredParrotshttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/caracarapage1.jpgcaracarapageLittle sketches can be done quickly; your field notes fill in the details.2013-01-17T22:32:26+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/rio-grande-valley-birding-festival-2011/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/chachapaurauque.jpgChachaPaurauquechachalaca and paurauquehttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/chachaincas.jpgChachaIncaschachalaca and inca doveshttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/greenjayheadstudy.jpggreenjayheadstudygreen jay head studyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/ladderback-dunlin.jpgLadderback-dunlinladderback woodpecker, dunlinhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/leastgrebes1.jpgLeastGrebesleast grebeshttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/longbilledcurlew.jpgLongbilledcurlewlong-billed curlewhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/northernwaterthrush.jpgNorthernwaterthrushhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/raptorshow.jpgRaptorshowRaptor show in convention centerhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/vermillion-javalina.jpgvermillion-javalinavermillion flycatcher and javalinahttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/greenparakeets.jpgGreenParakeetsgreen parakeets on Walmart roof2011-11-20T21:34:45+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/2011/10/23/the-artist-emerges/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/nelsoncidermill31.jpgNelsonCiderMill3Water-powered cider mill dam on Nelson's Brook, Petersham. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/porcupine.jpgPorcupineI suppose I've been a little prickly...https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/poorfarmbarn1a1.jpgPoor Farm Barn FoundationLight beams through the trees growing around and through the Petersham Poor Farm barn foundation.2012-09-12T01:15:09+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/new-england-sketchbook-2011/sketches-more-sketches/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/oxreddevonsturbridge.jpgOxRedDevonSturbridgehttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/oxbelchertown2craig.jpgOxBelchertown2Craighttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/oxbelchertown1.jpgOxBelchertown1https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/oldenglishbantam.jpgOldEnglishBantamhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/mfaviewingmonethay2.jpgMFAViewingMonetHay2https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/mfaviewingmonethay.jpgMFAViewingMonetHayhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/cidermillsturbridgevillage.jpegCiderMillSturbridgeVillage2012-02-06T18:01:57+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/2011/06/25/drawing-at-the-edge-of-history/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/neguslilacs.jpgNeguslilacsThe Negus lilacs, right beside what would have been the front door. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/negusceller1.jpgNegusCeller1Drawing a corner of the Negus cellar hole; I'm perched on the crumbling mound of the old chimney-stack to draw it.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/wolfpinea.jpgWolfPineaPasture Pine, aka "Wolf Pine", a dead giveaway that this piece of forest was once a pasture.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/negus3.jpgNegus3Drawing at the edge of history. A house built around 1737, abandoned around 1815. Four generations lived, farmed, and died here.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/img_1807.jpgIMG_1807The Negus house, built around 1737, lost and found in the Petersham woods.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/img_1858.jpgIMG_1858The Negus family's cellar hole, Petersham, Massachusetts. It was built around 1737-38. You can barely see it for all the overgrowth. 2011-09-01T15:41:40+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2011/06/08/birds-and-boulders-new-drawings/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/quarrythrush3-2.jpgQuarryThrush3.2Same spot, three years ago, a little earlier in the spring.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/img_1695.jpgIMG_1695The drawing, graphite and pastel on Rives BFK, as usual.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/img_1696.jpgIMG_1696Single-boulder quarry, circa 19th century sometime early, I'd guess. Harvard Forest.2011-06-15T15:38:27+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2007/02/02/5-steps-to-better-bird-drawing/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/egretgestures3.jpgSnowy Egret gesture drawingshttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/redcappedmanikinsmall.jpgRed capped Manikinhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/americangoldfinch.jpgAmerican Goldfinchhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/cardinalfacedsmall.jpgNorthern Cardinal https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/fruitpigeonsmall.jpgfruit pigeonhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/fruitpigeon.jpgfruit pigeonhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/yellowwarbler.jpgyellow warbler (dendroica petechia)https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/americangoldfinch.jpgAmerican Goldfinchhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/redcappedmanikins3.jpgred-capped manikinhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/egretgestures3.jpgSnowy Egrets2019-04-11T06:52:33+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/just-warblers/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/warblers7sm.jpgwarblers7smblack-throated green, parula and yellowthroat with song sparrowhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/warblers6sm.jpgWarblers6smchestnut-sided warblers and an ovenbirdhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/warblers2-2sm.jpgWarblers2.2smwarblers: black-throated blue, common yellowthroathttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/warblers1sm.jpgWarblers1smwarblers: chestnut sided, blackthroated green, yellow-rumpedhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/ovenbirdssm.jpgOvenbirdssmOvenbird, several viewshttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/ovenbird2sm.jpgovenbird2smOvenbirdhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/lwaterthrush3sm.jpgLWaterthrush3smLouisiana waterthrushhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/lwaterthrushsm.jpgLWaterthrushsmLouisiana waterthrushhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/lwaterthrush2sm.jpgLWaterthrush2smLouisiana waterthrushhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/chestswarbler3sm.jpgChestSwarbler3smChestnut-sided warbler2011-06-08T23:52:09+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/new-england-sketchbook-2011/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/woodthrush.jpgwoodthrushWood thrush, singinghttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/woodchuck.jpgWoodchuckHuffy woodchuckhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/greatcrestedflysm.jpgGreatCrestedFlysmGreat Crested Flycatcherhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/fernsunfurlingsm.jpgFernsUnfurlingsmFerns, unfurlinghttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/etowheessm.jpgETowheessmEastern Towheeshttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/etowhee3sm.jpgETowhee3smEastern Towheehttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/chipmunksm.jpgchipmunksmChipmunkhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/chickadeesm.jpgChickadeesmBlack-capped chickadeehttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/catbirdandchickadeesm.jpgCatbirdandChickadeesmGray catbird, black-capped chickadeehttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/bobolinks4sm.jpgbobolinks4smBobolink studies2020-06-14T20:50:06+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/2011/05/15/a-note-on-the-fly/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/uncurlingspring.jpgUncurlingSpringOn the banks of the brook. Drew this while waiting for more warblers.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/bobolinks.jpgBobolinksBobolinks are back- and they're great to draw- they repeat their sky dance over and over, sometimes landing in or near the same place in the grass. If you can stop laughing at their crazy song and dance, you can get a lot of sketches.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/warblersongsparrow.jpgWarblerSongsparrowWonderous warblers at a smallish, moss-lined brook nearby, skirting ferns and marsh marigolds as they bathe and drink.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/riversidepleinair.jpgRiversidePleinAirDrawing on the East Branch of the Swift River, Petershamhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/chestnutsided5-9-11.jpgChestnutSided5-9-11I hope they eat blackflies. Chestnut sided warblers competing for a small but productive spot of territory in a scrubby, marshy corner of Petersham.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/bugnet1.jpgBugnetNew England spring wardrobe- the thinly veiled look...https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/pleinair.jpgPleinAirhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/bugnet.jpgBugnet2011-09-09T16:23:31+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2011/04/22/earth-day-2011-trees-and-other-necessities/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/harvardforestsugarmaplelg.jpgHarvardForestSugarMapleLgSugar Maple at Harvard Forest. Graphite and pastel on paper.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/birchrootroyalston.jpgBirchRootRoyalstonScraping a twig, you can identify black birch by its fresh, minty scent. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/img_0584.jpgIMG_0584A local sugar shack boils maple sap down to syrup, releasing clouds of deliciousnesshttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/img_0581.jpgIMG_0581The wonderfulness of the sugar tree- what would a waffle be without it?https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/img_0764.jpgIMG_0764Understanding nature by getting it down on paper...drawing on site in the Quansoo preserve on Martha's Vineyard, last week.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/quansootree7a.jpgQuansooTree7AA twisted white oak on Martha's Vineyard: shaped by forces of wind and time.2011-10-24T02:14:28+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2011/04/11/a-story-set-in-stone/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/img_0655.jpgIMG_0655The abandoned tannery at Sanderson's Farm in Harvard Forest. The mill stone, when in operation, would have been vertically oriented.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/img_0665.jpgIMG_0665https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/img_0660.jpgIMG_0660https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/sunsetquarry.jpgSunsetQuarryA single-boulder quarry hidden in the Petersham woods.2011-04-12T11:04:48+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2011/03/25/new-england-hearth-warming/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/george-henry-durrie-american-artist-1820e280931863-gathering-wood-for-winter-1855.jpgGeorge Henry Durrie (American artist, 1820–1863) Gathering Wood for Winter 1855"Gathering Wood For Winter, 1855" by George Henry Durrie, American artist. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/neighbors3.jpgNeighborshttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/neighbors2.jpgNeighborshttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/neighbors1.jpgNeighborshttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/neighbors.jpgNeighborshttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/higgiehouseback.jpgHiggieHouseBackHigginson, aka Higgie House, seen from the woods out back. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/img_0422.jpgIMG_0422Higginson House, seen from the woods behind.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/photo3.jpgphoto(3)Morning light, Petersham. This is the view from the west side of Higginson House.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/higgiehouse.jpgHiggieHouseOur New England home away from home...2017-03-24T14:16:57+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2011/03/06/returning-to-the-source/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/img_0423.jpgIMG_0423https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/img_9097.jpgIMG_90972011-05-13T07:59:33+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/odd-little-drawings/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/zebra.jpgZebrahttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/westernswing2.jpgWesternSwing2https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/tea-time.jpgTea Timehttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/steer-head.jpgSteer Headhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/sittingkitty.jpgSittingKittyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/sandwichboard-boy.jpgSandwichboard Boyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/luau-ladies.jpgLuau Ladieshttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/horsemanship.jpgHorsemanshiphttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/hawk.jpgHawkhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/hank-junior.jpgHank Junior2014-12-16T22:52:16+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/2011/02/27/poodles-on-the-roof/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/caciquepalms1.jpgCaciquePalms"I've Heard That Song Before"; yellow rumped caciques, acrylic and graphite on birch panel, 60" x 48"https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/img_0137.jpgIMG_0137It's finished! The big painting came in for a landing. Here it's being shot by photographer Konrad Eek, in my basement. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/poodlesontheroof2.jpgPoodlesOnTheRoof2Sometimes, there's no need for any explanation. It just is.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/poodlesontheroof1.jpgPoodlesontheroof1Sometimes, there's no need for any explanation. It just is.2011-03-21T21:24:38+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/north-american-bird-sketches/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/tundraswan.jpgTundraSwanhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/trumpeterswansnorman.jpgTrumpeterSwansNormanhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/sapsucker.jpgSapsuckerhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/ruddyduckfemale.jpgRuddyDuckFemalehttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/robinhead.jpgRobinHeadhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/redbelliedpreening.jpgRedbelliedPreeninghttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/pinewarblersketch2.jpgPineWarblerSketch2https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/mississippikitemorning.jpgMississippiKiteMorninghttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/mississippikite.jpgmississippikitehttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/junco2.jpgJunco22020-04-11T03:30:04+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/in-panama-drawing-a-tree/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/lianatreeback.jpgLianaTreeBackThis is the finished product...2012-07-23T22:52:28+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/sketching-videos/2011-02-28T16:02:10+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/sketches-of-italy/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/waiting-at-heathrow.jpgWaiting at HeathrowWaiting at Heathrowhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/sixwingedbabyhead.jpgsixwingedbabyheadSix winged cherubim, Florencehttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/sistinelibica.jpgSistineLibicaSistine Chapelhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/sistinejonah.jpgSistineJonahSistine Chapelhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/sistinedaniel1.jpgSistineDanielSistine Chapelhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/pietastpeters.jpgPietaStPeter'sPieta, St Peter'shttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/fountainpantheon1.jpgfountainPantheonFountain by the Pantheonhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/fountainincafe.jpgfountainInCafeCafe break, Romehttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/food-and-wine.jpgfood and wineStill life with snacks, Florencehttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/fireplacedetailflorence.jpgfireplacedetailflorenceFireplace detail, Florence2021-04-28T14:50:57+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/southwestern-sketches/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/taosfireplace.jpgTaosFireplaceTaos, New Mexicohttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/taos-street.jpgTaos StreetTaos, New Mexicohttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/santafesecretgarden.jpgSantaFeSecretGardenSanta Fe, New Mexicohttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/santaferaven.jpgSantaFeRavenSanta Fe, New Mexicohttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/santafecowgirldinner.jpgSantaFeCowgirlDinnerSanta Fe, New Mexicohttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/santafechiliroasting.jpgSantaFeChiliRoastingSanta Fe, New Mexicohttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/santafecasitaskull.jpgSantaFeCasitaSkullSanta Fe, New Mexicohttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/quartzmountain4.jpgQuartzMountain4Quartz Mountain, Oklahomahttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/quartzmountain2.jpgQuartzMountain2Quartz Mountain, Oklahomahttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/elkmtnwichitas.jpgElkMtnWichitasElk Mountain, Wichita Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma2011-02-26T00:43:37+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/plein-air-pen-and-ink-drawings/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/bromelliadpenandink.jpgbromelliadpenandinkPeruvian Amazon, canopy bromelliad, drawn from canopy walkway ACTS field stationhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/laselvabromelliads2003.jpgLaSelvaBromelliads2003La Selva, Costa Rica, bromelliadshttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/bciyinandyang2005.jpgBCIYinAndYang2005Barro Colorado Island, Panama, white trunk against dark backgroundhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/bciupperlabcecropias1998.jpgBCIUpperLabCecropias1998Barro Colorado Island, Panama, cecropia treehttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/bciunderstory2001.jpgBCIUnderstory2001Barro Colorado Island, Panama, understory scene with hummingbirdhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/bcitipupwheelerone2005.jpgBCITipUpWheelerOne2005https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/bcitangledtree.jpgBCITangledTreehttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/bcishannontrail2001.jpgBCIShannonTrail2001https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/bcishannonstrangler2001.jpgBCIShannonStrangler2001https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/bciscaffoldingcanopytree.jpgBCIScaffoldingCanopyTree2022-02-05T15:00:20+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/australia-sketchbook/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/scrubfowl.jpgScrubfowlhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/rainbowlorikeets.jpgRainbowLorikeetshttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/rainbowlorikeet2.jpgRainbowLorikeet2https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/pacificblackduck.jpgPacificBlackDuckhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/pacificbaza.jpgPacificBazahttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/noisyfriarbird.jpgNoisyFriarbirdhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/maskedlapwing.jpgMaskedLapwinghttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/lovelyfairywren.jpgLovelyFairywrenhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/kookaburras2.jpgKookaburras2https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/kookaburras.jpgKookaburras2021-10-09T01:58:25+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/amazon-sketchbook-2008-09/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/whitefrontnunbirdssmall.jpgwhitefrontnunbirdssmallhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/whitebeardedmanakinsmall.jpgWhitebeardedManakinsmallhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/violaceoustrogonsmall.jpgViolaceousTrogonsmallhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/specowl1small.jpgSpecOwl1smallhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/sootyanbirdssmall.jpgSootyAnbirdssmallhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/oropendolanestsmall.jpgOropendolaNestsmallhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/oropendoladisplay1small.jpgOropendolaDisplay1smallhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/mbaracarissmall.jpgMBAracarissmallhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/mantisoctopustreesmall.jpgMantisOctopusTreesmallhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/lianadrawingsmall.jpgLianaDrawingsmall2011-02-25T23:51:36+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/plein-air-new-england-2008/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/marthastree.jpgMartha'sTreeWindblown oak on Martha's Vineyard. Graphite and pastel on paper, 7" x 11"https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/swordinthestone.jpgSwordInTheStone"Sword in the Stone" red maple, Petersham. Graphite and chalk on paper 7 1/2" x 12"https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/rockybrookpool2sm.jpgRockyBrookPool2smRocky brook pool, Petersham. Graphite and oil on paper, 10" x 11"https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/quarrythrushlargefile1.jpgQuarryThrushLargeFileSingle-boulder quarry/hermit thrush #2, Harvard Forest. Graphite and pastel on paper 22" x 15"https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/quarrythrush1.jpgQuarryThrush1Single-boulder quarry/hermit thrush #1, Harvard Forest. Graphite and pastel on paper 22" x 15"https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/overflow2.jpgOverflow2Overflow, Nelson's Brook, Harvard Forest. Graphite and pastel on paper, 22" x 15"https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/nelsonscascadesm.jpgNelsonsCascadeSmNelson Brook riffles, Harvard Forest. Graphite and pastel on paper, 17 1/2" x 12"https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/harvardforestsugarmaplesm.jpgHarvardForestSugarMaplesmSugar maple, Harvard Forest. Graphite and pastel on paper, 20" x 26"https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/glacialerraticmorninglight.jpgGlacialErraticMorningLightGlacial erratics, Harvard Forest. Graphite and pastel on paper, 11" x 12"https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/fernglen.jpgFernGlenFern Glen, Harvard Forest. Graphite on rice paper, 26" x 20"2011-02-25T23:31:09+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/tropical-rainforest-sounds/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/chbackantbirdsquirrel.jpgChBackAntbirdSquirrelChestnut-backed antbirds, recorded and sketched in Panama. The squirrel was there, too, an innocent bystander.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/keelbilledtoucans.jpgKeelbilledtoucansKeelbilled toucan calling: listen to the "warm-up" ratcheting at the start. There's a red-capped manakin displaying nearby. Listen for the snaps and buzzes. Recorded in Panama.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/greattinamouandchick.jpgGreatTinamouandChickGreat tinamou and chick, Panamahttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/duskytitimonkey.jpgDuskytitimonkeyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/img_3492.jpgIMG_34922023-06-15T15:04:35+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/plein-air-thetropics/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/astrocaryumparakts.jpgAstrocaryumParaktsFruiting Astrocaryum palm, Aratinga parakeets, Panama. Graphite and pastel on paperhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/trashbasketpalm.jpgTrashBasketPalmUnderstory palm collects leaf litter, Panama; graphite and pastel on paperhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/socrateanbuttresses.jpgSocrateaNButtressesRoot strategies in the rainforest, Panama; graphite and pastel on paperhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/palmedge.jpgPalmEdgePanama palm patch. Graphite and pastel on paperhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/oncidiumorchid.jpgOncidiumOrchidOncidium orchid, Panama. Graphite on paperhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/monsteramotmot1.jpgMonsteraMotmotRufous motmot and monstera vine; pastel and graphite on paperhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/groundlevel.jpgGroundLevelGround level scene, Panama. Graphite and pastel on paperhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/donato.jpgDonatoForest scene, Panama. Graphite and pastel on paperhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/cecropiasfoot.jpgCecropiasFootCecropia root and great tinamou, Panama. Graphite and pastel on paperhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/attila.jpgAttilaBright-rumped attila, Panama. Graphite and pastel on paper2011-02-25T20:00:19+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/new-england-sketchbook-2-critters-n-more/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/wildturkeyhatching.jpgWildTurkeyHatchingHatch day; wild turkeys in Harvard Foresthttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/wildturkeysforaging.jpgWildTurkeysForagingWild turkeys feeding in New Hampshire. Backyard birds up there, don't you know...https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/purplemartins1.jpgPurpleMartinsPurple martins, sketched at Hamanassett State Park, CThttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/woodchuckcolor.jpgWoodchuckcolorThe woodchuck shows its furry self; Harvard Foresthttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/treeswallowstudies2.jpgTreeSwallowstudiesTree swallow studies, Harvard Foresthttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/commonyellowthroat.jpgCommonYellowthroatCommon yellowthroat, Petersham Commonshttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/bluewingedwarbler.jpgBluewingedwarblerBluewinged warbler, Petersham Commons (my lifer bluewinged)https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/yellowwarbler.jpgYellowWarblerYellow warbler, Petersham Commonhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/ruffedgrouse.jpgRuffedGrouseRuffed grouse hen, dust-bathing under my window, chicks nearbyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/bobolinkdisplay1.jpgBobolinkDisplay1Bobolinks displaying, Petersham Common2012-03-24T10:34:45+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/sketches-of-new-england/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/springfieldmemorialbridge.jpgSpringfieldMemorialBridgeSpringfield Memorial Bridge, Mass. Drawn from the hotel window where we were stranded for two days in the snow.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/bensonhousesnow.jpgBensonHouseSnowBenson House, built in the late 1700s, our home from March to August, 2008https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/bensonhousegarage.jpgBensonHouseGarageIn the snow, even a garage is pretty. Benson House, Harvard Foresthttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/rodinspsyche.jpgRodinsPsycheRodin's Psyche; drawn at the Boston Museum of Arthttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/bostonparkbridge.jpgBostonParkBridgeBoston Common, the bridge by the swanboats.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/troutlilies.jpgTroutLilieshttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/newharborboats.jpgNewHarborboatsBoats in New Harbor, Mainehttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/jackinthepulpit.jpgJackInThePulpitJack in the Pulpit, blooming in the leaf litter, Harvard Foresthttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/guisippeverdibustclark.jpgGuisippeVerdiBustClarkBust of Guisippe Verdi at the Clark Museum, Massachusettshttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/electiondaytownhall.jpgElectionDayTownHallTown Hall, Petersham, MA, on election day.2011-02-25T18:59:03+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/2011/02/25/updating-over-here-dont-mind-me/2011-02-27T02:40:59+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2011/02/20/the-ghosts-in-the-forest/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/doylescascadelargefile1.jpgDoylesCascadeLargeFileDoyle had the sweetest little waterfall on his land; I followed the stone wall downhill to find this scene tucked away in the woods.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/doylescascadelargefile.jpgDoylesCascadeLargeFileDoyle had the sweetest little waterfall out back; I followed a long stone wall down the hill from his house foundation and found this refreshing scene.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/rockwall.jpgRockWallOne of the stacked-stone walls running through the forest, up hills and down into valleys, seemingly at random. They once bounded pastures and croplands and now give shelter to critters that like the new forest.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/doylesfoundationsm.jpgDoylesFoundationSmThe foundation of Doyle's homestead, an abandoned site in Harvard Forest. Who was Doyle, and where did he go?https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/quarrythrushlargefile.jpgQuarryThrushLargeFileA single-boulder quarry sits alone in the Petersham woods; it's a repository of history and technical know-how.2011-05-31T23:22:22+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2011/02/06/just-getting-warmed-up-over-here/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/lutzwatercolor.jpgLutzwatercolorhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/img_0092.jpgIMG_0092https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/img_0076.jpgIMG_0076https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/img_0084.jpgIMG_0084https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/img_0096.jpgIMG_0096https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/cuttinginbackground.jpgCuttingInBackgroundhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/img_0102.jpgIMG_0102It's still big, but it's getting closer to being done.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/img_0091.jpgIMG_0091Gizmo keeps me company as I paint in my unheated basement studio; a noble act and awfully self-sacrificing for a heat-seeking cat.2011-02-11T11:36:42+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2011/01/30/when-big-is-better-or-just-really-nice-for-a-change/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/morecolorwashes.jpgMoreColorwasheshttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/firstcolorwash.jpgFirstColorWashhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/photo.jpgphotohttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/drawing.jpgDrawinghttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/palmedge.jpgPalmEdgehttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/caciques.jpgCaciquesYellow-rumped caciques, sketched in Peru. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/img_0053.jpgIMG_0053My projector set-up, vice-grips and bungee cords holding the image tray steady. This is a particularly good Okie approach to problem-solving.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/projection.jpgProjectionPalms and caciques, being projected onto a 5'x 4' panel.2011-02-01T22:17:59+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2011/01/23/recycling/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/amazonstranglersm.jpgAmazonStranglerSmNow it's an Amazon vegetation study...https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/blackbreastedpuffbirdcolor.jpgBlackbreastedPuffbirdcolorNew piece, pastel and graphite on prepared paper, and sold by JRB Art at the Elms Gallery in Oklahoma City.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/blackbreastedpuff.jpgBlackBreastedPuffA scan of the original drawing, lost to the twister.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/goldeneagle2010smaller.jpgGoldenEagle2010smallerGolden Eagle, after- same size, but with more oomph. No slicing necessary.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/golden-eagle.jpgGolden EagleGolden Eagle, before.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/amazonlongsm.jpgAmazonLongSmAfter the cut.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/thefledglingsmall.jpgTheFledglingsmallThis was recovered in moderately good shape- it measured 21"x27"- before I chopped it up.2011-02-15T22:46:07+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2011/01/05/happy-new-year-happy-new-home/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/stilllifetrdiningroom.jpgStillLifeTRDiningRoomStill Life, Dining Room, photo by Tim Ryan.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/canadagoose.jpgCanadagooseCanada goose, handsomely drifting on a local pond...https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/kingfisher.jpgKingfisherKingfisher. Painted at nearby Sutton Wilderness Park.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/yellowwarbler.jpgYellowwarblerYellow warbler, posed in ivy and trumpetvine. Watercolor, 6x9.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dscn0159.jpgDSCN0159Gizmo, the city cat.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dscn0270.jpgDSCN0270Good light and comfy reading chairs.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dscn0266.jpgDSCN0266Home, Sweet Homehttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/img_0828.jpgIMG_0828https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/img_1241.jpgIMG_1241Our little bungalow for two, picket fence and all.2011-01-19T07:53:26+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2010/08/06/nature-is-a-moody-muse/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/img_0754.jpgIMG_0754Eighty some-odd sketchbooks, spread out to dryhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/img_0861.jpgIMG_0861A hairdryer was helpful.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/img_0926.jpgIMG_0926What I drew: the last tree standing. Is it my imagination, or is it waving goodbye, or maybe saying, "That's all, Folks"?https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/dkdrawing2.jpgDKDrawing2Drawing in the ruins, looking for beauty or resolution, not sure which. Could only manage to try this once. Photo by Timothy Ryan.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/dktm10_10.jpgDKTM10_10Drawing in the ruins: I only did this once- much too painful to try it again. Photo by Timothy Ryan.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/img_0937.jpgIMG_0937An ill-fated harpy eagle pastel. May be possible to fix it. Maybe I'll just do a new one. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/img_0740-e1281103480850.jpgIMG_0740This painting was wrapped around a tree and crushed by most of a kitchen. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/img_0760.jpgIMG_0760Sketchbooks, spread out to dry.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/img_0757.jpgIMG_0757Sketchbooks spread out to dry. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/img_0753.jpgIMG_0753The moment: I swear I heard angels singing when the cache of sketchbooks were found. The roof was chainsawed and peeled back, and there they were.2011-01-16T13:48:00+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2010/07/03/tornado-chronicles-continued-the-stuff-we-lost-the-stuff-we-found/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/img_0425.jpgIMG_0425Recovered in fine shape: a 1929 Gibson Mastertone. You'd weep, too.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/img_0731.jpgIMG_0731A 30-year old guitar bites the dust. The soundhole is filled with tornado grit and fiberglass insulation.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/img_0604.jpgIMG_0604Drying out the photo albums means reliving the past as you rescue it. Every picture takes on a new significance.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/img_0502.jpgIMG_0502Old photos are especially precious. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/img_0573.jpgIMG_0573This was what was on my nightstand; hadn't even finished reading it.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/img_0515.jpgIMG_0515We found the bed-Good thing we weren't in it at the time.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/img_0770.jpgBluecrowned Motmot watercolorMy first motmot painting, circa early 80s, more than a little worse for wear...2010-08-01T14:23:20+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2010/06/04/anatomy-of-a-tornado/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/img_0496.jpgIMG_0496My garden, after. Trying to rescue survivor fish.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/img_0736.jpgIMG_0736https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/img_0564.jpgIMG_0564https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/avhrr_vol_ir_20100510_2232_large.pngAVHRR_VOL_IR_20100510_2232_largeA large-scale IR view on May 10, 2010 at 5:32 PM CDT showing the cluster of very cold IR cloud top temperatures (as cold as -84 C, purple enhancement) that a short time earlier was likely associated with the reports of a couple of tornadoes and hail of 4.00 and 3.75-inch in diameter in the Norman and Tinker AFB areas. Image credit: NWS Norman/CIMSShttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/img_0698.jpgIMG_0698gas nozzle on the ground next to it.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/img_0697.jpgIMG_0697Out in our woods: a truck and part of the filling station where it was being gassed up, hurled from about a mile away. No one was in it at the time.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/img_0256.jpgIMG_0256The one that got us. Photo by Bob Johns, taken from Highway 9 and 168th, looking west.2010-11-16T23:23:06+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2010/05/22/love-sweat-and-helping-hands/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/img_0416.jpgIMG_0416Mike locates his home office, which was not where he'd left it. It had moved several feet to the south.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/img_0461.jpgIMG_0461Bill Matthews, aquatic ecologist and Academic Chair of OU's Zoology Department, wielding a mean chainsaw.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/img_0446.jpgIMG_0446The wise and wonderous Becky Way.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/img_04341.jpgIMG_0434My studio, fallen onto the bedroom below. The flat file at the upper left was full of drawings which are now drying out in our friend's garage.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/img_0403.jpgIMG_0403At the Little Axe School shelter. Gizmo is wrapped in a bath towel that I found hanging on a branch, a lucky find. I had forgotten to put the cat carrier in the storm shelter. Oops.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/img_0650.jpgIMG_06502010-08-01T16:16:25+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2010/05/18/a-most-unearthly-sound/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/img_0688.jpgIMG_0688Every tree is flattened in the path of the tornado.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/img_0679.jpgIMG_0679https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/img_0063.jpgIMG_0063https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/img_0434.jpgIMG_0434the west wall blew outwards, exposing my studio. You can see the side of the wooden flatfile in the upper left.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/img_0396.jpgIMG_0396Our home, in shambles. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/img_0395.jpgIMG_0395The backside of the storm, moments after it rolled over us. The forest is flattened and filled with debris in a wide swath. The red stripe is paint from a can that was sitting on the floor of the garage, right before it blew away. A part of the debris field is our garage.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/img_0521.jpgIMG_05212010-06-21T19:21:36+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2010/05/13/surviving-the-storm/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/img_0410.jpgIMG_0410It was being recalled anyway.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/img_0399.jpgIMG_0399A small bit of my artwork, what's left of it. Almost everything else is either blown away, or buried.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/img_03941.jpgIMG_0394This is what greeted us when we crawled up from underground.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/img_0394.jpgIMG_0394Our house, post tornado. Nothing left standing.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/img_0467.jpgIMG_0467This is why we survived- in our garage-floor shelter. 2011-02-02T16:42:46+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2010/05/04/sharing-spring/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/img_0281.jpgIMG_0281https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/buntings.jpgBuntingsPicture of the day: lazuli and painted bunting, outside my studio window.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/img_0158.jpgIMG_0158Amsonia flowers from the Wichitashttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/morels.jpgMorels2010-05-20T16:36:10+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2010/01/31/how-you-too-can-take-unfair-advantage-of-cold-hungry-birds/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/angelfoodpatiotable.jpgAngelfoodPatiotableLooks like angelfood cake and should have a few candles, shouldn't it?https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/redwingblackbirdsnowday.jpgRedwingBlackbirdSnowdayRed winged blackbirds relax after filling up on scads of seeds.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/winterbirdspinewarbler.jpgWinterbirdsPineWarblerPine warbler male, chowing down on suet. It's his third winter in a row here at Chez Motmot.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/cardinalsnowday.jpgCardinalSnowdayHow to get that glowing red on a cardinal? vermillion hue- my new must-have color.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/deeroutthewindow2.jpgDeerOutthewindow2Deer looking for possible green stuff and spilled birdseed. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/icestormbranches.jpgIceStormbranchesDeadly beautiful ice storm; the trees bow humbly to their cold winter master.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/blackbirdsfeeding.jpgBlackbirdsFeedingRed-winged blackbirds making short work of bird seed. Might as well draw the little beggars.2010-03-11T21:38:39+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2010/01/21/minor-literary-digression/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/parkerviews.jpgParkerViews2010-02-07T03:48:09+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2010/01/04/cold-with-chance-of-birds/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/trumpetersinnorman.jpgTrumpetersInNormanTrumpeter swans grace the Oklahoma waters. Drawn today in Norman.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/robinhead.jpgRobinHeadAmerican Robin head study.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/sapsuckersmall.jpgSapsuckersmallYellow-bellied sapsucker squeaks like a mini-red-shouldered hawk, but in a happy way.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/junco2.jpgJunco2Dark-eyed juncos face the freezing cold with confidence, lord knows why.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/trumpeterswansfeeding.jpgTrumpeterSwansFeedingHeads down and bottoms up, Trumpeter swans are magnificent even when awkward. They have much to teach us.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/trumpeterswansnorman.jpgTrumpeterSwansNormanElegant Trumpeter Swans grace the Oklahoma waters. 2010-05-10T18:45:03+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2009/12/31/night-the-jungle-and-you/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/antpitta.jpgAntpittaOchre-striped antpitta, all legs and no tail. Seen at dusk, ACTS field station, Peru.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/ruddyquaildove.jpgRuddyQuailDoveMy first bird drawing of 2009- Ruddy Quail Dove. Happy New Year!https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/nightintheamazon.jpgNightInTheAmazonResearch in a lamplit jungle field station. Left to right: Natalie Clay, Mike Kaspari, Steve Yanoviakhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/sleepingbird.jpgSleeping FlycatcherSleeping birds in the forest could be caught in the headlamp's beam.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/spinydevil.jpgSpiny Devil, Amazonhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/torchlight.jpgTorchlightOne year ago today in the Amazon rainforest.2011-02-01T00:19:40+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2009/12/11/happy-chanukah-yall/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/coyote-ring.jpgcoyote ringhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/riderelkframe.jpgRiderElkFramehttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/8inchplatefinalflat.jpg8InchPlateFinalFlathttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/smallcoffeecupfrontart.jpgSmallCoffeeCupFrontArthttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/creamerbackart.jpgCreamerBackArthttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/westernswing2.jpgWesternSwing2https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/cowboy-kid.jpgCowboy Kid2009-12-27T16:51:40+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2009/12/08/let-me-read-you-some-of-my-poetry/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/quantum-leaping2.jpgQuantum Leaping22010-04-04T00:43:52+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2009/11/11/why-i-never-write/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/santaferaven.jpgSantaFeRavenhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/santafecowgirldinner.jpgSantaFeCowgirlDinnerhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/santafechamisa.jpgSantaFeChamisaFall colors of New Mexico: chamisa in bloomhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/santafesecretgarden.jpgSantaFeSecretGardenOur sweet little Casita in Santa Fe.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/santafechiliroasting.jpgSantaFeChiliRoastingChili Roaster at Santa Fe Farmer's Markethttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/bandeliercliffdwelling.jpgBandelierCliffDwellingThe view from a cliff dwelling, Bandelier National Monumenthttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/santafecasita.jpgSantaFeCasitaOur little getaway in Santa Fe2009-12-07T22:22:08+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2009/11/04/exhibit-reviewed/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/littlekid.jpgKids like it, too! Drawing the Motmot at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History in Norman, Oklahoma2009-11-26T22:27:19+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2009/10/19/not-your-aunt-matildas-life-drawing/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/drsketchys10.jpgDrSketchys10Exhausted models sprawl; 20 minute pose.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/drsketchys9.jpgDrSketchys9A quiet moment on the leopard print couch. Models confide, or conspire? 20 minute pose.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/drsketchys7.jpgDrSketchys7Dr. Frank N Furter tussles with lovely assistant in a tutu. 5 minute pose.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/drsketchys3.jpgDrSketchys3Naughty bell-hop. She had hot-pink hair and sparkly lips. 1 minute pose.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/drsketchys4.jpgDrSketchys4Dr. Frank N Furter, drawn in lipstick at Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School. This is after he took off his lab coat. 2 minute pose.2009-11-12T15:27:37+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2009/09/21/the-other-side-of-the-canal/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/summitponds2.jpgSummitPonds2Sketched at the Summit Ponds, Gamboa.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/orangechinparafinal.jpgOrangeChinParaFinal"Canal Zone- Orange-chinned parakeets on mangos" Graphite and pastel on paper, 16" x 20". From field sketches made from the balcony of a friend's house in Gamboa.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/gamboacashew.jpgGamboaCashewCashew nuts in a Gamboa garden. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/greenhoneycreeperwine.jpgGreenHoneycreeperWinehttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/canopytowerinterior.jpgcanopytowerinteriorCanopy Tower Lodge, interior view. Not your average lodge, nothing like you've ever seen. A remarkable place and wonderfully well-run and a huge treat for nature and bird-nuts like myself. And like you, I bet.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/canopytowerlodge.jpgCanopytowerlodgeThe Canopy Tower Lodge is an old canal zone radar station on the top of Semaphore Hill in Gamboa, converted into a delightful birder's lodge.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/greatpotoo.jpgGreatpotooMy life Great potoo, photographed through a scope set up by the Canopy Tower guides. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/boatbilledheron.jpgboatbilledheronBoat billed heron at the Summit Ponds, Gamboa. Carlos not only let me sketch through his scope but showed me digiscoping techniques. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/carlosshowusbirds.jpgCarlosshowusbirdsGreat guides at the Canopy Tower Lodge. Carlos could find anything, and knows every bird in the forest like an old friend. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/canopytowersunrise.jpgcanopytowersunriseEarly morning birding on the deck, with coffee in china cups. Good time and place to see the highest amount of activity. And the birds were pretty good, too.2010-01-12T03:06:34+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2009/09/17/panamas-big-tree-comes-to-oklahoma/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/bigtree1small.jpgBigTree1smallThirty feet wide at the base; Panama grows 'em big.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/hadleybigtreestrip.jpgHadleyBigTreeStripHadley Jerman, SNOMNH's graphic designer, beside a little slice of hugeness.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/bigtreeupwards.jpgBigTreeUpwardsCapuchin monkeys rove and leap high overhead as I step through loops of lianas dropping from the branches of the canopy giant. I once sat in a Ceiba’s crown on a limb as broad as a horse’s back. Far below me a troupe of these monkeys moved through lower trees, unaware of our switch in altitude. Barro Colorado Island, 2007https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/bigtreedrawing2.jpgBigTreeDrawing2This Ceiba pentandra emerges from the rest of the canopy, crown covering nearly half an acre. Colossal fins support the trunk where I sit and draw. In the holy circle of the buttressed roots, I commune with the gentle, mighty gods of nature. Barro Colorado Island, 2005https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/bigtreescale.jpgBigTreeScaleYours truly, for scale. All 5'2 3/4" of me.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/bigtreeunroll1.jpgBigTreeUnroll1Big action at SNOMNH- unrolling the test strip of the Big Tree. L to R: Frank Wick and Tom Luczycki, Exhibits Departmenthttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/bigtreesign.jpgBigTreeSignTrail marker on Barro Colorado Island- don't get lost!2009-10-19T12:23:11+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2009/09/14/wausau-its-all-a-warm-fuzzy-blur/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/quarrythrshwall.jpgQuarryThrshWallMy own piece, "19th Century Slab Quarry, Hermit Thrush" next to James Morgan's beautiful oil, "Patterns of Winter, Mallard". Also next to the bar, a favored spot. On the back wall: Cindy House's glorious pastel, "Late January Afternoon, Wild Turkey".https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/biagallery2.jpgBIAGallery2"Duel, Ring-necked pheasant", Simon Gudgeon; "Do-si-do With Your Partner, Sandwich Terns" Anne Senechal Faust; "Moon Lights, Least and royal tern", Chris Bacon (to the left); "Immature Bald Eagle", Robert Bateman (peeking out from the left of sculpture) https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/biagalleryview.jpgBIAGalleryViewBirds in Art Exhibit at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum. Sculpture in foreground: "Tundra Swan", Gene Reineking; "Alight, Roseate spoonbill", Krystaii Melaine2009-09-21T17:12:21+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2009/09/10/flying-off-to-wausau-fashion-forward/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/quarrythrush1rgb.jpgQuarryThrush1RGB19th Century Quarry with Hermit Thrush, 22" x 15" pastel and graphite on paper, drawn plein air in the Harvard Forest. Now on display in Birds in Art through November 152010-02-21T07:12:02+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2009/08/18/another-fine-finish/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/swallowtanagersmall.jpgSwallowtanagersmallDetail- Swallow tanager takes off into the Amazon air. This painting is a mashup of field sketches made while swaying in Peruvian treetops.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/canopylifefinalsmall.jpgCanopyLifeFinalsmallCanopy Life- mixed media on Rives BFK paper, 30"x39". 2009-08-27T12:41:59+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2009/08/09/freakish-color-phenomenon-you-be-the-judge/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/mauvepastel3.jpgMauvePastel3Now it's blue- same exact stick of pastel. Damndest thing I ever saw.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/mauvepastel2.jpgMauvePastel2Here it appears to shift into pink when applied over turquoise green.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/mauvepastel1.jpgMauvePastel1A nice mauve colored pastel, right?2009-08-27T12:44:35+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2009/08/02/a-new-work-in-progress/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/brom7.jpgBrom7Peachy-salmon last but not least.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/brom6.jpgBrom6Lift and angle, let the paint run where you want it to run.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/brom5.jpgBrom5captionhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/brom4.jpgBrom4captionhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/p10202321.jpgP1020232https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/brom3.jpgBrom3captionhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/brom1.jpgBrom1Art, ready to be hosed.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/p1020191.jpgP1020191A new work for my show, field sketches combined in the studio on a large sheet of paper 30" x 39"https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/p1020269.jpgP1020269I use a wide soft brush to guide the paint and lift excess.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/p1020265.jpgP1020265Last but not least, the salmon-peach. A nice warm color to contrast with the cools.2013-08-30T13:14:50+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2009/07/30/the-motmots-bold-new-look/2009-07-31T15:06:54+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2009/07/22/writing-the-motmot/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/birdsmore3.jpgBirdsmore3A drawerful of toucans; I felt like Daisy in the Great Gatesby: "https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/birds.jpgbirdsBird skins for the exhibithttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/fieldequipment3.jpgFieldEquipment3The fabulous field equipment! 2009-07-24T13:18:10+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2009/07/11/drawing-on-my-notes/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/amazonriver2small.jpgAmazonRiver2smallBoat ride on the Big River. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/bciupperlabcecropias1998.jpgBCIUpperLabCecropias1998Cecropia- your basic light gap pioneer tree. Barro Colorado Island, 1998https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/moleskine25sm.jpgMoleskine25smhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/drowsyhowlers.jpgDrowsyHowlersHowlers need their sleep, too. BCI September 2007https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/donatostepstree.jpgDonatoStepsTreeMonkeys watched over my shoulder as I drew this one. BCI 2007.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/moleskinemonkey.jpgmoleskinemonkeyA typical page from my notebook, BCI 20052010-11-05T20:43:38+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2009/06/22/oncidium-euphonia-and-physalaemus/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/tungarafrog.jpgTungaraFrogThe greenhouses on BCI are surrounded by water-filled moats to keep out leaf-cutter ants; they are used as mating grounds by tungara frogs (Physalaemus pustulosus) which called wonderfully (if not euphonically) for hours while I drew.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/euphoniacloseup.jpgEuphoniaCloseupCloseup detail, thick-billed euphoniahttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/ontheeaselorchid.jpgOnTheEaselOrchidDrawing on site in Panamahttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/euphoniaorchidfinished.jpgEuphoniaOrchidFinishedOncidium Orchid with Thick-billed Euphonia; 27" x 35" mixed media2009-06-23T13:52:11+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2009/06/14/dynamic-complexity-in-your-basic-jungle/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/tintedbackgrounddrying.jpgTintedBackgrounddryingBackground tone in place and dry, next step: pastel over the tone.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/graphiterepelswater.jpgGraphiteRepelsWaterIn places the graphite was heavy enough to resist the paint.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/granulation.jpgGranulationNice effect: the acrylic paint granulated beautifully on the Rives BFK.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/tiltndrip.jpgTiltnDripAngling the board let the paint migrate into interesting directions on the wetted paper.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/hosingdown.jpgHosingDownFun hot-weather activity: hosing down your artworkhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/euphoniaorchidcomp.jpgEuphoniaOrchidCompThis is the color map I did in Photoshop to guide me through the real deal.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/projection.jpgProjectionEnlarging the orchid drawing with a projector.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/orchidtree.jpgOrchidTreeIn the rainforest, visual riches grow on trees. This is a plein air drawing of a bright yellow orchid growing in a spray of blossoms and strappy leaves, mingled with vines, nearby shrubs and the leaves of its host tree. 2009-06-19T08:10:59+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2009/06/13/got-bad-weather-call-a-blogger/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/tornadowarning3.jpgTornadowarning3Here's where I finally climbed out of the hidey-hole. Cat was as relieved as I was. Tim finally got to go to bed.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/tornadowarning2.jpgtornadowarning2I like the part about the lady with the 747 landing on her roof.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/tornadowarning1.jpgtornado warning1This is from the weather blog at KOCO's website, a good source of information, if you happen to have internet in your storm shelter...2009-06-17T02:56:14+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2009/06/11/new-page-large-plein-air-drawings-from-panama/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/monstermotmotsmall1.jpgMonstera MotmotThis one was drawn while clinging for life up on a scaffold tower at about 75' in the air; not too bright of me, actually. I got the pencil part done up there and completed the work later, adding the flying motmot in the studio.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/monstermotmotsmall.jpgMonsterMotmotsmallhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/donatosmall.jpgDonato CreekThe drawing and the subject. I got the drawings about 80% done in the field and completed them later in the studio, where I could make color and value choices undistracted by reality.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/attilasetup.jpgAttila SetupThis is my setup for drawing plein air in the rainforest: a wooden folding easel, drawing board, drafting tape, a yogurt container to hold my pencil and sharpener, and plastic, lots of plastic.2009-06-12T14:00:39+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2009/05/28/farewell-my-lovely-island/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/lutzbigdrawing2.jpgLutzbigdrawing2My drawing. Not finished, but the monkeys were coming.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/pachycondyla.jpgPachycondylaA Pachycondyla ant waves bye-bye till we meet again.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/lutzvines.jpgLutzvinesThe subject.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/lutzbungee.jpgLutzbungeeSee? Safe as houses. A bungee wrapped around the pipe and hooked onto my belt loop. I could draw in perfect comfort.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/lutztowerworkspace.jpgLutztowerworkspaceA bit dizzying: my Lutz tower workspace. Everything held in place by bungee cords, including me.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/lutzbigdrawing.jpgLutzbigdrawingThis is how you get things done in the rainforest tower: bungee cords! The 18"x25" drawing board has a bungee attached at either end and hooked under the pipes. I drew standing up on the small platform. This is about 75 feet up. I was drawing a beautiful monstera vine on the trunk of a great tree.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/lutztop.jpgLutztopYours truly is a type of primate who enjoys the arboreal lifestyle.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/lutzsocks.jpgLutzsocksI find it's easier (and probably safer) to climb the metal scaffold in my stocking feet. Since algae tends to grow on metal and it can get a little slippery, bare or stockinged feet gives you the best grip for your money.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/lutzwatercolor.jpgLutzwatercolorThe view at the top of the tower on BCI, with watercolor. The purple blooming tree in the foreground (and the painting) is Dipteryx panamensis.2009-06-12T03:20:02+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/panama-jungle-sketches-page/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/leaffrog.jpgLeafFrogLeaf-mimic frog on Barro Colorado Island trail has asymetric spots to look more natural.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/harpybutterfly.jpgHarpyButterflya Heliconia butterfly, and a Harpy eagle. BCI and Gamboa, respectively.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/bcilagoonslothia.jpgBCILagoonSlothiaBCI Lagoon and a view of Slothia island, sketched from the BCI balcony, or "bar".https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/keelbilledtoucans.jpgKeelbilledtoucansKeel-billed toucans pose and croak from the canopy. BCI.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/harpy1.jpgHarpy1Harpy eagle waits out a downpour in a flight cage in Gamboa.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/miamivices.jpgMiamiVicesThe loooong wait in the Miami airport. Contrasts in wild life.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/morningbromelliad.jpgMorningBromelliadsunlight beaming through canopy plants. Note the spores on the back of the leaves.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/motmotscourting.jpgMotmotscourtingCourtship of the Rufous motmot, deep in the forest on BCI.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/puffbirdwoodcreeper.jpgPuffbirdwoodcreeperA whitewhiskered puffbird, and a plain brown woodcreeper. Drawn on BCI and in Gamboa, respectively.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/rcmanikins.jpgRCManikinsRedcapped manikins, male and female, male moonwalking. Second page: soaring raptors up above: double-toothed kite and hook-billed kite. BCI.2011-08-10T23:37:59+00:00weekly0.6https://drawingthemotmot.com/2009/06/04/sketchbook-from-panama/2009-06-09T12:32:46+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2009/05/24/the-view-from-the-field/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/brightrumpedattila.jpgBrightrumpedattilaThis is the "finished" drawing, with just a spot of yellow on the rump of the bird. 18" x 24" on toned Fabriano Ingres paper (not this yellow- that comes from bad lighting and camera work- sorry!)https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/attilainprogress.jpgAttilainprogressAs I drew, imagining the attila in place. Attilas were singing all around me during the drawing of this one.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/astrocariumpalmdrawing.jpgAstrocariumPalmdrawingAstrocaryum palm in full fruit. Nice juicy red growing in huge bunches, fed on by assorted monkeys and birds. I hear they taste like apricots.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/astrocariumdrawingstarted.jpgAstrocariumdrawingstartedAstrocaryum drawing in progress, drawn plein air. 18" x 24" Rives BFK.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/rainshower.jpgRainshowerFinally, the rain.2009-05-30T13:15:24+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2009/05/23/the-ant-man-bloggeth/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/bcisultrymike.jpgBCISultryMikeMike makes ant collecting look cool.2009-05-31T07:38:36+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2009/05/22/random-pages-from-my-sketchbook/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/rufmotmotsketch2.jpgRufMotmotsketch2Rufous motmot, carrying food. Nestlings to feed, perhaps? https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/puffbird.jpgPuffbirdWhitewhiskered puffbird sketched this morning over a cup of coffee.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/bbgrosbeak.jpgBBGrosbeakBlueblack Grosbeak attached to a heliconia stem up on a streamside trail; drawn yesterday.2009-05-23T23:06:28+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2009/05/21/more-drawings-from-the-panama-forest/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/rcmanikinsketch.jpgRCmanikinsketchRedcapped manikin male and female, the male moonwalking for her benefit.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/bcimoleskineantbirds.jpgBCIMoleskineAntbirdsChestnut-backed antbirds, sketched from the balcony of our room.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/antbirdssketch.jpgAntbirdssketchA festival of antbirds: checkerthroated antwren, spotted antbird, chestnut backed antbird and dot-winged antwren.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/ecitonburchellii.jpgEcitonburchelliiEciton burchelli, the army ant of the day.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/shannonpalmdrawing.jpgShannonPalmdrawingToday's drawing, plein air in the jungle.2009-05-22T12:38:30+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2009/05/20/look-out-below/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/tallforest.jpgTallforestTall and skinny is the tropical forest, punctuated by some buttressed and vine-covered goliath of a tree.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/branchfallart.jpgBranchfallArtA fallen branch creates a clearing in the forest; the light it admits to smaller trees more than makes up for the mess it makes. 18"x24" graphite and pastel on Rives BFK.2009-05-21T17:02:12+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2009/05/19/the-tinamous-mysterious-song/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/tinamoucloseup.jpgTinamoucloseupCloseup detail of great tinamou.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/tinamouart.jpgTinamouart18"x24" pastel and graphite on Rives BFK; the trunk of an elderly cecropia, with serendipitous tinamou.2009-05-20T23:21:56+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2009/05/18/more-good-fun-from-fantasy-er-science-island/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/lookingup.jpgLookingupThings are looking up from here! https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/toucansketch.jpgToucansketchOne of the toucan species on the island https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/palmsedgecolor.jpgPalmsEdgecolorYesterday's big drawing: palms at the edge of the forest.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/bcimoleskinemotmots.jpgBCIMoleskineMotmotsDrawing the Motmot: rufous motmots court in the forest. Big, handsome birds with wonderful voices.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/leafcutters.jpgLeafcuttersLeafcutter, aka Atta columbica, on their daily routine schlepping leaves to feed their fungus farms in their underground colony. 2009-05-21T23:21:50+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2009/05/17/greetings-from-science-island/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/blacklightingbci2.jpgBlacklightingBCI2Bag 'o Alates.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/blacklightingbci.jpgBlacklightingBCIIt's Tropical Biology! Blacklighting for bugs on BCI.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/greenshrikevireosketch.jpgGreenShrikevireosketchGreen Shrike-vireo sketched in Gamboa in the lovely tropical garden of our friends Allen and Sunshine, who have enjoyed visiting sloths and harpies including us.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/bciorchiddrawing.jpgBCIOrchidDrawingDrawing of a lovely orchid with long sprays of tiny yellow flowers. 18" x 24" on Rives BFK paper.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/cablecar.jpgCablecarBCI's antique cablecar pulls heavy stuff up a San Francisco-worthy hillside leading from the boat dock. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/barredantshrikesketch.jpgBarredantshrikesketchThe Bart Simpson of birds; wouldn't you know it I'd be finished with my antbird plate before seeing this cutie in the field. So it goes.2009-05-19T22:48:43+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2009/05/11/am-i-blue/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/indigoxlazulimaybe1.jpgIndigoxlazulimaybeSorry for the horrid picture quality, but this one shows the extent of the white belly.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/blogpaintedfemale.jpgblogpaintedfemaleHere's a female painted bunting: greenish overall. No wingbars. Hard to mistake her.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/blogindigofemale.jpgBlogIndigofemaleHere's an indigo female for comparison: lightly streaked upper breast, wingbars lighter and less distinct. Overall a browner bird. Sorry you can't see the face, though!https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/bloglbuntingfemale.jpgBlogLBuntingfemaleEven the females are lovely. Difference between lazuli and indigo females: the LB breast is unstreaked, the face is a fine gray, the wing coverts are more distinct and the upper tail and rump are blue-washed.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/bloglbunting4.jpgBlogLBunting4That peachy-rust breast and turquoise (oops, I mean lazuli blue) head contrasts nicely with the white belly and wing coverts.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/bluechairs.jpgBluechairsOkay, here's the theory: Lazuli buntings flying overhead see my brilliant deck chairs and mistake them for giant wooden lazuli buntings. Hey, from a few thousand feet up, what's the difference? Deck chairs= lazuli bunting decoys. They are a perfect match for color.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/hybridlximaybe.jpgHybridLXIMaybehttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/indigoxlazulimaybe.jpgIndigoxlazulimaybeYou can see the white belly a little better. Look how light the wing bars are- and the upper row is white-tipped.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/bloghybridlximaybe3.jpgBlogHybridLXIMaybe3Indigo x lazuli hybrid? https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/bloglbuntingflock1.jpgBlogLBuntingFlock1Find the buntings. I counted 8 males and four females, plus one weird one: in the lower righthand corner- a possible indigo x lazuli hybrid?2010-03-22T17:05:54+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2009/05/10/my-mother-the-artist/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/antlerbrancheslady.jpgAntlerBranchesLadyAntlers or branches? Daphne plays the fiddle. Detail from "Symphony on the Mountain" by Frances Spencerhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/detailcooljazz.jpgDetailCoolJazzThe cool section of the orchestra, with bighorn sheep. Don't you love the bass player?https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/detailcatdog.jpgDetailCatDogThe cat and dog section play in harmony; detail from "Symphony on the Mountain"https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/momsymphonyonthemountain.jpgMomSymphonyOnTheMountain"Symphony on the Mountain"; oil on canvas 24" x36" by Frances Spencerhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/mom.jpgMomContemplation and art at a Berkeley pub. My mother, Frances Spencer, conjures up strange visions and other worlds in her art.2011-08-28T02:01:41+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2009/04/30/the-mystique-of-great-spotted-cats/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/gizmosgoodreception1.jpggizmosgoodreception1Gizmo adjusts the satellite dish for better "All My Children" reception.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/bciscience.jpgbciscienceScience on the hoof: Mike does fieldwork on BCI.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/bcijaguar.jpgbcijaguarNew cat on the island: a jaguar.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/bcipanamacanalshipping.jpgbcipanamacanalshippingView of shipping traffic, seen from the bar.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/bcibar.jpgbcibarImportant research conducted over beer at the BCI bar.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/bciagoutissmall.jpgbciagoutissmallAgoutis: cute, tame, tasty (although I wouldn't know, personally).https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/gizmosgoodreception.jpggizmosgoodreceptionGizmo adjusts our satellite dish for better "All My Children" reception.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/bciocelotkitten.jpgbciocelotkittenAn ocelot kitten is caught by one of the infrared camera on Barro Colorado Island, Panama. Photo courtesy of Jackie Willis. 2009-05-04T02:42:49+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2009/04/22/some-of-my-favorite-places-on-earth/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/mygarden.jpgmygardenMy water garden, in better days.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/ledouxsttaos.jpgledouxsttaosLe Doux Street, Taos, New Mexicohttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/wildturkey.jpgwildturkeyWild turkey field sketch, New Hampshirehttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/amazonstranglerfigsmaller.jpgamazonstranglerfigsmallerStrangler fig, Peru. Graphite and pastel on Rives BFK, drawn plein air in the Amazon rainforest, Peru.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/skunkcabbage.jpgskunkcabbageSkunk Cabbage at Moccasin Brook, Petersham, Massachusettshttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/bci-laguna1998.jpgbci-laguna1998https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/abbottslagoonptreyes.jpgabbottslagoonptreyesAbbott's Lagoon, Point Reyes, Californiahttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/fullmoonfromtheairsmall.jpgfullmoonfromtheairsmallFull Moon, from 30,000 feet above Earth's surface.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/fall.jpgfallFall color in New Hampshirehttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/amazonriver2small.jpgamazonriver2smallAmazon River near Iquitos, Peru2009-04-23T11:53:12+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2009/04/20/the-fabulous-prairie-chicken-dance/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/lpc12009.jpglpc12009Lesser prairie chickens, drawn from a blind at their lek during the Lesser Prairie Chicken Festival in Woodward, Oklahoma.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/lpc52009.jpglpc52009Sketching from a blind is the way to go for skittish and utterly compelling birds like the Lesser prairie chicken.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/lpc320092.jpglpc320092Lesser Prairie Chickens, sketched from inside a blind at their lek at the Selman Ranch near Woodward, Oklahoma.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/lpc1people.jpglpc1peopleBirding under blue praire skies; Lesser Prairie Chicken Festival, Woodward, Oklahoma2009-05-03T02:53:57+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2009/04/15/la-stories/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/p1000086.jpgp1000086Azalea knot on the pond at the Getty. Mallard ducklings were in there, lost in the maze.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/p1000074.jpgp1000074Rebar trees with bougainvillea blossoms. I might try this at home.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/p1000051.jpgp1000051Bazillion dollar view from the Getty Museumhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/p1000106.jpgp1000106Roughly how I looked after all that good food and wine. Getty Museum.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/gettyvilla.jpggettyvillahttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/oakparkvalley.jpgoakparkvalleyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/paradisecove.jpgparadisecove2009-04-15T13:43:36+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2009/04/06/interviews-with-the-motmot/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/sandhillcranes41.jpgsandhillcranes41A family trip/sandhill crane outing in Nebraskahttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/sandhillcranes4.jpgsandhillcranes4https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/lesserprairie.jpglesserprairieGetting ready for Chickens!!https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/nightjarplateprogress2.jpgnightjarplateprogress2Detail, top to bottom: Common Pauraque, Rufous Nightjar, White-tailed Nightjar male and female, Short-tailed Nighthawk. Watercolor on Fabriano Soft-press 300lb. paper.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/nightjarplateprogress.jpgnightjarplateprogressNightjar (aka Goatsucker) plate for Birds of Trinidad and Tobago, in progress.2009-04-13T22:48:13+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2009/03/29/drawing-nebraskas-sandhill-cranes/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/sandhillcranes3.jpgsandhillcranes3Sandhill cranes at rest on the river.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/martinsreachne.jpgmartinsreachneA few quiet minutes at Martin's Reach, waiting for sunset.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/sandhillcranes5.jpgsandhillcranes5Drawn through the fieldscope: Sandhill cranes landing on the river; drinking; agressive posture at the bottom left.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/sandhillcranes2.jpgsandhillcranes2Sandhills working the cornstalks and stubblefields.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/sandhillcranes1.jpgsandhillcranes1Sandhills landing and taking off.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/sandhillcranes.jpgsandhillcranesSandhills working the dried cornstalks and stubble.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/platteriveroverview.jpgplatteriveroverviewPlatte River, Grand Island, Nebraska. Sandhill cranes coming in for the night. 2009-08-06T17:38:04+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2009/03/17/drawing-with-friends-at-the-museum/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/snomnhpawneebonnetdrum.jpgsnomnhpawneebonnetdrumThere's a wealth of art and artifacts on display at the Sam Noble, beautiful to see and to sketch.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/snomnhgreenheronstuffed.jpgsnomnhgreenheronstuffedA green heron poised over a plexiglass pond, about to strike the urethane fish.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/snomnhstuffeddeer.jpgsnomnhstuffeddeerThis is at the Sam Noble, eternally browsing.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/buck1.jpgbuck1Our backyard buck, keeping the lawn tidy.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/snomnhstuffedbison.jpgsnomnhstuffedbisonThe obvious advantage of drawing museum mounts is that they never move. Disadvantage: I imagine dusting can be onerous.2009-10-06T01:17:31+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2009/03/08/giant-ants-fiddle-players-and-other-wise-diversions/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/daroltulsasmall.jpgdaroltulsasmallRehearsal in Tulsa: Darol Anger and Philip Aaberg Concert2009-03-09T21:16:28+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2009/03/06/oklahomas-anti-evolution-house-resolution/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/canopylifebrom.jpgcanopylifebromthe complexity of tropical canopy life. Amazon rainforest, Peru.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/peninklutztree.jpgpeninklutztreeMy personal tangled bank; Panama tree drawn from life.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/img_37022.jpgimg_37022rainforest canopy life, Amazonhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/saturnidmoth2.jpgsaturnidmoth2Saturnid Moth, Amazonhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/charles_darwinsm.jpgcharles_darwinsmCharles Darwin2009-03-10T14:18:41+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2009/03/05/drawing-birds-from-paper-models/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/skulldiagram.jpgskulldiagramhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/wingtemplatesmall1.jpgwingtemplatesmall1Cut 'n fold, enjoy!https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/elasmohead.jpgelasmoheadNice teeth.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/nightjarmodel2.jpgnightjarmodel2a paper model of a nightjar to sketch from in creating a plate for Birds of Trinidad and Tobagohttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/wingtemplatesmall.jpgwingtemplatesmalla template for a bird wing- cut out and fold on dotted lines2010-02-10T00:02:15+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2009/02/24/chickens-come-home-roosting-nicely/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/lpcartworkfinal2small.jpglpcartworkfinal2small"Selman's Bluff" lesser prairie chickens, acrylic on board 16"x20"https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/lpcartworkfinalsmall.jpglpcartworkfinalsmall"Selman's Bluff" Acrylic on board, 16"x20"2009-03-03T06:33:16+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2009/02/21/out-on-the-lone-prairie-a-painting-comes-to-life/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/lpctissueoverlay.jpglpctissueoverlayA tissue overlay lets me work out the feather tracts and patterns.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/img_6107.jpgimg_6107Throat feathers of a male lesser prairie chicken.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/lpc1correction.jpglpc1correctionThis is a tissue overlay- I was having a little trouble with the patterns and feather tracts, and so went to sketch from skins today.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/thumbnailrough.jpgthumbnailroughOne of half-dozen thumbnail sketches made on site for the poster artwork for the Lesser Prairie Chicken Festival.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/lpcpaintingcolorrough.jpglpcpaintingcolorroughColor thumbnail rough; this measures 2 1/2"x3 1/2" and is painted very loosely in gouache on paper. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/img_6085.jpgimg_6085This morning at the Sam Noble Museum of Natural History's bird collection, where I drew from skins and mounts of lesser and greater prairie chickens.2010-03-02T18:20:58+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2009/02/19/shamelessly-adorable/2009-03-03T17:14:25+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2009/02/17/birdsong-identified/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/mixedflock1.jpgmixedflock1There are a couple of woodcreepers in here but not the elegant one.2009-02-22T20:46:40+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2009/02/12/celebrating-200-years-happy-darwin-day/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/duskytitimonkey1.jpgduskytitimonkey1Dusky Titi Monkey- a family group's dawn racket. This one posed for me on a branch in the forest.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/amazonstumpdrawingsmaller.jpgamazonstumpdrawingsmallerhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/bromelliadpenandink.jpgbromelliadpenandinkBromelliad in the canopy; drawn from a treetop perch in pen and ink.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/amazondawn1.jpgamazondawn1Sunrise over the Amazon forest, Peruhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/amazonbromelliadsmaller.jpgamazonbromelliadsmallerthe luxuriance of the tropical forest, layers of life and formhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/amazonbromelliad1.jpgamazonbromelliad1The luxuriance of the tropical rainforest, layers of life and form.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/amazonbromelliad.jpgamazonbromelliadThe luxuriance of the tropical forest- layers of life and form.2009-02-16T01:29:29+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2009/02/06/this-is-real-oklahoma/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/playayuccablog.jpgplayayuccablogWhere snowy plovers and least terns nest...https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/saltpatterns.jpgsaltpatternsPatterns of salt on sand, Cimarron River at Selman Ranchhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/oklahomasaltplayasmall.jpgoklahomasaltplayasmallThe white stuff on the beach is pure salt; it was blanketed with a thick crust. We took some home to grind up and cook with. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/oklahomasaltplaya2.jpgoklahomasaltplaya2The white stuff on the beach is pure salt; it was blanketed with a thick crust. We took some home to grind up and cook with. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/bluffs.jpgbluffshttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/sunriseredbluffssm.jpgsunriseredbluffssmSunrise on the Cimarron2022-07-28T05:32:11+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2009/02/01/owl-things-considered/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/img_5589.jpgimg_5589Barn owl contour feathers- the softness of a silent night flyer. Even the wing feathers are soft-edged to muffle their approach.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/img_5715.jpgimg_5715The big picture, on my easel.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/img_5717.jpgimg_5717Striped owl adult and juvenile, part of the larger plate. A work in progress.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/img_5593.jpgimg_5593Barn Owl facial disk edge. There are barn owls in Trinidad. Don't know if there are barns.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/img_5581.jpgimg_5581fearsome talons, tigers of the night.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/pygmy.jpgpygmyFerruginous Pygmy owls in watercolor, almost finished...https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/tropscreech.jpgtropscreechTropical screech owls and a piece of ferruginous pygmy in watercolor.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/obalogo082.gifobalogo0822009-02-08T14:42:29+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2009/01/28/mmmmmthats-good-grub/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/mysteriousriver.jpgmysteriousriverWhat strange dangers lurk in the heart of darkness?2015-11-27T13:13:41+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2009/01/25/mysterious-sounds-wondrous-sights-and-birds-birds-birds/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/lawrencesthrush.jpglawrencesthrushThe talented Lawrence's Thrush, singing a symphony.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/specowl1.jpgspecowl1Drawing this owl from life was a rare opportunity. That facial pattern is hard to figure out from photos (or skins, for that matter). Seeing it from every angle showed me how it was put together.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/caciques1.jpgcaciques1Yellow rumped caciques hung out with the oropendolas and competed for title of Most Ubiquitous and Noisy Bird in the Jungle.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/whitebeardedmanakin.jpgwhitebeardedmanakinWhile sketching vegetation in the understory, a white-bearded manakin popped in for a few moments. Listen to the sound file to hear what this bird sounds like when displaying on its lek.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/buffrumpedcoraya1.jpgbuffrumpedcoraya1A Buff-rumped warbler wags and bows streamside; it's joined by a Coraya wren.2009-02-17T02:50:45+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2009/01/23/the-treehouse-you-always-wanted/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/walkway2.jpgwalkway2If you don't mind all the swaying, the walkways offer some killer viewing opportunities.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/walkway8.jpgwalkway8Trees are the ultimate solar-collectors. From above you can see the way they arrange their leaves for most efficient exposure to sunlight.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/walkwaylizard.jpgwalkwaylizardAn arboreal lizard that ate ants and small insects from the branches of the canopy. At one point I looked up from my sketchbook to see I was surrounded by half a dozen of these; they wanted to eat my sweat bees.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/walkway7.jpgwalkway7Walking on air...https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/opaltanagers.jpgopaltanagersOpal-crowned and opal-rumped tanagers seen from above, foraging together in the canopyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/walkway6.jpgwalkway6The color's all up here: bright epiphytes, flowering plants, orange fruit and a million brilliant butterflies.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/walkway4.jpgwalkway4A walk in the air with your head in the clouds and the forest beneath your feet.2009-02-04T07:03:32+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2009/01/19/crazy-birds-and-the-fun-of-forest-drawing/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/steveandbirdito.jpgsteveandbirditoBirdito inspecting scientific equipment and applying for a field assistant job.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/birditoshead.jpgbirditosheadA head like black velvet, and if you petted it, it would purr...https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/lianadrawing.jpglianadrawingWhat I was drawing when attacked by wild feathered art critics...https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/birditoback.jpgbirditobackBirdito, the friendly trumpeter2010-03-05T18:07:37+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2009/01/17/little-grass-shack-in-amazonia/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/streamsidelandscape.jpgstreamsidelandscapeA peaceful stream, quiet tributary of the Amazon in northern Peru.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/oropendoladisplay1.jpgoropendoladisplay1Russet-backed oropendola display, Peru. Drawn through field scope.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/oropendolanest.jpgoropendolanestRusset-backed Oropendola nest, drawn through a field scopehttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/blueandyellowmacaw1.jpgblueandyellowmacaw1https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/img_3491.jpgimg_3491Cozy place to be in a downpourhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/img_3403.jpgimg_3403Weighty discussions of science and favorite TV shows.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/spider.jpgspiderBathroom companion, Amazon style. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/hammocks.jpghammocksA comfortable reading room, no?https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/acts.jpgactsThe ACTS field station in Loreto Province, north of Iquitos waaaay out there.2010-03-31T03:20:48+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2009/01/11/good-morning-world/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huacamaya1.jpghuacamaya1Studies of a Blue and Yellow Macaw, field station pet.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/huacamaya.jpghuacamayaStudies of a Blue and Yellow Macaw, field station pet, perched in the rafters. https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/wbmanikin.jpgwbmanikinWhite bearded manakin, drawn from life in the understory. Peru.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/swallowtanagerscolor.jpgswallowtanagerscolorSwallow Tanagers, hawking insects. Watercolor studyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/sketchpage1.jpgsketchpage1https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/streamsidelight.jpgstreamsidelighthttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/dawnamazon.jpgdawnamazonDawn over the Peruvian Amazon, "the land where God did not finish creation". 2009-01-18T13:56:35+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2009/01/13/the-endless-parade-of-iquitos/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/napoboatdockperu.jpgnapoboatdockperuBoat dock on the Napo River; our starting point for walking into the jungle.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/iquitossidewalkchipper.jpgiquitossidewalkchipperA workman rests in the 6" of shade offered by a wall in between mysterious sidewalk chipping bouts.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/christmascreche1.jpgchristmascreche1Iquitos town crechehttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/christmascreche.jpgchristmascrechehttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/iquitos5.jpgiquitos5Christmas in Iquitos, cognitive dissonancehttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/iquitos4.jpgiquitos4https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/iquitosboticamedisel.jpgiquitosboticamediselwatercolor sketch, street scene, Iquitoshttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/iquitos2.jpgiquitos2Moto-cars and motorbikes are the main form of travel on the streets of Iquitos. 2009-01-19T22:55:38+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2008/12/14/drawing-the-amazon/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/gouachekit.jpggouachekittubes were too heavy, so I squeezed out some gouache (opaque watercolor) into this pill box.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/plastics.jpgplasticsEverything goes into ziplock bags- we'll be hiking in from the river to the field camp. I'm thinking of the obligatory downpour that's bound to greet us.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/umbrellascope.jpgumbrellascopeField scope no bigger than a compact umbrella, and just as light...https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/paintkit.jpgpaintkithttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/paintkitclosed.jpgpaintkitclosedMy trusty purse-sized paint kit https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/packed.jpgpackedhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/generalvicinityacts.jpggeneralvicinityactsDestination: Amazon rainforest field station2009-01-09T12:09:59+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2008/12/11/peru-gets-a-little-closer/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/greatargus.jpggreatargusGreat Argus attempts to impress a blasé female with his studly wings.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/antbirdplatesection.jpgantbirdplatesectionA piece of the puzzle- putting together a bird plate is like playing with jigsaw pieces2008-12-12T16:44:33+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2008/11/29/speaking-of-field-guides/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/stripedadult3.jpgstripedadult3https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/striped2.jpgstriped2https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/stripedside.jpgstripedsideStriped Owl, initial sketch for Birds of T&Thttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/fieldguide.jpgfieldguide2009-01-10T23:34:40+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2008/11/25/five-reasons-for-the-amazon/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/barredpairsmall1.jpgbarredpairsmall1https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/barredpairsmall.jpgbarredpairsmallhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/lianatreeback.jpglianatreebackLiana embracing a rainforest trunkhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/howlera.jpghowleraHowler monkey, drawn in Panama last yearhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/bcitangledtree.jpgbcitangledtreeThe mysterious jungle lures the artist and feeds the imagination.2009-01-08T17:30:02+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2008/11/05/a-season-for-change/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/sassafrass.jpgsassafrassMy favorite season of all.2008-11-24T15:05:24+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2008/10/28/art-never-sleeps-and-why-should-it/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/gizmopattern.jpggizmopatternThe cat in question: stripes and swirls.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/stripes.jpgstripesStripes: cat meets bromelliad. There's a theme for you.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/watercolors.jpgwatercolorsDo it yourself watercolor sketchbook and mint tin palette2008-10-31T18:56:27+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2008/10/31/why-i-love-my-job/2008-11-01T10:56:17+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2008/10/23/the-cutest-porcupine/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/spike2.jpgspike2Sleepy Spike wakes up from his nap.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/spike1.jpgspike1https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/spike.jpgspikeSpike wakes up from his afternoon nap.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/spikeface.jpgspikefaceSpike the lovable porcupine2013-05-21T20:29:31+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2007/01/28/plein-air-pen-and-ink/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/bciunderstory2001.jpgbciunderstory2001.jpghttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/bcilutzravine2001.jpgbcilutzravine2001.jpghttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/bcishannontrail2001.jpgbcishannontrail2001.jpg2009-09-21T00:44:15+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2008/10/07/okie-ingenuity-and-an-armful-of-yellow-fever/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/photo-301.jpgphoto-301voila!https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/photo-30.jpgphoto-30voila!https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/photo-33.jpgphoto-33How the camera fits into the digiscope device.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/scopedigi.jpgscopedigimy digiscope setup, Okie style.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/scope1.jpgscope1Nikon fieldscope. So cute, so portable!https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/scope.jpgscopehttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/harpyface.jpgharpyfaceHarpy eagle, OKC zoo, digiscoped2009-10-07T16:48:02+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2008/10/03/sketch-therapy-what-i-drew-at-the-zoo/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/tundraswan.jpgtundraswanTundra swan at OKC Zoo.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/bison2.jpgbison2An American Bison at the OKC Zoo's new Oklahoma Trails.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/grizzlybears.jpggrizzlybearsDrawn from life at Oklahoma City Zoo's new "Oklahoma Trails" feature.2013-09-23T07:28:52+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2008/09/20/question-of-the-day-are-these-birds-toxic/2008-10-11T14:13:17+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2008/09/15/new-england-love-letter-part-2/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/bensonhouse.jpgbensonhouseOur little house in the forest.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/bensonhousesugarmaple.jpgbensonhousesugarmapleThe sugar maple at the end of the road, Petershamhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/buddiesatplumisland.jpgbuddiesatplumislandCindy House with yours truly at Plum Island. Don't we look like a pair of Venuses rising from the sea?https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/sketchers.jpgsketchersl to r: Mike DiGiorgio and Barry Van Dusen at Hammanassett, CThttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/sundew.jpgsundewweird and sticky, eats bugshttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/ladyslipper4.jpgladyslipper4It's pink, it's stylish, it's a Lady's Slipperhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/ladyslipper3.jpgladyslipper3https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/trilllium.jpgtrillliumhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/ladyslipper2.jpgladyslipper2https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/ladyslipper1.jpgladyslipper12008-09-21T15:00:01+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2008/08/25/new-england-love-letter-part-1/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/img_0294.jpgimg_0294Ed Wilson was the delightful dinner speaker at the 100th anniversary of the Harvard ant collection. HMNH.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/img_0285.jpgimg_0285Fine dining with triceratops. Harvard Museum of Natural History.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/rodinspsyche.jpgrodinspsychePsyche by Rodin, marble, MFA Boston.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/degaslittledancerclarkmus.jpgdegaslittledancerclarkmusSketched at the Clark Museum: Degas' Little Dancer.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/img_0258.jpgimg_0258One of the Sargent ceiling murals at the MFA. Comfy leather couches are provided for better viewing.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/img_0352.jpgimg_0352Glass flowers from the Harvard Museum of Natural Historyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/img_1557.jpgimg_1557Daddy long-legs in ultramarine.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/img_1938.jpgimg_1938I think this one is deadly poisonous. Just a guess.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/img_0703.jpgimg_0703The world's cutest squirrel.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/img_1943.jpgimg_1943The fungus among us. Conic Waxycap, Harvard Forest2008-12-28T10:50:15+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2008/08/14/the-weather-hits-home/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/electiondaytownhall.jpgelectiondaytownhallTown Hall, Petersham, Election Day on Main Street.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/harvardpondaugust.jpgharvardpondaugustHarvard Pond, today, and sunny for a change.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/swanboatbridge.jpgswanboatbridgeSunday morning at the Swan Boat pond, Boston Common. Right before a storm.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/bostoncommonfountain.jpgbostoncommonfountainBig bronze fountain in Boston Common, with cherubs, gods, goddesses and pigeons.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/beaconhillumbrellas.jpgbeaconhillumbrellasSidewalk cafe on Beacon Hill. No place in a storm, umbrellas or no.2008-09-13T08:07:40+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2008/08/07/what-is-this-oklahoma/2008-09-13T08:12:06+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2008/07/29/little-lands-of-enchantment/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/doanesfalls.jpgdoanesfallsThe finished piece, Doane's Fallshttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/doanesfallspartway.jpgdoanesfallspartwayDoane's Falls. Plein air graphite/pastel 22"x30"https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/hamanassetsm.jpghamanassetsmCormorants, Hamanasset Part, CT. Watercolor.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/rhodiesmaller1.jpgrhodiesmaller1rhododendrons, graphite 8 1/2x11https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/rhodiesmaller.jpgrhodiesmallerRhododendrons, plein air pencil drawing, 8 1/2" x 11"https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/rhodiepark.jpgrhodieparkRhododendron State Park, New Hampshirehttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/doylescascade2.jpgdoylescascade2Doyle's Cascade, plein air pastel/graphite, 12"x16"https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/gnomes.jpggnomesIn the Harvard Forest, where even the gnomes are content.2008-08-23T19:48:08+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2008/07/12/happy-birthday-henry-david/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/quabbin.jpgquabbinhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/drownedtreespond.jpgdrownedtreespondhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/feverbrookpond.jpgfeverbrookpondHow to celebrate Thoreau's birthday: paint a pond.2008-07-29T22:42:27+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2008/07/05/new-england-summer-a-tropical-paradise/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/drawingtheoldmill.jpgdrawingtheoldmillhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/doylesoldhomestead.jpgdoylesoldhomesteadDoyle's Old Homestead, what's left of it, Harvard Forest. Plein air drawing (unfinished), 22" x 20.5", graphite and pastel on Rives BFK.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/tannerystone.jpgtannerystoneMillstone and stacked stone pillar, remnants of a tannery, Harvard Forest. Plein air drawing, 22" x 15" graphite and pastel on Rives BFK.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/wallfrenchinn.jpgwallfrenchinnStone wall at the old French Inn, once a waystation for drovers between Athol and Petersham. Plein air drawing in Harvard Forest, 22" x 15", graphite and pastel on Rives BFK.https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/blueberries.jpgblueberriesThey're free, and they taste great, folks!https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/rutlandbrooksm.jpgrutlandbrooksmplein air drawing at Rutland Brook, Petershamhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/rutlandbrookphoto.jpgrutlandbrookphoto2011-02-07T16:02:13+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2008/06/27/what-well-all-be-doing-when-the-oil-runs-out/2008-07-14T17:08:13+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2008/06/19/blueberry-hill-with-strawberry-topping/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/wallfrenchinn.jpgwallfrenchinnhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/royalstonroot.jpgroyalstonroothttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/royalstonfallspool.jpgroyalstonfallspoolhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/feverbrook.jpgfeverbrookhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/fernsontheeasel.jpgfernsontheeaselhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/feverbrookpondquabbin.jpgfeverbrookpondquabbinhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/morninglight.jpgmorninglight2009-10-15T15:04:23+00:00monthlyhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/2008/06/11/short-takes/https://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/burialgroundptrshm.jpgburialgroundptrshmBurial Ground, Petershamhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/ptrshmcommons.jpgptrshmcommonsPetersham Commons Meadowhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/bensonhousespringsmall.jpgbensonhousespringsmallBenson House Garage with giant flowering 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field painting by Barry Van Dusenhttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/barrypaints.jpgbarrypaintsBarry Van Dusen paintinghttps://drawingthemotmot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/hepatica.jpghepaticaHepatica 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