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About the Motmot
Exploring the natural world with pencil and paper from high atop a one-story bungalow in the middle of Oklahoma.
Tag Archives: watercolor
Bird Work, Bird Art, Bird Play
Writing goes and goes. I’m still in Panama, working on a chapter about raptors. Which sounds straightforward until I figured out that raptors, for me, are not so much about their biology as their cultural and personal meaning. What, after all, could be more allegorical than a eagle? Or … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, bird art, birds, Culture, Diversions, field sketching, life drawing, natural history, Watercolor, Wildlife, Writing
Tagged antbirds, art, bird art, birds, birds of prey, caracara, Denmark, drawing, jacana, natural history, Nature, rainforest, raptors, sketchbooks, tropicalbirds, watercolor, Wildlife, Writing
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Friday Sketchbook: No More Opera for Okapis
While we drew the okapis today at the Copenhagen zoo, my friend told me a startling story. Okapis are rare African forest-dwelling relatives of the giraffe and sensitive animals. Very sensitive. Twenty years ago the Royal Theatre staged a performance at the … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure!, Animals, Art, Copenhagen, Culture, Denmark, Diversions, Drawing, Exhibits, mammals, Music, Nature, Pop culture references, Sketching, Watercolor, Wildlife, Zoo Sketching
Tagged baby hippopotamus, Chimpanzee, Copenhagen, Copenhagen Zoo, Denmark, natural history, Okapi, Opera, Rhinoceros, Tannhauser, Wagner, watercolor, Wildlife
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Sketch of the Day: A Slice of Noma, Well Chilled
Posted in Adventure!, architecture, Art, Boats, Copenhagen, Culture, Denmark, Diversions, Drawing, Food, landscapes, random speculation, Sketching, travel, urban sketching, Watercolor
Tagged art, Copenhagen, Copenhagen Harbor, Danish Health Scares, Denmark, landscape art, New Nordic Cuisine, Noma Restaurant, Nyhavn, sketchbooks, Urban Sketching, watercolor, World's Greatest Restaurant
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Sketch of the Day: Four Days,Two Gardens, One Paris
Posted in Adventure!, architecture, Art, birds, Culture, Diversions, Drawing, garden, history, museums, plein air, Sculpture, travel, Urban Nature, urban sketching, Watercolor
Tagged art, birds, black-headed gulls, drawing, France, gardening, Jardin des Plantes, Jardin des Tuileries, natural history, Paris, rose-ringed parakeets, Seine, travel, Urban Sketching, watercolor, wood pigeons
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How those Nyhavn boats keep so nice and clean
Posted in Art, Boats, Copenhagen, Denmark, Environment, field sketching, urban sketching, Watercolor
Tagged boats, Copenhagen, Denmark, drawing, Nyhavn, ship maintenance, Urban Sketching, water, watercolor
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Sketch of the Day: Gamekeeper’s Cottage, Deer Park
Posted in architecture, Art, Denmark, Drawing, field sketching, landscapes
Tagged architecture, Denmark, drawing, Jaegersborg Deer Park, life drawing, Thatched roofs, watercolor
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Sketch of the Day: Rainy, with a twist of sun
Posted in architecture, Art, Copenhagen, Denmark, Drawing, Environment, garden, Nature, Sketching, Urban Nature, urban sketching, Weather
Tagged Agave, art, botany, Copenhagen, Copenhagen Botanical Garden, Danish weather, Denmark, drawing, gardening, gardens, Nature, plein air painting, public gardens, rainy days, sketchbooks, Urban Sketching, watercolor
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