Thursday, June 9, 2011

Animal Dreams and The Wicked Tinkers

Last year I was working with Carla Sonheim's book Drawing Lab. I had gone to the zoo and had made some animal sketches. I was using a small sketchbook I had bought from Diana Trout, which I had bought  to try out the stonehenge watercolor paper but ended up just doing drawing in it. That seemed a waste so thinking about that and then being anxious to work with my watercolors I went and added some wc to the images.




















This camel was just sitting and panting in the sun, I felt lucky to capture the image as sometimes they are not so accommodating.



















The giraffe was so cute... We don't have giraffe's in our zoo so I must have drawn this from a book or memory I can't remember.



















I have a thing for zebras,  and actually most black and white animals. I love the black and white stripes but decided to make a purple zebra instead. I like his expression, it makes me wonder what he is thinking.

Men in Kilts

I am off for the weekend, in the morning we head south for The Utah Scottish Festival and Highland Games. I need to see some men in kilts and listen to some great Scottish Music.  One of my favorite groups, The Wicked Tinkers will be playing.  I love those guys, they play tribal Scottish music and they are so much fun.  Here is a video of them on the Craig Peterson show.



and yes I will remember my camera this time.

6 comments:

  1. Great watercolors! I love the zebra one! So much personality is captured in that quick sketch!

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  2. I am taking my watercolors out as we speak! Been too long since I touched mine. You are an inspiration to me today! Thanks.

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  3. You know I like the purple zebra!! And the music was fantastic....I didn't know the Wicked Tinkers until now.

    Have fun and see you when you get back.

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  4. Love the added watercolour! The zebra is my favourite too.
    Have fun at the Scottish festival! (Ours is in August.)
    Hugs,
    Sophie

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  5. Such lovely watercolor animals! :]
    Great work, thank you for sharing your talents.

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  6. Fun art and <3 the wicked tinkers too...I love tribal traditional music and all kinds of multi cultural fusion...Kewl! Have a good time

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