Monthly Archives: March 2010

Gorgeous Day Sketch

Posted on March 10, 2010 | 3 Comments

The grasp of Winter’s hold had slipped as Spring crushed its dominion, breaking through and reaching out…infecting us all.

A dramatic sentence, huh? Well dramatic best describes a day like today. Life returned.

All of the snow has melted. The temperature soared to 58°F and the sun was unstoppable! Insects awoke from a torpor state and were active seeking adventures in a new year. I welcomed them back.

During a break from work, I had to do a quick 30 minute sketch of this beautiful event. It is the first gorgeous day of 2010. How energizing it was!

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Hot Dog!! I knew today was going to be a good day when as soon as I stepped out the door, I saw a hawk in my tree. Slowly I reached for my camera to get a good shot but scared him anyway and he took off.

Here is a close-up:

At this very second in time, he lifted from the branch and was turning direction in mid-flight to fly south. I love his wings! You can see light passing through them and also can distinguish individual feathers.

Hawk in Flight watercolor sketch

Here is my quick sketch. This moment is now preserved in time for me to enjoy over and over and over again. Today is going to be a good day.

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Tree Rat (Squirrel) Sketch

Posted on March 2, 2010 | 6 Comments

Gray Squirrel Watercolor Sketch

Now I know what you’re thinking…No, I didn’t go to the other side. I am not a squirrel lover. They are still tree rats. But this particular one didn’t dump my bird feeder, matter of fact I was in his territory, deep in the woods. I have a certain respect for them when I’m wandering through their home and they are going about their business.

I first heard loud scraping. I mean LOUD. It was so loud, that I was sure I was on top of the thing, however, it took me several long minutes to find the squirt in a tangled web of brown twigs, far up in a tree. He was working very hard at getting to the meat of the nut.