February 9, 2012 at 4:36 am (watercolor on paper)
Tags: art, artist, baby, brush, colorful, commission, custom, decoration, ears, elephant, eyes, green, ink, jen, large, life, mammal, nursery, paint, painter, painting, paper, pen, safari, tracy, trunk, watercolor, zoo
My most recent commission is a safari animal for a nursery. First, I painted a lion, but I think he came out too mean. My second attempt, I believe, is a success. Who wouldn’t want this friendly elephant protecting baby’s room?
What safari animal would you have painted?
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July 23, 2010 at 8:30 pm (ink on paper, pen on paper, Sketches)
Tags: animal, art, artist, bird, captivity, crocodile, draw, elephant, endangered, flamingo, gharial, gibbon, giraffe, green, hawaii, hippo, honolulu, ink, lemur, life, mammal, monkey, oahu, paper, park, reptile, sketch, tiger, travel, tree, turtle, zebra, zoo
Here are some sketches of animals I made at the Honolulu Zoo.
I was lucky enough to catch the elephants at their happiest, bath time.
The flamingoes in Hawaii are more orangey pink than the reddish pink I am used to seeing.
The turtles, lemurs, and gibbons shared a living space.
These hippoes were quite fond of one another.
The tigers were beyond gorgeous, but moved around the most, making drawing difficult.
Giraffes, zebra, and a rhino.
Before my trip to this zoo I did not know what a gharial was. Now I do and I sort of wish I didn’t. They are absolutely horrifying. Fun to draw, but horrifying.
I was so absorbed with the gharial section that I drew the trees around it.
March 18, 2010 at 7:52 pm (ink on paper)
Tags: art, artist, ashmen, booth, carousel, chair, draw, drawing, elephant, happy, historic, hobby, horse, ink, jen, joy, life, lights, line, merry go round, new jersey, paper, smithville, south, spring, travel, trunk
This week I discovered the Historic Village of Smithville. I fell in love with the small collection of shops and restaurants upon my first visit. Today, I ventured into an art gallery called the Artist’s Eye.
Enough babble. Here is a small drawing I made of the carousel in Smithville. The elephant’s emotion is very similar to how I feel about the quickly approaching spring. What lovely weather we’ve had lately!
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Joyous Elephant. Ink on paper. 5″x5″.
Unframed: $80.00
