They call me the fireman.

That's my na-uh-yame.

Car time.  With no classic car museums closer than a four hour round trip, I made do with the Firefighter Museum.  Was able to draw from their numerous truck collection as well as cases and cases of models showcasing firetrucks through the last century plus.

Not my best week.  Lots of ellipses and linear perspective by hand made it stressful.  It was a good challenge though.  Staying in the same mode this week with military vehicles.  I think I can draw military ANYTHING so my birthday trip tomorrow to the 45th Infantry Museum should provide interesting subjects for me.  Stay tuned to this station for more...



Zoobooks

Does anyone even remember Zoobooks? It seems they're still around.  I loved them as a kid.  Between all those back issues and actually going to a wonderful zoo during breaks and field trips I had a love for animals take hold early.  They've always fascinated me so I was pleased to have a chance to draw them for an assignment.

Hit the Oklahoma City Zoo last week with a good friend of yore.  Fun trip but I wasn't happy with my output that day.  Decided to take the opportunity to dive into full marker and gel pen use on top of my drawings.  I've been holding back so that my actual sketching was the star, but needed something to experiment with. 

All of these were drawn from life with the exception of the male lion, Aslan, who was put down due to illness in early 2012.  He's drawn from my personal photographs of him roaring and if you've never heard a male lion roar in person...add that to your list.  It's an amazing display of power that you can FEEL all through your core.  This was my tribute to him for letting me hear his declarations of territoriality.

Term 2

Been a while since I posted so I'll make up for it with drawings from the first three weeks of Dynamic Sketching II.  The flowers were a bday gift for my girlfriend.  The insects and dinosaurs were drawn from observation at Sam Noble Museum on the OU campus.

The remaining skeleton pages are from a local gem, the Museum of Osteology.  It's America's only skeleton museum, is one of my favorite museums that I've ever been to and is about three miles from where I was raised.  Check it out if you're close; it's well worth the admission.

 

 

 

 

 

Recently had a rough weekend with the pup.  Here's a drawing of him resting comfortably.  Love that boy.