Sketchy Sunday: Hunting Hawk

Back on schedule, I think... Here's a few sketches of a hawk hunting for small rodents in dense ground cover, sketched in the Botanic Garden (last year or the year before.) First he flew down and apparently missed whatever he was after; then he wandered around in the ivy with his wings spread out, trying to find his prey; finally he tried to pounce on something and flew back to his perch. I think he was a young hawk and fairly inexperienced, he didn't seem to be very good at this hunting business yet. (Also included is a doodle of a random slouching squirrel that was on the same page.)

Figure Friday: Nudes on Red

More shenanigans from Michael Alan's "Hotel" themed Draw-a-Thon... Ladies lounging on a couch with lurid red curtains. One in a top-hat hiding behind the couch. Another covered with white paint. You know, business as usual. (Okay, I know, I skipped Wednesday. Too many client meetings.)

Sketchy Tuesday or whatever, with turtles

Bleaaargh, my schedule is still way out of whack... Too much stuff going on... Anyway, I guess it's Sketchy Tuesday instead of Sketchy Sunday. Some more tidbits from the archives, a couple of turtles at the Echo Wildlife Center on Lake Champlain (I forget what kind of turtles)...

Figure Friday: Deranged Hotel

Some odds and ends from the archives... These are from one of Michael Alan's Draw-a-Thons. This one took place in a hotel lobby, with a theme of general hotel depravity and weirdness of course...

Whatever Wednesday: Violets and Apple Trees

Sketch of a violet done while waiting for somebody to vacate my favorite bench, and a lot of photos of various crabapples blooming like crazy, from sometime in April...(Yes I know it's Thursday, we'll get back on schedule eventually, really...)

Sketchy Tuesday: Kimono Fashion Show

More action doodles from the voluminous Sakura Matsuri archives... These are sketches of a kimono fashion show from a Sakura Matsuri celebration at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden (wish I'd brought color media with me for this one, but hey...)

(And yes, Sketchy Sunday is on Tuesday this week. I was sort of in crunch-mode all weekend and Monday. Blargh.)

Figure Friday: A few quick poses

Just a few quickies from the Society of Illustrators sketch nights...