Category: Random

  • 216. Manatee: Mermaids and Sea Cows

    216. Manatee: Mermaids and Sea Cows

    Ink and Watercolor Wash of a Manatee Figurine

    I pulled the toy from the Random Object Randomogrifier and today it was a manatee, a little swimming spud, a potato that decided to glide around in the water. This is my daily drawing practice and I like that I get to come downstairs and do it with my art besties and my mom. A lot of folks my age do not have that. I am keeping the morning time honest.

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  • 215. A Rising Zombie: Wake The Dead!

    215. A Rising Zombie: Wake The Dead!

    Ink and Watercolor Sketch of a Rising Zombie Figurine

    We’re talking about zombies today, or as they were called in the old world, revenants. These things have been scaring people for centuries, long before the word zombie ever showed up.

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  • 214. Capuchin Monkeys: Bizarre use for millipedes

    214. Capuchin Monkeys: Bizarre use for millipedes

    Ink and watercolor wash sketch of a Capuchin Monkey

    Today we’re drawing a white-faced capuchin monkey. These new world monkeys live in South America and have a long and storied history stretching back millions of years.

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  • 213. Horned Lizard: or Horny Toads

    213. Horned Lizard: or Horny Toads

    Ink and Wash Sketch of a Horned Lizard

    Horned toads, or as we called them growing up, horny toads, are some of the strangest little creatures I’ve ever known. These things shoot blood out of their eyes at predators. What kind of evolutionary pressure makes that a defense?

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  • 212. Delivery Van: From Covered Wagons to Food Trucks

    212. Delivery Van: From Covered Wagons to Food Trucks

    Ink and Watercolor Wash Sketch of a Delivery Van

    Today’s object was a delivery van. Vans come from the word “caravan,” shortened down over time. It started with the old wagon trains pulled by horses.

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