NYC Museum Sketch

Sketch night at National Arts Club

The collection has a nice case of small owls. 

Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany's

I went to the Met Friday and sketched the Head of a Youthful Hercules.  There were several other artists sketching there but they were pretty engrossed so I didn't get to speak to them.  A boy and his mother sat next to me and the boy started to mimic the action of my hands sketching.  I gave him a piece of paper and he drew a table with a little triangle border around it.  After they left I overheard an impressively in-depth conversation a docent was giving to a lady and her daughter about Hercules, one which I won't do injustice with my faulty memory.  A point of note was that the statue was greek and repaired during the renaissance, the head being part of the renaissance restoration.

I had a little free time and couldn't resist a quick sketch at the museum today.  I've really been taking advantage of the whole suggested donation thing.  Sketched the Sumatran Rhinoceros and the horse statue in the front entrance. 

Leopard @ The Natural History Museum NYC

Survival is never a sin.

I went back to the museum Monday.  It wasn't very busy and I found that the top floor is less busy than the bottom two.  Pictured:  Ox Bones, Bison Skull, Tiger, Leopard.

Jack Rabbit Sketch @ The Museum of Natural History

I drew more taxidermied animals at the Museum of Natural History yesterday.  It was less crowded on a Wednesday.  I think the Jack rabbit turned out pretty well. 

"Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best." - Henry Van Dyke

D.H. Lawrence

Proper scan on this one to boot!

I had a really nice drawing of a small Owl but I gave it away to some very earnest complimenters.  Next time I'll photo them before handing them over.  I also met a fellow artist named Gerard who said he sketches the owls every week.