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Saturday, September 6, 2014

Zoo Sketches! Plus Drink & Draw

Here are some sketches from a recent outing with the DIS Zoo Sketch Group. In addition, there are some pages from the DIS Drink & Draw.
NOTE: Normally, I avoid drinking and drawing. You could spill your drink on your drawing. That's not only an affront to art, it's a waste of rum. That's bad. But in the spirit of art, community, and being social, I decided to give it a go, and I really do enjoy these get-togethers.
I had a fun time at both, and I'm looking forward to doing both of them again. I really appreciate what the Denver Illustration Salon is doing to create a sense of community among artists in Denver.

I was trying out my new sketchbook and my Pilot Hi-Tec-C pens with the Pentel Aquash water brush, a combination that I am liking more and more.
Zoo Sketch-
(Later embellished during Drink &Draw)
From the Big Cats section.
Pilot Hi-Tec C brown pen
and Pentel Aquash water brush pen
Zoo Sketch-
More Big Cats
Pilot Hi-Tec C brown pen
and Pentel Aquash water brush pen
Zoo Sketch-Lotsa Big Cats.
Pilot Hi-Tec C brown pen
and Pentel Aquash water brush pen
Zoo Sketch-Siberian Tigers, Clouded Leopard cubs,
Otters, and more.
Pilot Hi-Tec C brown pen
and Pentel Aquash water brush pen
Zoo Sketch-When is a Wild Dog not Wild?
When He's a-Lion.
Pilot Hi-Tec C brown pen
and Pentel Aquash water brush pen
Zoo Sketch_
 ...and back to the Big Cats area.
This big fella was always on the move,
so I had several sketches going at once.
Pilot Hi-Tec C brown pen
and Pentel Aquash water brush pen
Zoo Sketch-Lotsa sleepy Big Cats.
Pilot Hi-Tec C brown pen
and Pentel Aquash water brush pen

from the DIS Saturday Night Drink &Draw
After a day at the zoo, I was in the mood to
vamp on the big cats. 
Pilot Hi-Tec C brown pen
from the DIS Saturday Night Drink &Draw
This particular night, I was out of ideas.
Surrounded by art, and brain-dry.
So I started drawing rabbit teeth.
LOL
Pilot Hi-Tec C brown pen
and Pentel Aquash water brush pen

Okay, sometimes Drink & Draw
do go together well.
Marion Turning Away
Pilot Hi-Tec C brown pen
and Pentel Aquash water brush pen

Marion Embracing Robin
Pilot Hi-Tec C brown pen
and Pentel Aquash water brush pen

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