Bow Tie Guy of the Day: Monkey

Monkey (ˈməNGkē)

In order to celebrate the start of the Chinese New Year i thought it best to post something related to the year of the monkey. Specifically, this is a grey langur. They are found throughout South Asia. It is thought that people born in this year are intelligent, witty, mischievous and playful (but not to hurt others).

Sketching at The Granby Zoo in Granby, Canada

Yesterday, I took my my sketching class to The Granby Zoo in Canada. I love drawing at the zoo. The down side is for the first hour I was on a visual overload. There was so much I wanted to draw. I also realized, I need to get better at drawing animals from life. I did well with the gestures, but when it came to longer studies, I struggled with the movement of the animals and working form memory.

Here is one of my stronger sketches. (I added color digitally in class as part of a demonstration on how to take the sketches and add limited color.) The Japanese Macaques were holding still long enough for me to get a stronger drawing.

Dr Dolittle

Just finished the poster for The Vermont Children's Theater production of The Adventures of Doctor Dolittle. The best part was my 2 year old son recognized all the animals except the pushmepullme.