Bow Tie Guy of the Day: Wolf

Wolf (wo͝olf)

Tomorrow I will be in Rome, Italy. I will be spend the next week or so there and in Greece with one of my drawing classes. As such I will not be posting Bow Tie Guys for the next week. If I get access to the internet I will be posting sketches of where I am visiting.

Since I was join to Rome, I thought it would be appropriate to post a wolf. According to legend it was a wolf that raised Romulus and Remus, the founders of the Roman Empire.

Bow Tie Guy of the Day: Capybara

Capybara (kapəˈberə)

ROUSes (rodents of unusual size) live. It is the capybara. They are largest living rodent. Hailing from South America this large rodents live near water and are also popular as pets. Capybara is also fun to say.

Bow Tie Guy of the Day: Musk Ox

Musk Ox (ˈməskˌäks)

I have to admit a level of ignorance here. While drawing at the Fairbanks Museum this last summer I was frustrated with my attempts to draw a yak. Upon researching it more I discovered that I was not drawing a yak. I was drawing a musk ox. I wonder if that had anything to do with my inability to draw the yak. I may draw a yak eventually. In the end I think I had difficult drawing the animal because I did not fully understand the structure beneath the hair. Since then, the bovine beast has fascinated me with all it's hair. I finally drew one that I was happy with. It naturally looks like it is wearing a coat hence the lack of the sweater vest.

The musk ox or muskox is native to the tundra of North America and Greenland. 

Bow Tie Guy of the Day: Paraceratherium

Paraceratherium

The paraceratherium is an extinct hornless rhinoceros that lived during the Oligocene epoch over 23 million years ago. It is on of the largest terrestrial mammals that has ever lived. The name actually means “near the hornless beast.”

Bow Tie Guy of the Day: Wooly Mammoth

Wooly Mammoth (ˈwo͝olē ˈmaməTH)

I love drawing elephants and creatures that are similar to them. I have recently discovered a larger number of ancestors that are related to the modern day elephant so they will be coming soon.

The wooly mammoth lived during the Pleistocene epoch. They are known for their long tusks and being hairy. The mammoth roamed the north landscapes of the world and became extinct around 1700 BC.

Bow Tie Guy of the Day: Happy Valentines Day

Elephant Cupid (ˈeləfənt ˈkyo͞opəd)

I realize this is two days early, but I am trying to keep my weekends free. This is the elephant that appeared on one of the ties for Beau Ties LTD of Vermont. Which can be purchased hear.

This one has more detail.

Enjoy your Valentines Day!

Bow Tie Guy of the Day: Ocean Sunfish

Ocean Sunfish (ˈōSHən ˈsənˌfiSH)

This is a very large fish. They are deep-boddied fish found in the warm seas. Many of them are larger humans. They primarily eat jelly fish.

On the artistic end of things, because I am doing this daily, my drawings are coming more easily.