Current project- animal portraits a the natural history museum

 
   Working on a project or series takes a lot of self-discipline. I always have so many ideas floating around in my mind, and not enough time to actually execute them. I have been trying to consequently pick a topic and work on it until I have several works in the same category. One of the benifits of this method is that you learn a lot with each picture and improve from work to work.

  I am currently working on a series of sketches of the animals on display at the natural history museum. They have a great set up there and I started going on urban sketching outings with a friend. In order to keep my equipment compact enough to be allowed into the museum, I have been doing my illustrations on watercolor postcards.  Using postcards has been both challenging and fun as I have had to really evaluate each of my subjects and stick with what really fits on the cards without compromising the detail or layout. As a result I ended up with a lot of portraits.

   It is trendy to do pet portraits at the moment and I have seen wonderful pictures posted in the art forums I am a member of. I think wild animal portraits are just that much more fun though.

This hasn't been a long post today, just a behind-the-scenes look at part of my 'work day'.  I have been thinking of doing a behind the scenes post once in a while to share studio moments with you. Would that be of interest? Let me know in the comments.

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