Swans' way

There's a swan couple in a pond near our neighborhood and I paid them a visit this morning. A fence separates their area from that of onlookers. When they saw me settling in, they waddled out of the water and found a place to sun themselves near where I was. For twenty minutes or so, we three sat peacefully. They groomed themselves and gazed about. I gazed at them and drew. Then the female stood up, stretched a bit, and ambled back to the water. The male followed. And that's the way it was.

(I apologize for the execrable state of these images. I spent a long time trying to make them better. I'm getting an Apple computer and a good scanner soon, so I hope things will improve.)

Comments

[Toni Kelly]

I have been enjoying all your animal sketches.
thanks for sharing

[Pedro Cabral]

With or without apple computer, your drawings are great.

[wagonized]

Comme d'habitude, quel plaisir! Mais comment vous faites?? Vous êtes ultra rapide dans votre exécution -- et avec quelle exactitude. Et bravo si vous obtenez un ordinateur Mac -- vous allez adorer.

[Jo Castillo]

I love your flowing lines in the swans. Those swans just fit your style!
Jo

[Fae]

Hi,
I saw your posts in the EDM group. Your work is absolutely beautiful! You draw animals incredibly well. You are very gifted and I really enjoy looking at your work!

[Tam's garden]

Laura,

I really like this style of drawing animals. I tried it myself the other day (hope you don't mind, but if you weren't any good, I wouldn't try to follow your example!), found that it worked much better than trying to draw them with one continous line like I had been doing. Thank you for the inspiration!