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.)
Such graceful curves. :o)
Posted by: Terri | August 17, 2006 at 09:06 PM
Oh, the swans and the cows are my favorites, although the goats and the hen are also fine. Thank you so much for posting these! You ought to frame a whole lot of your sketches--they are lovely!
Posted by: Beth | August 17, 2006 at 05:59 PM
gorgeous....simply lyrical.
btw, i often think your postings (images), particularly of pencil drawings are far better than my scanned sketches(and i've got a very good scanner)...i'm assuming from what you wrote that you are "shooting" them with a digital camera...?
i find it very difficult to control the contrast with a scanner...even with all the settings mine has...which is why i no longer try to scan my color pencil sketches. Just FYI, when you go shopping for that scanner.
Posted by: zephyr | August 17, 2006 at 05:14 PM
These are beautiful sketch pages Laura! You scan yr images? How quaint of you :)
Posted by: ParisBreakfasts | August 17, 2006 at 04:45 PM
BEAUTIFUL!!! And so filled with grace!! Love these, Laura!!!!!
Posted by: lin | August 17, 2006 at 04:37 PM
Your swans are beautiful!! How lucky to have them in a nearby pond.
Yes, when your chicken comes to visit bring her over and see my rooster--maybe they can have a playdate :)
Posted by: TeriC | August 17, 2006 at 04:04 PM