Back at the Museum of Natural Science

 

Our group

Spendng a warm, September evening sketching in the museum is never a bad thing. And because there are such a variety of subjects, everyone finds something like to draw. This time, it was the Museum of Natural Science.

Eydie drew the shell in the header from the museum's extensive seashell collection. Simple pen and ink was made elegant with a little hatching.

Of course, the dinosaurs are always a big attraction.

Martha

Martha was busy not only looking, but listening to all the remarks. Take a close look at the speech bubbles. They tell their own story.

Judith

Judith had a similar idea. The T Rex is the biggest draw for little kids.

Michael

Michael stuck to ink and wash with the sketchbook turned the LONG way to accommodate the very tall dinosaur.

Chris

I decided to use two full pages for the saber toothed mammal. I noticed they no long label it as a cat. I guess it got demoted.

Joel

Joel also turned his sketchbook on end. He decided the animal looked a little lonely on the page, so he created a bit of habitat.

Eva

Eva kept it simple with ink and just a bit of watercolor.

MacKenzie

I believe MacKenzie said she used water-soluable colored pencil for her drawing.

Then there were the Egyptologists.

Jacklynn

Jacklynn drew mummies and  embellished her page with rubber stamps.

Emerson

Emerson drew the entrance to the Tut exhibit.

Abigail

And our young sketcher, Abigail, was also inspired by King Tut.

Mark

Mark drew a collection of animals from the different environments on display.

Richard

Richard picked the rather tricky Foucault Pendulum for his sketch.

The throwdown

Here we are all gathering for the throwdown. Watch the video below.

the throwdown

All in all a successful evening with a moderately good turnout. Speaking of turnout, our big outing to Galveston is coming up on Saturday, October 18. Plan for a full day of sketching.

We would love to see some familiar faces joining us. With luck it will be, well COOLER and great weather for sketching. Judith is coming up with a map and a plan. Follow us on Facebook (please answer the membership questions) or check out our Instagram account.