Gregg S. Reed
Drawing from the Zoo
Desert Tortoise
(.jpg) A living desert tortoise was a model for a 30-second drawing warm-up session.
Leaves from the Zoo
(.jpg) At the Como Park Conservatory leaf size ranges from fractions of an inch to 50 feet.
Gorilla Skull
(.jpg) Vine charcoal drawing of a gorilla skull on charcoal paper. Como Park Zoo and Conservatory, St. Paul, Minnesota.
Pool in the Japanese Garden
(.jpg) 2B graphite pencil on newsprint. Como Park Zoo and Conservatory, St. Paul, Minnesota.
Impression of the Tropical Pool
(.jpg) 2B graphite pencil on newsprint. Como Park Zoo and Conservatory, St. Paul, Minnesota.
Cactus Drawing Specimen
(.jpg) A cactus has shapes suitable for ink-and-brush drawings on watercolor paper.
Double Yellow Headed Amazon Parrot
(.jpg) A live parrot is an exotic subject for ink-and-brush drawings. Como Park Zoo and Conservatory, St. Paul, Minnesota
Double Yellow Headed Amazon Parrot II
(.jpg) A water-color pencil provides details on the body of a live parrot. Como Park Zoo and Conservatory, St. Paul, Minnesota
Double Yellow Headed Amazon Parrot III
(.jpg) A background of trees and leaves from the Como Park Zoo and Conservatory outlines a live parrot in a zoo class room for a brush-and-ink drawing on water-color paper.
Double Yellow Headed Amazon Parrot IV
(.jpg) As the conservatory darkens, a parrot is a silouette in a brush-and-ink drawing. Como Park Zoo and Conservatory, St. Paul, Minnesota
Double Yellow Headed Amazon Parrot V
(.jpg) Ruffled feathers highlight a parrot's back in a brush-and-ink drawing. Como Park Zoo and Conservatory, St. Paul, Minnesota
Tropical Pond Sketch I
(.jpg) After drawing a series of thumbnail sketches, the class at the Como Park Zoo and Conservatory drew larger drawings. I drew on news print with a Micron pen at the tropical pond.
Tropical Pond Sketch II
(.jpg) Thumbnail sketches helped frame the final sketch. Again I drew this large sketch with a Micron Pen on news print.
Tropical Pond Sketch III
(.jpg) Plants around the tropical pond were as high as 30 feet, and leaves had a diameter of as much as five feet. This is the last sketch I made with a Micron pen on news print.
Conservatory I
(.jpg) On the last night of our class at the Como Park Zoo and Conservatory, we made gesture drawings from a small room overlooking the conservatory. I used the side of my charcoal to draw the transparent loo20 foot leaves on charcoal paper.
Conservatory II
(.jpg) The side of my charcoal reproduced the transparent leaves in the conservatory. This is a technique I learned in the class.
Conservatory III
(.jpg) The charcoal smudge reproduced the transparent leaves, and gestures from the tip of the charcoal made the palm leaves.
Bare Spring Landscape
(.jpg) On the first day at the wild flower garden, the ground and trees were bare.
Martha E. Crone Shelter
(.jpg) Conte crayon tone drawing of the Martha E. Crone Shelter at the Eloise Butler Wild Flower Garden in Minneapolis. (Type added digitally.)
Treeline Dusk Rain
(.jpg) The woods behind my home is the subject for a conte crayon drawing in an evening rain.
Treeline Twilight
(.jpg) In the dark twilight, the treeline provides dynamic movements for a conte crayon drawing.
Pond 1
(.jpg) Rain kept me way from the wild flower garden, so I drew plants in the fish pond on my patio with conte crayon.
Pond 2
(.jpg) I bought potted tropical plants at Bachman's to make a background of plants at the back of the pond on my patio. Their large dark green leaves worked well in a conte crayon drawing.
Flowerless Red Rocket Lily
(.jpg) A flowerless red rocket lily worked in a gesture drawing with conte crayon.
Country Pond
(.jpg) Because I would be traveling for Memorial Day, I drew the country pond behind my parent's townhouse on my trip, instead of drawing at the wild flower garden. I used a water-color pencil that made the afternoon scene look dark.
Geraniums
(.jpg) I drew the geraniums at my parent's home with a Micron pen and a water-color pencil. My elderly mother had become seriously ill, so she did not have the strength she needed to plant her geraniums.
Pine Cones
(.jpg) The destination of my Memorial Day trip was my parent's cabin on Whitefish Lake. Raking leaves, I thought about the hundreds of pine cones in the yard and on the drive way. I saved two pine cones, and I drew them with a Micron pen.
Towering Pines
(.jpg) I started a gesture drawing with a Micron pen as the finale to my trip. My mother told me I should name the picture of the pine trees in the driveway of our cabin "Towering Pines." The White Pines reach nearly 100 feet into the air.
Irises Drawn with Star Shapes
(.jpg) The class had to draw a cut flower at home, using star shapes. I drew a bouquet of freshly cut blue irises with a Micron pen and a water-color pencil.
Iris Drawn with Peanut Shapes
(.jpg) The class assignment was to draw a feshly cut flower at home using peanut shapes. I drew a freshly cut blue iris with a Micron pen on news print.
A Star at Starbuck's
(.jpg) Paul McCartney introduced "Memory Almost Full" on June 5 at Starbuck's Coffee shops, playing the album at the shops all day. I carried the iris in a container to Starbuck's coffee, and I drew the iris using star shapes with a Micron pen.
Trillium 05/18/08
(.jpg) Pen, brush, water-color pencil, and ink on drawing paper. 8.5" x 11" Eloise Butler Wild Flower Garden and Bird Sanctuary, Minneapolis
Trillium 2 5/19/08
(.jpg) Pen, brush, water-color pencil, and ink on drawing paper. 8.5" x 11" Eloisie Butler Wild flower Garden and Bird Sanctuary
Trillium 3 5/20/08
(.jpg) Pen, brush, ink on drawing paper. 8.5" x 11" Eloise Butler Wild Flower Garden and Bird Sanctuary
Trillium Maquette 05/20/08
(.jpg) Black, gray, and white construction paper with scissors and glue stick. Eloise Butler Wild Flower Garden and Bird Sanctuary
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Desert Tortoise
(.jpg) A living desert tortoise was a model for a 30-second drawing warm-up session.
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Genus Species
(.jpg) Exotic plants in the Como Park Conservatory display scientitic names.
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Leaves from the Zoo
(.jpg) At the Como Park Conservatory leaf size ranges from fractions of an inch to 50 feet.
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Exotic Shapes
(.jpg) Flowers in the zoo have exotic shapes.
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Exotic Leaves on the Walkway
(.jpg) I drew leaves from a bench in the Como Park Conservatory
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Drawing Specimen
(.jpg) Drawing specimens include plants, skulls, and eggs.
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Gorilla Skull
(.jpg) Vine charcoal drawing of a gorilla skull on charcoal paper. Como Park Zoo and Conservatory, St. Paul, Minnesota.
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Pool in the Japanese Garden
(.jpg) 2B graphite pencil on newsprint. Como Park Zoo and Conservatory, St. Paul, Minnesota.
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Impression of the Tropical Pool
(.jpg) 2B graphite pencil on newsprint. Como Park Zoo and Conservatory, St. Paul, Minnesota.
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Ferns Hanging from a Stone Wall
(.jpg) Conte crayon on newsprint.
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Fern
(.jpg) Conte crayon on pencil.
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Fern Room at Dusk
(.jpg) Conte crayon on pencil.
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Value Scale
(.jpg) India ink and brush. Logarithmic dilution with water.
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Cactus Drawing Specimen
(.jpg) A cactus has shapes suitable for ink-and-brush drawings on watercolor paper.
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Double Yellow Headed Amazon Parrot
(.jpg) A live parrot is an exotic subject for ink-and-brush drawings. Como Park Zoo and Conservatory, St. Paul, Minnesota
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Double Yellow Headed Amazon Parrot II
(.jpg) A water-color pencil provides details on the body of a live parrot. Como Park Zoo and Conservatory, St. Paul, Minnesota
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Double Yellow Headed Amazon Parrot III
(.jpg) A background of trees and leaves from the Como Park Zoo and Conservatory outlines a live parrot in a zoo class room for a brush-and-ink drawing on water-color paper.
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Double Yellow Headed Amazon Parrot IV
(.jpg) As the conservatory darkens, a parrot is a silouette in a brush-and-ink drawing. Como Park Zoo and Conservatory, St. Paul, Minnesota
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Double Yellow Headed Amazon Parrot V
(.jpg) Ruffled feathers highlight a parrot's back in a brush-and-ink drawing. Como Park Zoo and Conservatory, St. Paul, Minnesota
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Tropical Pond Sketch I
(.jpg) After drawing a series of thumbnail sketches, the class at the Como Park Zoo and Conservatory drew larger drawings. I drew on news print with a Micron pen at the tropical pond.
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Tropical Pond Sketch II
(.jpg) Thumbnail sketches helped frame the final sketch. Again I drew this large sketch with a Micron Pen on news print.
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Tropical Pond Sketch III
(.jpg) Plants around the tropical pond were as high as 30 feet, and leaves had a diameter of as much as five feet. This is the last sketch I made with a Micron pen on news print.
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Conservatory I
(.jpg) On the last night of our class at the Como Park Zoo and Conservatory, we made gesture drawings from a small room overlooking the conservatory. I used the side of my charcoal to draw the transparent loo20 foot leaves on charcoal paper.
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Conservatory II
(.jpg) The side of my charcoal reproduced the transparent leaves in the conservatory. This is a technique I learned in the class.
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Conservatory III
(.jpg) The charcoal smudge reproduced the transparent leaves, and gestures from the tip of the charcoal made the palm leaves.
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Spring Buds
(.jpg) On the first day at the wild flower garden, the flowers were fresh buds.
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Stumps, Logs, and Negative Space
(.jpg) Negative spaces dominated the bare landscape.
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Trees
(.jpg) Bare trees make uplifting gestures.
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Bare Spring Landscape
(.jpg) On the first day at the wild flower garden, the ground and trees were bare.
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Logs
(.jpg) Logs covered the ground of the empty landscape.
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Small Flowers Bloom
(.jpg) On the second day in the wild flower garden, the buds had opened.
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New White Orchids
(.jpg) After one week, white orchids bloomed in the wild flower garden.
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Spring Wild Flowers
(.jpg) After one week, the spring flowers opened at the wild flower garden.
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White Orchids Shine
(.jpg) White Orchids Shine above the bare ground.
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Martha E. Crone Shelter
(.jpg) Conte crayon tone drawing of the Martha E. Crone Shelter at the Eloise Butler Wild Flower Garden in Minneapolis. (Type added digitally.)
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Treeline Dusk Rain
(.jpg) The woods behind my home is the subject for a conte crayon drawing in an evening rain.
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Treeline Twilight
(.jpg) In the dark twilight, the treeline provides dynamic movements for a conte crayon drawing.
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Pond 1
(.jpg) Rain kept me way from the wild flower garden, so I drew plants in the fish pond on my patio with conte crayon.
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Pond 2
(.jpg) I bought potted tropical plants at Bachman's to make a background of plants at the back of the pond on my patio. Their large dark green leaves worked well in a conte crayon drawing.
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Flowerless Red Rocket Lily
(.jpg) A flowerless red rocket lily worked in a gesture drawing with conte crayon.
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Country Pond
(.jpg) Because I would be traveling for Memorial Day, I drew the country pond behind my parent's townhouse on my trip, instead of drawing at the wild flower garden. I used a water-color pencil that made the afternoon scene look dark.
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Geraniums
(.jpg) I drew the geraniums at my parent's home with a Micron pen and a water-color pencil. My elderly mother had become seriously ill, so she did not have the strength she needed to plant her geraniums.
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Pine Cones
(.jpg) The destination of my Memorial Day trip was my parent's cabin on Whitefish Lake. Raking leaves, I thought about the hundreds of pine cones in the yard and on the drive way. I saved two pine cones, and I drew them with a Micron pen.
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Towering Pines
(.jpg) I started a gesture drawing with a Micron pen as the finale to my trip. My mother told me I should name the picture of the pine trees in the driveway of our cabin "Towering Pines." The White Pines reach nearly 100 feet into the air.
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Irises Drawn with Star Shapes
(.jpg) The class had to draw a cut flower at home, using star shapes. I drew a bouquet of freshly cut blue irises with a Micron pen and a water-color pencil.
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Iris Drawn with Peanut Shapes
(.jpg) The class assignment was to draw a feshly cut flower at home using peanut shapes. I drew a freshly cut blue iris with a Micron pen on news print.
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A Star at Starbuck's
(.jpg) Paul McCartney introduced "Memory Almost Full" on June 5 at Starbuck's Coffee shops, playing the album at the shops all day. I carried the iris in a container to Starbuck's coffee, and I drew the iris using star shapes with a Micron pen.
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Plant Gesture 4/9/08
(.jpg) Charcoal and newsprint ,14" x 17," Botanical Drawing I
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Plant Shapes 1 4/9/08
(.jpg) Charcoal on drawing paper 8.5" x 11"
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Plant Shapes 2 4/9/08
(.jpg) Charcoal on drawing paper 8.5" x 11"
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Plant Shapes 3 4/9/08
(.jpg) Charcoal on drawing paper 8.5" x 11"
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Plant Drawing 4/16/2008
(.jpg) Pencil on drawing paper 8.5" x 11"
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Plant Drawing 2 4/16/2008
(.jpg) Pencil on drawing paper
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Plant Line 4/16/2008
(.jpg) Pencil on drawing paper 8.5" x 11"
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Plant Contour 4/16/2008
(.jpg) Pencil on drawing paper 8.5" x 11"
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Plant Perspective 4/16/2008
(.jpg) Pencil on drawing paper 8.5" x 11"
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Plant Sketch 4/23/08
(.jpg) Ink and water color pencil on drawing paper
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Plant Sketch 2
(.jpg) Ink and water color pencil on drawing paper 8.5" x 11"
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Pencil Values 4/30/2008
(.jpg) Pencil on drawing paper (6H, 4H, 2H, HB, 4B) 8.5" x 11"
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Pencil Values 2 4/30/2008
(.jpg) Pencil on drawing paper 8.5" x 11"
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Plant Values 4/30/2008
(.jpg) Charcoal pencil and drawing paper 8.5" x 11"
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Pine Cone 4/30/2008
(.jpg) Pencil on drawing paper 8.5" x 11"
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Plant Proportions 4/30/2008
(.jpg) Pencil on drawing paper 8.5" x 11"
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Pine Cone II 5/7/08
(.jpg) Pencil on drawing paper
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Plant Drawing 5/7/08
(.jpg) Pencil on drawing paper. (from Hard Times Cafe)
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Plant in Ink
(.jpg) Pen and ink with brush on drawing paper. (from Como Park Zoo & Conservatory)
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Aloe Vera Stippled 5/11/08
(.jpg) Pen and ink on drawing paper. (from Hard Times Cafe)
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Aloe Vera Cross Hatched 5/11/08
(.jpg) Pen and ink on drawing paper. (from Hard Times Cafe)
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Aloe Vera Contour Hatched 5/11/08
(.jpg) Pen and ink on drawing paper. (from Hard Times Cafe)
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Aloe Vera Pattern Hatched 5/11/08
(.jpg) Pen and ink on drawing paper. (from Hard Times Cafe)
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Aloe Vera Scribble Hatched 5/11/08
(.jpg) Pen and ink on drawing paper. (from Hard Times Cafe)
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Orchids 5/14/08
(.jpg) Pen, brush, ink. 8.5" x 11" (from Como Park Zoo & Conservatory)
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Trillium 05/18/08
(.jpg) Pen, brush, water-color pencil, and ink on drawing paper. 8.5" x 11" Eloise Butler Wild Flower Garden and Bird Sanctuary, Minneapolis
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Trillium 2 5/19/08
(.jpg) Pen, brush, water-color pencil, and ink on drawing paper. 8.5" x 11" Eloisie Butler Wild flower Garden and Bird Sanctuary
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Trillium 3 5/20/08
(.jpg) Pen, brush, ink on drawing paper. 8.5" x 11" Eloise Butler Wild Flower Garden and Bird Sanctuary
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Trillium Maquette 05/20/08
(.jpg) Black, gray, and white construction paper with scissors and glue stick. Eloise Butler Wild Flower Garden and Bird Sanctuary
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White Lily 1 5/21/08
(.jpg) White pastel pencil on black paper. Como Park Zoo and Conservatory
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White Lily 2 5/21/08
(.jpg) White pastel pencil on black paper. Como Park Zoo and Conservatory
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Norway Pine 5/26/08
(.jpg) Scratch tip, scratch board, and Micron pen. Whitefish Lake, Manhattan Beach, Minnesota.
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May Flower 5/26/08
(.jpg) Scratch tip and scratch board. Whitefish Lake, Manhattan Beach, Minnesota.
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Basic Drawing and Botanical Drawing I
Basic Drawing and Botanical Drawing I
(.pdf) This is a synopsis of my education in drawing. I wrote this for the self-critique at the end of Botanical Drawing I at the Como Park Zoo and Conservatory.
Statement
In spring 2008 I drew again at the Como Park Zoo & Conservatory for a botanical drawing class. Mark Granlund teaches the class. I posted new drawings as I made them from April 9 to May 28.
I first drew at the zoo the spring of 2007 in the basic drawing class for the botanical and zoological illustration program. Mary Esch taught the class. I drew in the exotic conservatory gardens on Wednesday nights, and I visited the Eloise Butler Wild Flower Garden in Minneapolis to draw away from the zoo on weekdays.
I drew plants, animals, and biological specimens in pencil, watercolor pencil, and ink. At the wild flower garden, I drew new spring flower buds and leafless trees.
1907--2007 100th Anniversary Eloise Butler Wild Flower Garden and Bird Sanctuary, Minneapolis, Minnesota
If you enjoy the art of natural history, you might enjoy the web site from the Royal Collection's exhibition, Amazing Rare Things, at Buckingham Palace in London. Click here.
Reviews
Gregg Reed has some drawing study to his credit already. He adopts motifs with remarkable ease, and he fills the paper from corner to corner. I praised many of the drawings he made in my class. In my review before the class on the last day, I included his multi-toned drawings of the parrot and his drawings of irises. The iris is a difficult flower that I avoid drawing.--Mary Esch
I appreciated the energy and enthusiasm that you and your work added to the class. --Mark Granlund
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War Diary
NovoSeven Spaceship
dopo yumé at the Stone Pony (screensaver)
et al The Beatles and Friends
Ticket to Fly
Impotence, Cryopreservation, AIDS
Magic City Market Lantern Slide Shows
Piet Zwart 2000
Changing Values
Nude from the Neck Up
State Dahlia
Works on Paper: Hornets' Nest
Trees in the Wind
Canoe
Goldfish
Beta Cell
Japanese Friend
Marian
Sun Flowers
Carnival
"Two Boys in a Closet"
WIT
Abstract Cat
Freedom Stamps
Philip Goyette
Handicapped Rider at Beitostolen Health Sports Center
almanzala
Somalian Black Ghost
CIDRZ Banners
Wedding Pictures
Pictures from One Window
+ hybrid robotics
Stairwell
Scenes from a Park
Student Artist
Music Studio
Computer Art
Unforgetable Elephants
Far from Home
Twirl Painting 1
How Deep Is My Beauty
Cityscape MPLS
Art Collection
Drawing Assignment by Vasilii Kandinsky
Bags
Color Painting 1976
Balance
Drawing from the Zoo
Live Eye at the Fair
Live@Blake Series (Al Franken Campaign Posters) ('07-'08)
Biomedical Consortium Logo
Ink and Brush
Charlotte's Quilt, 1883, American
Vote Yes Minnesota
A Night to Remember
Works for Lost Snakes
www.wellstoneinternational.com
Plants from the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel