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10/12/2006

Reptile Studies



In preparation for my next painting, which is simmering inside my head, I have been going through old sketchbooks studying drawings that I did of lizards and similar creatures, and making new ones as well. Here are a few that I will be using as reference for the painting.



Reference being a very loose term. They will be sources for gesture, structure and textures, not copied directly into the painting.



All of these drawings were done from life. The first three were drawn with ink pens, at the Academy of Sciences in San Francisco.

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