Oh! I almost got the mouth right! Happy dance!
Shoebill Stork at the Houston Zoo
Sketch 074: Shoebill Stork at the Houston Zoo
Shoebill Stork, Sketch 074
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Red-crowned Crane, Sketch 073
Red-crowned Crane at the Houston Zoo
Sketch 073: Red-crowned Crane at the Houston Zoo
Summer Crocs, Sketch 072
You may have noticed that a lot of my sketch objects are from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. They have quite the collection of practically everything! But, as I do have shoes of my own, I thought I’d include at least one pair in my Shoe Series.
Cheesy looking
I have two pair of Crocs: a summer pair (the green, with holes) and a winter pair (black, no holes). I only wear them in the yard. The green, hole-y ones are too cold in the winter and the black, solid ones are too hot in the summer.
Summer Crocs, with the holes for air ventilation
Sketch 072: Summer Crocs (not the Metropolitan Museum of Art, although I did search the online collection after I sketched mine, wondering if, indeed, they had a pair. None showed up. Maybe I should donate mine. Hmmmm . . . )
Here are links to some of the museum’s shoes that caught my eye.
Rosenbloom’s Slippers red, with tassels
Shoes by Steven Arpad, with quite the upturn at the toe
Papyrus Sandals, Sketch 071
A good design lives forever
I worked this sketch twice trying to get the angle right; it’s still not aligned to the photo.
circa 1580-1479 BCE; Egypt; Papyrus
Sketch 071: Pair of Papyrus Sandals; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922
Silk Mule, Sketch 070
Fascinating that this shoe dates from the early 1700s. A lasting design.
early 1700s; European; silk, linen, leather
Sketch 070: Silk Mule; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Herman Delman, 1954
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