line drawing – Karen Fred

from the sketchbook

I found an old book from 1906 called Extinct Animals by E. Ray Lankester, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S. I drew this blind contour drawing while looking at a picture of a Dodo bird’s skeleton. Based on the writing, I may have also been channeling Dave Matthews. At the time I drew this, I wasn’t listening toContinue reading “from the sketchbook”

from the sketchbook

Continuous line blind contour drawing of Walt Whitman

Continuous line blind contour of American poet Walt Whitman. I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. Walt Whitman, “Song of Myself” (1892 Version) You can read the rest of the poem for free at the Poetry Foundation website.