Is anyone like me? Do you pick up interesting and sometimes dead things to take a closer look later? When I saw this while walking around the neighborhood, the biologist in me instantly thought, "Oh goodie!" I also picked up a fluorescent blue fly and a penny! I'm such a nerd and I can't help it!
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Road find
Is anyone like me? Do you pick up interesting and sometimes dead things to take a closer look later? When I saw this while walking around the neighborhood, the biologist in me instantly thought, "Oh goodie!" I also picked up a fluorescent blue fly and a penny! I'm such a nerd and I can't help it!
I have a small dead bee collection... along with a couple of other things like cicadas and moths! :)
ReplyDeleteGreat drawing too!
I am so glad I'm not the only one Angie! Thank you!
ReplyDeletei love that drawing joan
ReplyDeleteAwesome - both drawing and subject.
ReplyDeleteThanks Heather, Joan and D!!!
ReplyDeleteD, I thought of you when I picked up my little finds. I knew you'd be doing the same and we'd be checking them out together. Thankfully, the friend I was walking with is a biologist too so she was just as interested. I mean, who goes around picking dead things up?!? LOL
I liked it's very real !! great texture
ReplyDeleteRemember, nerds rule Joan. Take pride in your nerdishness. Just look at the results!! :)
ReplyDeleteAnd she struck quite a pose for you!
ReplyDeleteOh Joan, when I saw the thumbnail on FB I thought it was pen. You've achieved some serious accuracy with the pencil. Ugly beast. Gorgeous work.
Oh, dear, yes. Only a week ago, I picked up a gorgeous (though, sadly, dead) woodpecker so I could draw it. Some people think this is weird. Go figure. But I like your creature, and I do not think it's weird that you picked it up.
ReplyDeleteA beautiful drawing! I have also drawn some dead insects I've come by over the years...we can be nerds together. lol
ReplyDeleteBeautiful drawing! This is a really, really good drawing! I love the shading...and even though I don't like bee's that much (I know..I am scared of them-AND ladybugs!!) I still think this is a great drawing!!! I don't come across dead things much but when I do I usually draw them as well!!! :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful artwork here! I find pieces of wood that look like animals and make little glass eyes for them! Is that nerdy?
ReplyDeleteContinued success!
Me too, I love the drawing, all the detail and hairy bits.
ReplyDeleteI have lots of dead creatures, a dragonfly, bees, butterfly and beetles in jamjars....but I keep it a secret...others don't understand!
Great drawing.
millyx
guilty as charged :-)
ReplyDeleteand guess what? its a good thing. nerds unite.
i've actually got a wasp on the floor here next to my drawing table (didnt notice him til the other day... musta been here before all the snow!) - i may have to draw him :-)
I am so glad to hear that we're nerds together! Thanks for your wonderful comments everyone! :)
ReplyDeleteWonderful detail in your drawing! You are not the only one, I get so excited when I find a dragonfly so I can get a closer look at its amazing wings.
ReplyDeletei heard that fly is very clean actually,people consider it dirty just for the reason that it always stays in the dirty places,right?
ReplyDeleteLOL, sure. Curious people are - curious!
ReplyDeleteGood job! Thank you for sharing.
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