Animals, sculptures, by Elaine (jaguarish)

Just for fun - here are some thumbnail sketches of animal sculptures from my notebook / journal.

This first one is from a series I did while walking through town to meet up with the Urban Sketchers group in Brisbane.  The "bat in lamp" (bottom right corner of page) is one of a series along Adelaide Street which includes a goanna, snake and possum.  I used to walk from Central Station along the street with my daughter when she was in a stroller or sling, taking her to child care at City Hall, and we would look at the sculptures along the way.  I love the unexpected nature of them, and that you only notice them if you are looking up.

This next one is a trio of kangaroos sculpted by Christopher Trotter, from found metal implements.  You have to imagine the colour -- a darkened bronze.  Two are grazing and one is relaxing on the bench (couldn't fit him on the page).  I love his work!

This last one comprises three views of a crane netsuke (a tiny Japanese carving, traditionally used as a stopper  at the end of a silk rope for the handbag hung from an obi, which in turn is the belt of a kimono...)  I bought this netsuke at the LA County Museum of Art (it is a reproduction).  The brown marks muddling the page are from me playing around with stamps...