Art
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A listing of all wild species I have encountered in Andalucia, Spain. Areas explored include Seville, Huelva, Donana Parque Natural, and Sierra de Aracena y Picos de Aroche.
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The first time I remember being really good at something is when I began drawing. I was a decent runner, pretty good at soccer, a decent chess player – but I was better at drawing. Even as a child, animals were one of my fascinations. My reading habits included Ranger Rick (a kids environmental magazine),…
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The most asked question I receive at art fairs is, how are the scratchboard portraits made? Well, I buy the boards premade at art shops; it is called Ampersand Scratchbord. It is masonite board coated with white clay and black India ink, you use metal tools to scratch away the surface ink to show the…
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These are all works by Nathan Cole, done by hand using a metal quill on scratchboard. It is a masonite panel, covered in porcelain and India ink, then scratched away with the quill until the white appears underneath the ink. It is a meticulous process, as the surface is extremely fragile and difficult to correct,…
