December 2, 2014

Eagle Symbol Pen & Ink Progress



   My recent experiments with pen & ink got me a little more comfortable with the media. Here is the current state of a project on Arches hot press watercolor board.  The starting pencil sketch is shown at the right.  In looking for eagle reference imagery I found that I never realized how often they are photographed looking down at their feet (almost as if they are surprised to see them there).

  I have a fascination with symbols & myths and how they function in our current world.  It is always interesting when ideal meets reality.  As far as my subject goes--if you've ever taken a good look at the one dollar bill you might have seen the US National emblem and wondered why the eagle is holding arrows & foliage in each talon....

    
  

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