tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-204009702024-03-07T00:54:22.914-08:00Evening Lighttamikamariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15972967735327553353noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20400970.post-28749916167660991052008-10-09T20:00:00.000-07:002008-10-09T20:01:50.714-07:00New Blog SiteI moved my daily art blog to Wordpress:<br /><br />http://tamisdailyart.wordpress.com/<br /><br />(not that I ever update that one either, but there's always hope...)tamikamariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15972967735327553353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20400970.post-63110958854875954262007-10-08T17:02:00.000-07:002007-10-08T17:07:20.652-07:00Pictures of the Girls<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvSaJjpRlfCxE7hbVSaLviL_elPOtch-N_VkHJC-wd9jyBQdJX9TQmV1734HAa-en-madKnN1acmFppfG4ywRTCeujmxua5XiDy2Z_ELIO5JWmeVoXmWG2uEzFIYArKDPhe9e4/s1600-h/miranda_sassy.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8iIsudnaMOS7LLlDL0Aka2kEok-TZaaNFHSJhtKOFUIo79NxM7OrW5-46hNsf83ypTOzDpxdiOqrTXK-AS48QAfiVAG3bejZKFH1WL31nrYV8oJeb6TCCsetb7cuWHPSzzkat/s320/miranda.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119121548908704226" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW8K94lmcIXbLUrasJ7CyacmAO7Y5-57rdMkC9Eu_i9RrviwgRd4oYv6oIxoRzNwtR4DR-ME_Q6jbPAfx2ExqwAyq3T_Y3ez4MwsJBFVVc8endEmjfZXWt92-_YmUgH7xPbcpf/s1600-h/boo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW8K94lmcIXbLUrasJ7CyacmAO7Y5-57rdMkC9Eu_i9RrviwgRd4oYv6oIxoRzNwtR4DR-ME_Q6jbPAfx2ExqwAyq3T_Y3ez4MwsJBFVVc8endEmjfZXWt92-_YmUgH7xPbcpf/s320/boo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119121553203671538" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2kInkc2JORUFPayBckpGwmVmbKC_GnRsNR6_DR0C_JHX0xjBAI0sOCO-0nd8VUIYcpDfxGmEAVQ6pDw8dSFNE9FyaQFgti07s2o4T5YLL_JsaeXSY0jimuQy5IDdTqcyATxAi/s1600-h/luckydog.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2kInkc2JORUFPayBckpGwmVmbKC_GnRsNR6_DR0C_JHX0xjBAI0sOCO-0nd8VUIYcpDfxGmEAVQ6pDw8dSFNE9FyaQFgti07s2o4T5YLL_JsaeXSY0jimuQy5IDdTqcyATxAi/s320/luckydog.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119121553203671554" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgqcOmDwG4R4bPvHc4FCf5CIVgRuha4tU-aRMnkdEmRDnlaibj0bSl8MjpFb9-S7kSq7LIIRfEfAJl2EyJJQ6ebwLFiVheHWVnypXKCSe_CnY2JycdEaNZ-g6TOpHOF28MR426/s1600-h/miranda_sassy2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgqcOmDwG4R4bPvHc4FCf5CIVgRuha4tU-aRMnkdEmRDnlaibj0bSl8MjpFb9-S7kSq7LIIRfEfAJl2EyJJQ6ebwLFiVheHWVnypXKCSe_CnY2JycdEaNZ-g6TOpHOF28MR426/s320/miranda_sassy2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119121557498638866" /></a>tamikamariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15972967735327553353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20400970.post-60933843691975336362007-09-27T13:47:00.001-07:002007-09-27T13:48:39.416-07:00Apple Sketches<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoCBuSBdQxDOLz0GlFxZ2LR5jKCq3LA6TmR7VUQeTCin3COnBFG5azEMZByR3sv0GMl5eB5mFF0uhtszCzGoCc7Rf0w1ChJIxRc0AlFgCuPVAFblJofcgf2tjyktPqCPQnMYKs/s1600-h/apples-92707.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoCBuSBdQxDOLz0GlFxZ2LR5jKCq3LA6TmR7VUQeTCin3COnBFG5azEMZByR3sv0GMl5eB5mFF0uhtszCzGoCc7Rf0w1ChJIxRc0AlFgCuPVAFblJofcgf2tjyktPqCPQnMYKs/s320/apples-92707.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5114988600664011202" /></a><br /><br />Apple sketches, pencil on 20# bond, 8"x5"tamikamariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15972967735327553353noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20400970.post-78995456163859772052007-09-26T21:27:00.000-07:002007-09-26T21:29:01.545-07:00A Drawing A Day...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4QyorsJjU_GIZl_gaqOHALVm0RnqCyeweOV6RHof6Vwuyw8aV2QfnpJtE5Wq98bXlyyy-dHbqUKUoW8alxBq59bCdh5TC4ougp6e-TPVRBxEzTwiIyxefs5WnjaHKKWjuPUci/s1600-h/apple-92607.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4QyorsJjU_GIZl_gaqOHALVm0RnqCyeweOV6RHof6Vwuyw8aV2QfnpJtE5Wq98bXlyyy-dHbqUKUoW8alxBq59bCdh5TC4ougp6e-TPVRBxEzTwiIyxefs5WnjaHKKWjuPUci/s320/apple-92607.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5114736189730992562" /></a><br />Pencil on 110# card stock, 4"x4"tamikamariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15972967735327553353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20400970.post-78383239816318227872007-06-11T17:06:00.000-07:002007-06-11T17:15:55.959-07:00Loggerhead Shrike ChicksEvery year a pair of loggerhead shrikes nests in our yard and hatches a batch of chicks. This year's chicks are out of the nest today (they may not have had a choice, as hard as the wind is blowing). I snapped a few pictures with my little Kodak Easy Share camera. I was able to get remarkably close to one of the chicks, he seemed as curious about me as I was of him.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpdewbJ8EZ6XRb-i47-T4wlK2uND9siWCBlCLa6OuSqtyv2wC7Lo0AM3aTw_X6Me3tBI7Mj7PYmr3FKrCnN9NcZcL2xMs7KkrLKEDjnFT7DIBn_cri9MK83eyRSSEUDtTFy8ZX/s1600-h/shrike_chick1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpdewbJ8EZ6XRb-i47-T4wlK2uND9siWCBlCLa6OuSqtyv2wC7Lo0AM3aTw_X6Me3tBI7Mj7PYmr3FKrCnN9NcZcL2xMs7KkrLKEDjnFT7DIBn_cri9MK83eyRSSEUDtTFy8ZX/s320/shrike_chick1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074964100655824130" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigKhVyLP9xlqdY2RKmrZXCf9jz-pWupp6ceO4DL2yyr5CZOiDKu9NWPtaY4LXl5_vUf9twIeDwgwko73eVIm7I_I-AOOx3KbiGPqSc3w6Q_Qb5-Gwby6K4HUmsQfMfeMnC1mKf/s1600-h/shrike_chick3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigKhVyLP9xlqdY2RKmrZXCf9jz-pWupp6ceO4DL2yyr5CZOiDKu9NWPtaY4LXl5_vUf9twIeDwgwko73eVIm7I_I-AOOx3KbiGPqSc3w6Q_Qb5-Gwby6K4HUmsQfMfeMnC1mKf/s320/shrike_chick3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074964104950791442" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt2_op_yT_Q5fAnSvL9tsLXF_x-Yk6Je-bTn2jJgCjfy_v66GlrZuK7XnSnTeYOCgOZm3wZp2P4aHDuUhtEdVmIld451bqY71WBhfm8r7esEXeXpYm4PG5XWIAxqimn2kcFSSe/s1600-h/shrike_chick4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt2_op_yT_Q5fAnSvL9tsLXF_x-Yk6Je-bTn2jJgCjfy_v66GlrZuK7XnSnTeYOCgOZm3wZp2P4aHDuUhtEdVmIld451bqY71WBhfm8r7esEXeXpYm4PG5XWIAxqimn2kcFSSe/s320/shrike_chick4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074964104950791458" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv2tnLKIvaXD3ac54frGBb316XT3XKcfPJniEo0iZPuH6kF-n2VrfhezGVLHjDKgGKdw7GwELc8EkdWcSA6VsTHTtCdwstDJtQ1ElthZGkbWKNdUkPL8S89eWFVxejiUeRWvPo/s1600-h/shrikechick_2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv2tnLKIvaXD3ac54frGBb316XT3XKcfPJniEo0iZPuH6kF-n2VrfhezGVLHjDKgGKdw7GwELc8EkdWcSA6VsTHTtCdwstDJtQ1ElthZGkbWKNdUkPL8S89eWFVxejiUeRWvPo/s320/shrikechick_2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074964109245758770" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRDKR75D2he5n0UgUmeCCmlkr4Rv2f_uERQL5I0lvH_iZy_aWynPfzdJ7DMmnIKpMFlsJ5kifv_AESXxolL_mZ2SQd10OYvKe-UffSLNqP-RuY0EWlWbkm6ZqBQV7jFS2Xepmj/s1600-h/adult_Shrike.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRDKR75D2he5n0UgUmeCCmlkr4Rv2f_uERQL5I0lvH_iZy_aWynPfzdJ7DMmnIKpMFlsJ5kifv_AESXxolL_mZ2SQd10OYvKe-UffSLNqP-RuY0EWlWbkm6ZqBQV7jFS2Xepmj/s320/adult_Shrike.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074964714836147522" /></a><br /><br />Adult shrike with a grasshopper in its beak.tamikamariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15972967735327553353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20400970.post-66482768034882867492007-05-22T16:15:00.000-07:002007-05-22T17:11:50.475-07:00Happy South Dakota CowsIt's spring (going on summer) in Western South Dakota. And it rained! Here are some pictures to prove it.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx0SaEAr2rTSU_gsDj1hRpOLiKIvjg_PKHlbrYk6AGPKkv1rMdDlbe-jYvx_KyQeU5vlDZA0wMsor7-3maI2bIAwfX8TvhlUbKtcoWpSiBTOuBlQrLRsj-9l3oLDK5EcD4Sod8/s1600-h/chicken2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx0SaEAr2rTSU_gsDj1hRpOLiKIvjg_PKHlbrYk6AGPKkv1rMdDlbe-jYvx_KyQeU5vlDZA0wMsor7-3maI2bIAwfX8TvhlUbKtcoWpSiBTOuBlQrLRsj-9l3oLDK5EcD4Sod8/s320/chicken2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067529399922378466" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyHLZT65ZPDJ7wxR2Ub3DwQSxT8FSwVgsMEsq4dc9zD0lgxnNBn2hI0H5BafFjuF7c4VvAnLqV0XIk993gV1NDCj4mlzuECJQTrGHBek_AB0t8WucOMGXLY3-CwIRlTT0Zoslq/s1600-h/chickens.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyHLZT65ZPDJ7wxR2Ub3DwQSxT8FSwVgsMEsq4dc9zD0lgxnNBn2hI0H5BafFjuF7c4VvAnLqV0XIk993gV1NDCj4mlzuECJQTrGHBek_AB0t8WucOMGXLY3-CwIRlTT0Zoslq/s320/chickens.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067529404217345778" /></a> Chickens. The grass around the chicken coop is so tall they almost vanish in it.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5gUE9LCDqImKSbdRqyWCY-1XYt9ASldI-VQwrMFGLWieJkUsJ97zd8nnVWcsSBKmEPu1sVTl_fA3VnWffoHPuYRT_05Rn4OerwF9bQcLh1tOZxW1AREcCPkHob4oaPKGsw0DH/s1600-h/stormy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5gUE9LCDqImKSbdRqyWCY-1XYt9ASldI-VQwrMFGLWieJkUsJ97zd8nnVWcsSBKmEPu1sVTl_fA3VnWffoHPuYRT_05Rn4OerwF9bQcLh1tOZxW1AREcCPkHob4oaPKGsw0DH/s320/stormy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067530602513221378" /></a>Stormy<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLE2kIWvXURYZqeWvRfMkT97CLZPI-5s4NroJ3bTdlmuwK_mXU595pJLUnPBxmEVDQBxezsydB8n7YYLucZwQHfFB9q1em0qLef6EsqVLTRvfzkJsrMbKwmButcZA3HdQ5OA1J/s1600-h/treats.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLE2kIWvXURYZqeWvRfMkT97CLZPI-5s4NroJ3bTdlmuwK_mXU595pJLUnPBxmEVDQBxezsydB8n7YYLucZwQHfFB9q1em0qLef6EsqVLTRvfzkJsrMbKwmButcZA3HdQ5OA1J/s320/treats.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067531208103610130" /></a>Gypsy and Spuds sneaking some treats.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsdfMLND4QfnUy0QJOuIa0UFM5xTQP0efByPdjYfqRs8eX3p3xfGupYWBSNZLTo_1XMlb7dz85JEFYoOYrhwPvBQzpbDdXnpRp72cqTMdpfzRR6z_nrYjTWNiWXqSPRUeL05AB/s1600-h/misspiggy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsdfMLND4QfnUy0QJOuIa0UFM5xTQP0efByPdjYfqRs8eX3p3xfGupYWBSNZLTo_1XMlb7dz85JEFYoOYrhwPvBQzpbDdXnpRp72cqTMdpfzRR6z_nrYjTWNiWXqSPRUeL05AB/s320/misspiggy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067531959722886946" /></a>My favorite heifer, Miss Piggy. She didn't believe me when I told her the camera was not edible.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVz3-Sh3BjoxLP2lqPoPYqTKA6I47vVnE8u3xJbXN9OzDQAXnGU0KunQDqK4t9gqMrd0HeEh0ynI2YStM057Il9vC75BGYjEcUjJtqnziqORJc0-15Xej2CsGZGRUsRHNVNtQq/s1600-h/910.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVz3-Sh3BjoxLP2lqPoPYqTKA6I47vVnE8u3xJbXN9OzDQAXnGU0KunQDqK4t9gqMrd0HeEh0ynI2YStM057Il9vC75BGYjEcUjJtqnziqORJc0-15Xej2CsGZGRUsRHNVNtQq/s320/910.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067532810126411570" /></a>One of my buddies, 910 (yes that's her name).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcKqMOPnmql6ISV7oWiikxwgkwdCeDmTamd2DKW5qJ9e3po1zPrMYyJzLCZLByVdCwtPlO4YSNjpeYCLIuKP6afDdHNf3n-nn5nK9mFH9xKdCMcU2jyuZpM3aOT-IQHOMQTluC/s1600-h/523-calf.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcKqMOPnmql6ISV7oWiikxwgkwdCeDmTamd2DKW5qJ9e3po1zPrMYyJzLCZLByVdCwtPlO4YSNjpeYCLIuKP6afDdHNf3n-nn5nK9mFH9xKdCMcU2jyuZpM3aOT-IQHOMQTluC/s320/523-calf.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067536151610967874" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5-0T9jp6vCzsEfJvf7DfGgV9MupJaJcqGep-t3WdjExb_AlVR-hqNE7WEerHMOi5dbKaw3dYl0D1dCRh7Rj8_1IpG8yGH9dNtJDm4ZaqN4JLLmjx2hBHuFku3Qx0HXoE_jbXF/s1600-h/calves.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5-0T9jp6vCzsEfJvf7DfGgV9MupJaJcqGep-t3WdjExb_AlVR-hqNE7WEerHMOi5dbKaw3dYl0D1dCRh7Rj8_1IpG8yGH9dNtJDm4ZaqN4JLLmjx2hBHuFku3Qx0HXoE_jbXF/s320/calves.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067536164495869778" /></a>Cows and calves enjoying the grass after being in the lots all winter.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNq2rZWeFhxwBxRVyxyHo3Xv_sS5KXcc5AZG456OTzcz_lvguYSfgU9JBn_ht31K5hOKgCt7uQpOO1tN5chuaCu5SLj_ZlA0cnRPdV7Cku7LxVTEL_jPoLdQU6zyGJzpV8vza4/s1600-h/cottontail.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNq2rZWeFhxwBxRVyxyHo3Xv_sS5KXcc5AZG456OTzcz_lvguYSfgU9JBn_ht31K5hOKgCt7uQpOO1tN5chuaCu5SLj_ZlA0cnRPdV7Cku7LxVTEL_jPoLdQU6zyGJzpV8vza4/s320/cottontail.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067536950474884962" /></a>Cottontail rabbit. We had swarms of jackrabbits around the barn all winter (I counted 78 in one bunch). According to an expert (probably a county agent - inside rancher joke), 40 rabbits eat as much as one cow!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMZvN_hrES2daEU7bPC3jHleLJOzCVDF3d4wesBKvyTUnpLO3i5eZHWgu7rP6q7r8VbO_YptwiYTqxUYbg1jJx7cXKmkmRFz-hb0Yogqa02NHGFYxJdzD0ZukZVJA9NZt9uozx/s1600-h/flower.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMZvN_hrES2daEU7bPC3jHleLJOzCVDF3d4wesBKvyTUnpLO3i5eZHWgu7rP6q7r8VbO_YptwiYTqxUYbg1jJx7cXKmkmRFz-hb0Yogqa02NHGFYxJdzD0ZukZVJA9NZt9uozx/s320/flower.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067538470893307762" /></a>Salsify flower<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCQWHRDg5RDsocq48XFOwE9_Z7lnz72fYJRlItuNYya5NqMDIQz-aT7Jk7cT06cZ8dQRpDNqJrJ6aaQEkjLD5BU5cy5b_Qj5k5idNuy4q87AjNwuJ7jfagjgc4imN-vyDdlVp_/s1600-h/flowers2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCQWHRDg5RDsocq48XFOwE9_Z7lnz72fYJRlItuNYya5NqMDIQz-aT7Jk7cT06cZ8dQRpDNqJrJ6aaQEkjLD5BU5cy5b_Qj5k5idNuy4q87AjNwuJ7jfagjgc4imN-vyDdlVp_/s320/flowers2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067538475188275074" /></a>Flowers -- Scarlet globe mallows and Western wallflowers.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpd_KTTuB_0PT28mDAXyWlPTTbGXcBV7HgbFErMqoUAvhQXIlU09ptXQHcJSBikHgW9j5Q61MFjkR9PT43V9EvYl6fmH4Yfi9hv0maQVhrLSS0Z17Ks4bon47COx5-GIygTR_P/s1600-h/flowers3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpd_KTTuB_0PT28mDAXyWlPTTbGXcBV7HgbFErMqoUAvhQXIlU09ptXQHcJSBikHgW9j5Q61MFjkR9PT43V9EvYl6fmH4Yfi9hv0maQVhrLSS0Z17Ks4bon47COx5-GIygTR_P/s320/flowers3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067538479483242386" /></a>Scarlet Globe Mallow<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSpgEUpFUJ4k1P2m8Zwzha7isrzgmDyx1axsV4edtCecDC3cu8QiedfPv8GboT17roXA1EjygtpxoSgtYfU1ivnzyFYnh0mRNhEKDZQbIinu2M8KzXliw58lraHrXaIIBOSCZj/s1600-h/flowers4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSpgEUpFUJ4k1P2m8Zwzha7isrzgmDyx1axsV4edtCecDC3cu8QiedfPv8GboT17roXA1EjygtpxoSgtYfU1ivnzyFYnh0mRNhEKDZQbIinu2M8KzXliw58lraHrXaIIBOSCZj/s320/flowers4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067538483778209698" /></a>Spiderwort<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinToNbOq-nDIdsbTVLPOe0WPKtyjwoRAxr1pOT1PNsHqVBfs9CMwx6NqPUX4TSIh8qi2I4IyzBj015S6p209hNLFx_wnC8fyRNp_tRUnnTGeCRwDkiiFk9e4D-Q2AF6A8vSX7a/s1600-h/panorama_sm.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinToNbOq-nDIdsbTVLPOe0WPKtyjwoRAxr1pOT1PNsHqVBfs9CMwx6NqPUX4TSIh8qi2I4IyzBj015S6p209hNLFx_wnC8fyRNp_tRUnnTGeCRwDkiiFk9e4D-Q2AF6A8vSX7a/s320/panorama_sm.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067540072916109234" /></a><br />Panoramic view (click any of the pictures for a larger version).tamikamariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15972967735327553353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20400970.post-26097089565234761492007-04-26T21:30:00.000-07:002007-04-26T21:33:35.521-07:00practice drawing<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg53nt6yPsGs4U49keh-pMJPZK_AKwaKzbbTiUdVuH09IUe0WsSbCOR7wor4KydMkyCbGGXBo1DzeGRFZObuSmMrTOqcKBJoV6QQwh8vYAv4t-Gg2URkDOTLdashCL4gYvwofhv/s1600-h/4.26.07.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg53nt6yPsGs4U49keh-pMJPZK_AKwaKzbbTiUdVuH09IUe0WsSbCOR7wor4KydMkyCbGGXBo1DzeGRFZObuSmMrTOqcKBJoV6QQwh8vYAv4t-Gg2URkDOTLdashCL4gYvwofhv/s320/4.26.07.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057961120940881970" /></a><br />6"x9", 2/HB pencil on 110# card stocktamikamariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15972967735327553353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20400970.post-1141519337978166072006-03-04T16:39:00.000-08:002006-03-04T16:42:17.986-08:00Illustration Friday - Insect<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5637/2043/1600/beatles2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5637/2043/320/beatles2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Hand coloured etching.tamikamariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15972967735327553353noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20400970.post-1139347763964310312006-02-07T13:07:00.000-08:002006-02-07T13:39:35.976-08:00Charles Bargue Drawing CourseAbout a year ago I stumbled onto an article about the Charles Bargue Drawing Course, a kind of do-it-yourself "Atelier" course. Since my ultimate goal is to be the best artist I can be, and since I am not going to France to join a real atelier any time soon, I immediately shelled out $95.00 for the book. Considering the tuition at a real atelier school, this seemed to me a bargain. The book arrived, and of course I was delighted. Beautiful drawings, wonderful paintings - and the fear that I could never draw that well.<br /><br />The upside: no model fees, no time limits, no annoying classmates. The downside: no critiques, no interactive advice. And perhaps the biggest downside of all, no one to push me to get it done. It has proven all to easy to plop down on the couch instead and watch an all day marathon of "Miami Ink." I also tend to agonize over my drawings. It has to be perfect. It has to match the example exactly. Well, who cares? That is the point of practice, isn't it? To work to be better each time, to put in the work and hopefully get some results. <br /><br />My martial arts instructor tells us quite often that the secret to attaining a black belt is one thing: sweat. There are no mystical techniques or shadowy secrets. I think the same thing is true of drawing. Sure, there are people who are naturally talented, but for most of us it is one thing: sweat. My fear of not being able to draw well is the same fear I face in martial arts. Spinning sole kick? No! I can't! But you keep working, and working, and one day - seemingly out of nowhere - you can. Keep working, keep sweating, keep believing. And never forget the reason you are doing it, for the love of the game.<br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5637/2043/1600/bargue_1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5637/2043/320/bargue_1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5637/2043/1600/bargue_5.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5637/2043/320/bargue_5.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5637/2043/1600/bargue_2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5637/2043/320/bargue_2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5637/2043/1600/bargue_4.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5637/2043/320/bargue_4.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5637/2043/1600/bargue_3.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5637/2043/320/bargue_3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>tamikamariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15972967735327553353noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20400970.post-1139339236619983282006-02-07T10:50:00.000-08:002006-02-07T11:07:16.630-08:00New Sketchbook Pages<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5637/2043/1600/sketch2.7.06.1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5637/2043/200/sketch2.7.06.1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5637/2043/1600/teapot.1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5637/2043/200/teapot.1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />New pages from my sketchbook. I really like the little teapot sketch - it is tiny, about 1"x1". I've gotten into the habit of drawing a few pages each night before I go to bed. The only bad part is I lose track of time, I look up and it's 1 AM.tamikamariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15972967735327553353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20400970.post-1138994805673578022006-02-03T11:17:00.000-08:002006-02-03T11:26:45.673-08:00Illustration Friday - Chair<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5637/2043/1600/chair.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5637/2043/320/chair.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Click for larger image.tamikamariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15972967735327553353noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20400970.post-1138384280671145752006-01-27T09:47:00.000-08:002006-01-27T09:51:20.673-08:00Illustration Friday - Glamour<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5637/2043/1600/glamour.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5637/2043/320/glamour.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Sketchbook scratchings of two models and a hairdresser. I hate the way the neck came out on the model on the right, should have done the shadows in watercolor and not ink. I like the way the color came out though.tamikamariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15972967735327553353noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20400970.post-1138337917322057762006-01-26T20:49:00.000-08:002006-01-26T20:58:37.333-08:00Illustration Friday - Cats<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5637/2043/1600/psychocat.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5637/2043/320/psychocat.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />"Psycho Cat" - an etching I did for printmaking class waaay back in college. <br /><br />I had an little cat named Hazel, but we called her Psycho Cat because she was nuts. She was a house cat by her choice, because when she came in you couldn't get her out. She had claws and knew how to use them. I remember one time I was out on the lawn giving the dog a bath with Psycho Cat calmly observing. I looked at her, I looked at the tub of water - and let's just say my curiosity outweighed my judgement. I don't remember much after she touched the water, but when it was all over there was lots of blood and it wasn't hers.<br /><br />I guess the etching was my attempt to psyco-analyse Psycho-Cat, my impression of what her personality was.tamikamariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15972967735327553353noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20400970.post-1136578805391506672006-01-06T12:15:00.000-08:002006-01-06T12:20:05.400-08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5637/2043/1600/12606.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5637/2043/320/12606.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Practicing figure drawing. From the book "The Human Machine" by George Bridgeman. There are no drawing groups or figure drawing classes in the area where I live, so for me drawing from books is pretty much the only option.tamikamariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15972967735327553353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20400970.post-1136225879952902042006-01-02T10:14:00.000-08:002006-01-02T10:17:59.956-08:00Illustration Friday - Flavor<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5637/2043/1600/flavor.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5637/2043/320/flavor.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />For Illustration Friday -- topic "flavor". This is actually a drawing from an old sketchbook, but one of my favorites.tamikamariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15972967735327553353noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20400970.post-1136139481188638162006-01-01T10:05:00.000-08:002006-01-01T10:20:56.640-08:00New Year - New BlogHello, thought I would start a blog this year. Everybody has one - why not me too? <br /><br />I am a freelance graphic designer/illustrator/artist living and working in central South Dakota. I also study a martial art called Kyuki-Do, I am a confirmed bibliophile, amateur birdwatcher, and a part-time cattle rancher. In other words, I have more hobbies than I have time to actually do them. Mainly I would like to use this space to post my sketches, since it's easier to update a blog a couple times a week than my web page a couple times a week. And since it's easier, maybe I will actually do it once and a while.<br /><br />Anyway, here is the first sketch. Practicing drawing faces.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5637/2043/1600/123005.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5637/2043/400/123005.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>tamikamariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15972967735327553353noreply@blogger.com0