Pen and Ink Drawings of a Dragonfly I Drew in my Natural Science Illustration class

[mdengraver]

Pen and Ink Drawings of a Dragonfly I Drew in my Natural Science Illustration class

 

[JJ Roberts]

Ken,Looks like Trout food to me,very nice. What kind of pen did you use? J.J.

 

[mdengraver]

I used mostly a quill nib dipped in Higgins ink, and Micron pens. Want to use rapidographs once I get mine working properly. The ink coming out of mine was coming out kind of thin, so I'll be trying a fresher batch of ink.

 

[monk]

not only nice looking, it appears ready for a tail number.

 

[Marrinan]

Make a nice engraving on a pendent wouldn't it. Some scroll work and a flower or two -Fred

 

[mdengraver]

Marrinan I'm working up to all that with my drawings, putting in my time to get to nice engravings. "If you can't draw them, you can't cut them", a wise quote from an old engraver I knew.

 

[SamW]

Dragon flies are fascinating! I watched one once on Kodiak do a half loop, grab a gnat out of the air, then land on a bush to eat lunch. I call my property Odonata Station because of all the dragon and damsel flies here.

And a very nice drawing indeed!

 

[Mike Fennell]

Looks good. Dragon flies also keep the mosquito population down.

 

[LVVP]

Looks very nice, thanks for showing

 

[mrthe]

Beautyful! very nice draw!

 

[monk]

when the fish arent biting, it's fun to watch these beautiful insects.

 

[Gary Malone]

Looks good. Dragon flies also keep the mosquito population down.

Here in the south they're commonly called "skeeter hawks" Nice drawing!

 

[monk]

so they eat skeeters ? in the summer we could use a few more of them. in these parts, they tend to favor lots of still water- lakes, ponds, and dams. not too many congregate by creeks and streams.