Mary Lawler Blog

Figure study. Study after a Michelangelo drawing.

Figure study. Study after a Michelangelo drawing. Watercolor on Arches watercolor paper. 7.5" x 7.5" 10/100 in #the100dayproject.

Head. Study after a Michelangelo drawing.

Head. Study after a Michelangelo drawing. 7.5" x 7.5" 9/100 in #the100dayproject.

Lion.

Lion. Inspired by the lion in the Book of Durrow. watercolor on watercolor paper, 8" x 8".

Rabbit. pen and watercolor..

Rabbit. Inspired by ancient Mimbres pottery. pen on Bristol paper. 8" x 8".

Bull.

Bull, after cave painting in Lascaux. acrylic gouache on watercolor paper, 8" x 8".

Blue Bird, looking at Paul Klee

Blue Bird, looking at Paul Klee. Gouache on watercolor paper, 8" x 8".

Unicorn.

Unicorn. Inspired by a 12th century illumination in the Worksop Bestiary, Morgan Library. Gouache and pen on watercolor paper. 8" x 8".

Unicorn

Unicorn. pen and watercolor on watercolor paper. 8" x 8".

Tyger, Tyger.

After William Blake, Tyger, Tyger. Pen and watercolor on paper. 8.5" x 11".

My version of a Van Gogh drawing, "A Corner of a Garden in the Place Lamartine".

My reed pen and ink copy of Van Gogh's drawing Plate 89 in Vincent Van Gogh: The Drawings, Metropolitan Museum of Art. 12" x 9".

I made this copy to learn from Van Gogh's calligraphic brushstrokes, and to learn about working with a reed pen.