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So thankful for this experience that I shared with my class today. For the last 3 spring semesters, I’ve had the opportunity to take my KCAI Cultural Safari senior sketchbook class to draw from donor cadavers. Every year I am reminded of how amazing and intricate the human body is. I am also humbled by the generosity of the donors giving their remains to train young physicians. The conversations that result from these encounters always prove to be enlightening and inspirational. These are a few of my drawings I made.

I had some leftover watercolor on my palette and added it to some old sketches. This is the Fabriano sketchbook with the red cover. I keep finding it on sale at hobby lobby. It's perfect for using on a plane, or just in general.

Working on making my cats a little more fun. I added this guy to redbubble and he is available as a sticker and on other items.

Graphite (powdered and in pencil form) and iron oxide recovered from abandoned mine runoff on watercolor paper

I was lucky to see severals Great Gray Owls in fields not so far from my home. That’s inspired of catch that feelin

Originally done in watercolor on watercolor paper and filtered digitally afterward.

Inspired by the tides at Jologo Beach on the Dampier Peninsula where Soldier Crabs create their homes, leaving little balls of sand around the entrance to their home.

Look familiar? This drawing was inspired by the film Hellraiser.

Improvising a thing or two centred around krakens and all things cephalopod flavoured :)

Yesterday, I was drawing during the Metropolitan Opera's daily streaming. My husband, Mike came by and looked dumbfounded. "Samson and Delilah inspired THIS subject matter?" Walked off shaking his head. We have a good laugh!

I do these in alcohol inks but I have pages and pages of doodles in B/W and Colored Pencil or Markers in my sketch books of these far away things....oteresa

Colored pencil on toned tan paper

Colored pencil on toned tan paper

Originally painted in watercolor on watercolor paper and then filtered digitally. Inspired by Sara Berrenson and her book on how to Watercolor Flowers.

Leaf filtered digitally.

I originally was going to make the spots rainbow but I accidently colored them in brown. I decided to submit to the prompt anyway. lol

The name "Mokumokuren" literally means "many eyes" or "continuous eyes". The Mokumokuren is considered by the Japanese to be one of the traditional inhabitants of haunted houses. The only way to remove the spirit from the wall is to patch up the holes in it.

Drawn in pencil and colored with watercolor.

Inspired by the Mervyn Peake Novels.

Micron 005 pen doodle of imaginary leaves and berries, then colored in with Prismacolor pencils.

Colored pencil drawing of pomegranates "in progress." Prismacolor and Verithin pencils with some fine lines done with Tombow Irojiten pencils. I like the harder colored pencils for fine detail, but the blending of high wax and oil pencils can't be beat for blending.

Prismacolor colored pencil drawing of stylized begonias. This was fun, especially making the leaves have a satin texture. I printed this on card stock as a blank card to give to friends.

Inked with deAtramentis Document Ink Black. Colored with Holbein & Daniel Smith watercolor on Arches watercolor paper.

Drawn with ink & colored in watercolor.

Micron pen and colored pencil on paper

Colored pencil on toned tan paper

Powdered graphite and iron oxide recovered from acid mine runoff on watercolor paper

Charcoal and Graphite, Stephen Gammell Inspired