Session 32- WINGS!

Yesterday's one-hour sketching challenge was on the subject of WINGS and, as usual with our inventive gang of scribblers there were a few different interpretations of it. So, let's let fly with the fabulous results shall we?

First up is Alan Bartlett working live in oil and gold leaf in Mallorca to produce this gorgeous angel sitting on a large red egg (I could be wrong about the egg!)

Next up is Anna Lindenberger who joined us half way through the hour from Uzbekistan and still managed to produce this striking image of Batman leaping off a building. Technically speaking he doesn't have wings but we like to be pretty broad in the interpretation of the given subject.

These are definitely wings as beautifully drawn live by Annalisa Renee in Dorset. This, apparently, is one of the biggest moths in the world with an 11 inch wingspan called the Thysania Agrippina from Brazil.

Next up, from over in Poland, we have the fabulously unpredictable Anna K Lange with an unusual angel in a cathedral.
It looks more like the filigree pattern of a fairy's wing to me but the artist knows best!

Another of our unpredictable regulars is Julia Xandru with two interpretations of the subject. The portrait on the right is taken from the sketches of Leonardo Da Vinci and includes one of his designs for a flying machine. The beautiful image on the left looks like an Edwardian woman with wings by the sea looking for something. A lost little dog perhaps or her wayward lover. But only Jools knows for sure.

Drawn simultaneously in Morocco but unable to join the live session is another regular contributor- Khawla Sdour with a beautiful drawing of pegasus the flying horse. There's a great poster featuring pegasus for the film The Thief of Bagdad (1924) which I used to have on my wall as a student back in the dim mists of time!

Finally, we have my own offerings and I thought I'd try and portray nature's different designs for wings- birds, bats and insects. A bird's wings can flap up and down with the feathers allowing the air to pass through on the upstroke and they can also pivot with an active hinged-torsion drive to achieve greater efficiency. BUT,  that is nothing compared to the wings of the dragon-fly! It has two sets of wings that can work independently enabling it to hover, glide, turn sharply, accelerate quickly and even fly backwards! This blog is SO educational, innit!
Next Wednesday's subject is one that fills me with dread- ARCHITECTURE!

We have a late entry from Andrea Salzman who sent me this spectacular dragonfly and a variation that she did a while ago but it fits the theme and I was banging on about dragonflies in my bit. So it's a welcome addition! Thanks Andrea!