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  2008

  Dec 23
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  Madzia Bryll

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  Iguanas on Santa Cruz island, Galapagos. I wish I had had more time to hang around and sketch them, but we only had two days of shore leave.
  tags: galapagos | iguanas | madzia bryll | pencil
   

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  martyharris 1:15 pm on December 23, 2008 | #

  Wow!! What a fun subject to draw. Good for you.

  On a cruise? Working a cruise? Armed forces?

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  bezalel 3:37 pm on December 23, 2008 | #

  Love it! I wish I had things to draw as interesting as these guys. This reminds me of “Master and Commander,” the Russell Crowe movie.

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  Rob Carey 3:33 am on December 24, 2008 | #

  great sketches- cool little guys to draw

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  Madzia Bryll 3:46 am on December 24, 2008 | #

  Nothing armed…well, we did have four cannons but no powder or shot to speak of, not in international waters anyway. I worked as a deckhand on the HMS Bounty, a square rigger.

  The ship in question: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cefeida/3093898485/in/set-72157610873331221/ .You can bet I had the strings from Master and Commander running through my head the entire time I was there. Amazing place.

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  renefijten 12:37 pm on December 24, 2008 | #

  Beautifully drawn. You came that close?

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  Madzia Bryll 4:12 pm on December 24, 2008 | #

  I did. That’s the most amazing thing about the Galapagos, the wildlife doesn’t come out to hug you, but it doesn’t run at the first sight of a human, either. If you’re quiet and move gently, you can camp out within reach of the iguanas and they won’t mind at all.

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  Margie 10:56 am on December 25, 2008 | #

  I like the spontanaeity of these drawings! The iguanas look very alive because of how fast you had to work (and your talent, of course). If they were more carefully drawn, I doubt they’d have the vitality these do.

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