OBSERVATIONS DRAWINGS FROM NATURE IN AND AROUND SOUTH NATICK, MASSACHUSETTS
by Rob Dunlavey
OBSERVATIONS D R AW I N G S F R O M N AT U R E I N A N D A R O U N D S O U T H N AT I C K , M A S S A C H U S E T T S
In the summer of 2010, I started drawing the sights that are near my house in South Natick, a suburb of Boston. After doing it for several months, I found that I craved the type of attention that drawing from life required. This state of concentration is soothing and intense at the same time. I hope that some of my pleasure has been conveyed through my drawings. Spring 2011 by Rob Dunlavey
OBSERVATIONS by Rob Dunlavey
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lone mallard
Geese preening on top of the dam
Low water, Pleasant Street Bridge
The Pleasant Street Bridge, South Natick
Low water, mallards feeding at the face of the dam
The South Natick Dam
Low water, geese standing atop the dam
A solitary Cormorant, Lake Waban, Wellesley
Mallard ducklings sunbathing
Mallard ducklings
Studies of a Great Blue Heron
Great Blue Heron, Pleasant Street Bridge.
The Charles River, Pleasant St. Bridge
Mallards and Great Blue Heron, Pleasant Street Bridge
A view through an arch of the Pleasant Street Bridge
A family of mallards
Frogs
Solitary drake
Little Green Heron, Charles River, South Natick
The moon above the park near the dam (looking upstream)
Above the dam, looking toward Boston
Lake Waban
Red Squirrel, Lake Waban, Wellesley
The Italianate Garden at Elm Bank
Fountain and lily pool, Elm Bank
Water lily, Elm Bank, Natick
Swan, Lake Waban, Wellesley
Waterfowl feeding at dusk, Lake Waban, Wellesley
A swan mired in the freezing river (he freed himself)
Swan swimming in icy water above the dam
Ice forming on the river above the dam
South Natick Dam, ice
Dawn, Lake Waban, Wellesley College
The Charles River, Cheney Bridge, Elm Bank
Forest, South Natick, MA
Early Spring
A muskrat foraging in the flooded river bottom, March 2011
Trees growing from the retaining wall above the dam.
The Sounth Natick Dam in winter
Fuller Brook, Elm Bank
The Charles River flows over the dam
S E L F - P U B L I S H E D
P O R T F O L I O S
CRYSTAL CITIES
A collection of monochromatic nature and landscape studies from my sketchbooks.
DESTINATION UNKNOWN
A graphic exploration within a limited and idiosyncratic visual vocabulary of racecars, dragsters, junkers, clunkers, hand-me-down hot rods and other assorted vehicles…
POINTY PEOPLE
Sketches and paintings of little (and some very big) people who all wear pointy hats. Other than this idiosyncracy, they’re just like you and me.
ILLUSTRATION PORTFOLIOS Two slim volumes of sketchbook work: “Character Design Portfolio” “Interior, Exterior & Abstract Background Concept Art for Book & Animation Projects”
Rob Dunlavey
Rob is an artist and illustrator from Boston. He draws lots of pictures. See them here: www.robd.com