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Every piece, filed
Twenty-four pieces in five drawers. Three of them are the sources themselves; two cut across all three, because anatomy and materials do not care where you were standing.
24 pieces5 sectionsNo dropdowns — everything is on this page
Section 01Section page →
From Life
A living animal, moving, at a distance it chose.
- 01A Hundred Hours in the Hide6 min read
- 02Drawing a Thing That Will Not Hold Still4 min read
- 03The Animal That Does Not Know It Is Watched7 min read
- 04The Sketchbook Is the Primary Document4 min read
- 05Distance Is Part of the Picture3 min read
Section 02Section page →
From the Skin
A dead animal, arranged, measurable to the millimetre.
- 01The Study Skin7 min read
- 02The Stretched Neck, and How to Spot It4 min read
- 03What a Mount Gets Wrong4 min read
- 04Measurable to the Millimetre5 min read
- 05Colour Does Not Survive3 min read
Section 03Section page →
From the Photograph
An image already flat, already chosen.
- 01The Frozen Wing: Shutter Speed as a Style7 min read
- 02Already Flat, Already Chosen3 min read
- 03When the Camera Took the Identification Job4 min read
- 04Using Reference Without Being Used by It3 min read
Section 04Section page →
Anatomy & Movement
What the body is doing under the surface.
- 01The Shoulder Problem7 min read
- 02Gait, and What the Eye Cannot Catch3 min read
- 03The Skeleton Under the Fur3 min read
- 04Plumage and Pelage7 min read
- 05The Eye Goes Flat Within the Hour4 min read
Section 05Section page →
Media & Process
Graphite, watercolour, engraving, bronze.
- 01Bewick's Blacks8 min read
- 02Four Hundred and Thirty-Five Plates7 min read
- 03Watercolour and the Single Chance4 min read
- 04Bronze, and the Animaliers4 min read
- 05How a Plate Was Coloured4 min read