Comments | dagmarjung: Sketches of Cows

dagmarjung

Sketches of Cows

Sep 28, 2006 20:43

I spent last weekend in Stuttgart, the city where I spent my youth. My father and my brother still live there, and we had a party for my father's 70. birthday ( Read more... )

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solarfallsrealm September 28 2006, 21:39:08 UTC

Dagamr, these drawings (sketches you call them??? ;-) are just AWESOME!

You are so good in depicting animals - it looks as if they're ready to jump from the paper any moment.

Thank you so much for sharing these!

dagmarjung September 28 2006, 22:39:03 UTC

Well, the lying cow *did* jump to her feet before I was finished, so I had to guess a bit about her croup and hip area, and I know that part is not quite right.

sirielle September 28 2006, 22:06:16 UTC

Very nice drawings :)
Talking about cows - the most beutiful eyes have got cows of India. They may be somewhere else, of course, probably similar cows are in Africa. These with a sharp bone on their back (neck) - I don't know how to describe it better.

dagmarjung September 28 2006, 22:29:57 UTC

Zebu. Yes, they are beautiful indeed! You are so right about their eyes.
They had a small herd of dwarf zebus at the fair. In recent years they have become quite popular here, mostly kept by hobby farmers or as pets.

tehta September 29 2006, 01:30:58 UTC

Great pictures, as always! I am sure Alan Lee would be proud.

dagmarjung September 29 2006, 09:00:17 UTC

I don't think he has ever being much into cattle drawing... :-)

lenine2 September 29 2006, 04:31:14 UTC

Beautiful cows!

I love going to fairs and seeing the animals. I think it's especially fun to watch while they give them baths and spiff them up for the competitions.

Your drawings are fabulous.

dagmarjung September 29 2006, 20:49:46 UTC

When we came to the fair, the judging was already over and the prize rosettes hung over the stands. But it was a very hot day, and the animals suffered from the heat under the stable tent. An Aberdeeen Angus bull, black as dark night, was taken outside for a nice cooling shower under a water hose. That was quite a sight!

wulfila September 29 2006, 05:30:19 UTC

The pictures are wonderful as always. I especially like the head in the first one. You must have some secret Paulus Potter genes somewhere. ;) The cow race names made me chuckle (insert German pun on missing "l" in one of them).

dagmarjung September 29 2006, 06:20:42 UTC

Being backwater and proud thereof! :-)

I like the idea of Paulus Potter genes! Or maybe of George Stubbs or Heinrich von Zügel.