stan herd -- the landscape artist

i have attached a picture of the global flyer landscape art that stan herd, the landscape artist, did for display when the global flyer took off and landed from the world record flight in salina, ks.


this is a picture from the drawings of leonardo da vinci, who actually drew plans for a flying machine in the 1500s, to celebrate the long-desired need or urge for flight.

i had written about stan herd and his art way back on my personal blog at world record flight and kansas art . he recently saw that posting, and he sent me a personal email with this picture attached to it.

i was quite impressed that he took the time to thank me for writing about him and his art on my blog. since then, i've checked out his personal web site again, just to see what all he's doing and i've posted the notice to all my art groups to check him out, too.

hopefully, he'll be doing art for a long time to come and will continue to create many famous pieces that will make an impact on people worldwide. i'm so much more impressed with him after the email that he sent, just to see that he's still approachable and caring as a human being while still being a famous artist! impressive!!

dryad => forest fairy

watching tv one night, i needed something more to do. not something serious, though, like grading papers . . . but something fun, like drawing and/or coloring.

this is just a picture out of my head and not based on a photo or another picture. rarely can i get something on paper the way i see it in my head, but this one turned out really very close to what i wanted.

this drawing was done in a 9 x 12 sketchbook w/ 70# white paper with a terra cotta prang colored pencil, sprayed w/ matte finish sealant to keep it from smearing.