“Buzzards Wood Hollow” – sketch

“Buzzards Wood Hollow” [9th June 2021] by Matt The Unfathomable Artist, sketch with 3H HB 3B pencils signed in black ink on A4 250gsm Artist’s paper.

I photographed a few compositions of the entrance to Buzzards Wood via the central hollow from Meadow Three. This opening is directly opposite to Ridge Willow and Wrens Wood. There are three additional entranceways into Buzzards Wood.

There are four pathways within and immediately surrounding Buzzards Wood. Whenever I’m writing regarding Buzzards Wood I’m usually referring to the Nature Reserve area. However, Buzzards Wood technically also encompasses the wood to the rear (bow, north) beyond the Nature Reserve itself, in my opinion.

Buzzards fly regularly over the meadows, woods, and towards the north, where there is a local fishing pond. The post at the lower right of my sketch actually used to be a wooden bench. I rather hope it is restored as a bench as this is a great sitting place, centrally in Meadow Three.

Further along to this bench is a ‘watervole ground stone’. Rabbits do seem to enjoy using the flat stone surface as a convenient toilet, haha. A ‘rabbit ground stone’ can be viewed inside Buzzards Wood at the pathway crossroads, nicely covered by the shade of trees to enjoy. Rabbits frequent all three meadows, the private land to the west and all around the 29 acre lake to the south.

Another ‘ground stone’ meets with you to the left as one enters Meadow Three from Meadow One, walking up a small number of steps.

My sketch style in this article strongly reminds me of the beautifully artistic childrens animations I used to watch as a boy.

In keeping with that theme I included fanciful eyes and faces, Picasso-esque, to add fun to some of these series of artworks.

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Ivan Nikolaevich Kramskoi and the Physician Karl Andreyevich Rauchfus

The Mermaids‘ [1871] by Ivan Nikolaevich Kramskoi, Oil on canvas, 88 cm (34.6 in) height x 132 cm (51.9 in) width.

In this blog article we will be perusing the artist Ivan Nikolaevich Kramskoi (link courtesy of Wikipedia).

Portrait of an Unknown Woman‘ [1883] by Ivan Nikolaevich Kramskoi, Oil on canvas, 75.5 cm (29.7 in) height x 99 cm (38.9 in) width.

The following words are written by Trenton B. Olsen:

Finally, I thank my dear family.  Truly this degree and thesis belong to them as much as it does to me.

Any success I have had is due to the amazing support and sacrifice of my incredible wife, as well the smiles and giggles of my baby boy.”

You can read all about it by Trenton B. Olsen from the Department of Visual Arts, Brigham Young University and his scholarly article here:

URL link: Fallen Womanhood and Modernity in Ivan Kramskoi’s Unknown Woman (1883)

and in PDF format: Scholarly article by Trenton B Olsen (publicly published).

You can download either of these same-said links for further research at your own leisure.

Christ in the Wilderness‘ [1872] by Ivan Nikolaevich Kramskoi, Oil on canvas, 180cm × 210cm.

Laughter! Hail, King of the Jews‘ [1877-82] by Ivan Nikolaevich Kramskoi, Oil on canvas, The Depth vs The Height.“Imagine, really: there is a guy who says – only I know where salvation is. Well … fine, let’s dress him up as a jester-king … and seeing this show, everyone, everyone who was there roared with laughter … ” quotation by Kramskoi himself.

“I used to cry in the most Northern Place of My People.  They would see me and they would cry heavily with me in their hearts.  My People are in the East and the South Places too.  I have My People in the Islands throughout the Divers Places and in the Western Places where the Elk calls out like the Angel that made them strong.”

The Unfathomable Artist holds no specific political or religious affiliation other than with persons retaining the utmost moral regard for life.

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