Penguin sketch action film

Scroll down to see the outcome of this sketching process (and read more in a Q&A with the Auckland Museum).

Sketching a penguin specimen at the @aucklandmuseum! You can watch the full (thrilling) video and read a Q&A here: http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/about-us/blog/2017/life-and-times-of-sketch-biologist

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The product:

Here’s the penguin I sketched in that video (see previous post...) #seabirdsketch

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I'm in New Zealand for a Fulbright-National Geographic Storytelling Fellowship.

Sleepsketching

Sometimes I even sketch in my sleep. (Photo: Chris Gaskin) Waiting for the sun to set and the petrels to fly in for the night.

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I may have peeked.

View from the cliffs at sunset, waiting for darkness and incoming petrels

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I'm in New Zealand for a Fulbright-National Geographic Storytelling Fellowship.

Diving petrel

Common diving petrel, Pelecanoides urinatrix, sketched at the Auckland Museum.

Diving petrel #seabirdsketch

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I'm in New Zealand for a Fulbright-National Geographic Storytelling Fellowship.

Fluttering shearwater

Fluttering shearwater, Puffinus gavia, sketched at the Auckland Museum. 

Fluttering shearwater #seabirdsketch

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I'm in New Zealand for a Fulbright-National Geographic Storytelling Fellowship.

Auckland Museum Q & A

To read a conversation between the Auckland Museum and me, click here. It comes complete with a video of me sketching a penguin specimen at just-slightly-faster-than-normal speed. (You can tell by the breathing.) I guess if you don't want to click on the article you can still watch the video:

I'm in New Zealand for a Fulbright-National Geographic Storytelling Fellowship.