Sketch Of The Week

Before I paint one of our puppet show backgrounds, I do a series of rough sketches. For our puppet show Harry and the Tyrannosaurus Rex I wanted to accurately represent Montana during the Late Cretaceous period. I did some research about the different types of plants and trees of the time. I learned that grass hadn't appeared yet, the most common trees were conifers, and flowers were a rare find. I incorporated the information I learned into this color pencil sketch.