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Triassic Club: Darwin the Allosaurus

Darwin the Allosaurus
Pencil on Fabriano hot pressed watercolour paper, 2.5 x 3.5 inches.

A tribute to Darwin the Allosaurus from Blackgang Chine, drawn ‘accurately’ at the suggestion of my friend, Marc. I ought to have posted this here upon completion a little while ago, but I had hoped to draw his companions, Wallace and Oscar, too, and post them all together at once. But perhaps it is best that I posted Darwin alone now. The others will follow in due course.

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The Illustrated Triassic Club

Several readers may recall Marc's having covered Blackgang Chine's The Triassic Club before. After our return this Easter to view the newly installed robosaurs of Restricted Area 5, I decided to finally complete this little project which I had actually begun a year ago, that of accurately illustrating the gentlemanly trio (which, for me, also meant accurate period garments, naturally). This was not only overdue but was especially necessary, since the inclement weather during the latter part of our Isle of Wight visit prevented me from drawing a dinosaur on Shanklin beach as I did last time.

All the drawings are art card size at 2.5 x 3.5 inches (so you're viewing them larger than actual size on screen). The lord and master of the trio, Darwin the Allosaurus was the first to have been drawn and completed last year. Louche, aristocratic and lasciviously suave to reflect his voice and speech. 'Come in. Oh, do come in...'