Have a Froggy New Year!

The Sufi Zoo wishes you a Happy, Healthy, Holy and Froggy 2018.

Gold and silver with watercolours on Fabriano paper; 12,5x18 cm. / 5"x7"

Dangerous Shower page # 26

Page # 26 completed!
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Wishing you Merry Graphite Holidays!

Merry Christmas 2017!

Renate the Reindeer wishes you a Merry, Merry Christmas!

Big Bad Frog Steals Santa's Hat!

"Fiorona" Apple

Coloured pencils and gold on antique sketchbook.
8x10 cm / 3¼x4¼ inches.

Tower on the river Aar

The river Aar is like a friend to me.

Graphite: Technograph 2H + 2B. Watercolour: Titanium white, Buff titanium, Hooker's green, May green, Gold. Fabriano paper "per Artisti" CP.
12,5x18 cm / 5x7 inches.

Missing my Classics ;-)

Column (ο κίων)
Graphite Caran d'Ache technograph HB on Fabriano paper prepared with watercolour Titanium white; burnt umber mixed with gold.
12,5x18 cm / 5x7 inches.

Lyre

On Christmas time there is music everywhere.

Silver point and golden point on Fabriano paper "per Artisti" CP prepared with Buff Titanium watercolour. 12,5x18 cm / 5x7 inches.

Christmas (tribute to Giuseppe Ungaretti)

Oh Yes! Let's dive
into a yarn of streets.
Oh yes! Let's shake
fatigue off the shoulders.

Gold, silver, titanium white watercolours; sepia ink; Fabriano paper "per Artisti" CP. 12,5x18 cm / 5x7 inches.

Hovering Pear

Silverpoint on waxed paper. 14.5 x 10.5 cm / 5¾" x 4".

Turkey and Griffon

Silverpoint on Fabriano paper prepared with tempera. 10x10 cm / 4x4 inches.

Happy Thanksgiving 2017!

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755: Never quote too quickly!

To go to # 754 CLICK HERE.

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I think you should first hear the quote in full!

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Hermann Hesse on Wiki.

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Yes! Yes!! You surely could!!! It is a quote from Hermann Hesse (1877-1962). Although... Although...

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That is a nice quote, Meggie! One that I could use for my Sunday Sermon...

World Philosophy Day 2017

Happy World Philosophy Day!

Dendrobates tinctorius "azureus"

Blue poison dart frog in front of the Tropical rainforest glasshouse in Zurich, Switzerland.

Unexpected Meeting

For the meaning of the Brazilian expression "Deu Zebra" click HERE.
The Rainforest glasshouse is explained in detail HERE (unfortunately only in German).
More on the Tropical Rainforest? Click HERE!
Last but not least: There are no zebras in the rainforest, but sometimes magic happens :-)

Autumn with Zebra

Monstera deliciosa with Frog

A Frog in the Jungle!
Tropical Glasshouse of the Botanical Garden.

Inviting Octopus

Octopus says: "Try me, at once!" inviting someone who never tasted it to give it a try.
Coloured pencils on Strathmore Toned Gray paper. 14x21 cm / 5.5x8.5 inches.

Ciao Ciao :-)

Happy Halloween 2017!!!

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754: Thoughts on the Shore

To go to # 753 CLICK HERE.

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...easier than to perfect oneself!

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Bur, jokes aside, it is easy to blame doctrines for not being perfect...

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Come on, Albert! Your joke is good...

Almost Sunrise

September 29, 6:27 AM; Bethany Beach, DE
(the sun will rise 6:54 AM).

Atlantic Coastline, 38° North

Another Postcard from DE

Me and my friend Michele Dracula. Mickey Mouse with such Halloween costume is as sweet as he could be :-)

Back from Delaware...

Two different Styles: Turtles

Tropical Conversation

Frog listening to a tropical conversation between a Banana leaf (Musa velutina) and a Pineapple (Ananas comosus).
Silverpoint on prepared paper. 10x10 cm (4x4 inches).

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753: Geometrical Fantasy