Metal Detecting Treasure Sketches

I've been sketching various treasures we see

while exploring in the desert. Many of the nice liquor bottles

are smashed to bits but occasionally we find the stoppers.

I made this sketch into a contact card for a relic hunter.

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I was going through my older sketchbooks to find

other treasures I've sketched over the years.

I found some glass opium bottles and broken Chinese coins that

I plan to make into a card or maybe a pattern soon.

Years ago, in Winnemucca they tore down the railroad station building

and some railroad locks were found.

Above they're done in colored pencil, but I really like

the pen and ink version.

And the biscuit cutter my grandmother used for years.

I'm sentimental.

This sketch I wasn't sure if I liked the background but

really like the sketches so we'll see how it does.

Bullet casings from our target shooting, a skill I'm just learning

but feel excellent about gaining.

I have fun thinking up names and business scenarios

for my cards. Anybody out there named Dave Loon?

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I have a goal of trying to draw an ACEO Art Card

(they are little works of art the size of a business card)

each day and the treasures are a fun subject to draw.

This business card is decorated with

vintage suspender clips which are frequently found.

Mitch Brodie is inspired by one of my favorite detectives

Jackson Brodie in novels written by Kate Atkinson

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Cathie Richardson Illustration