Animals

2000-Now

US

Realism

Original

ACEO, Art Card (2.5'' x 3.5'')

Signed

Artist

"The Last Musk Ox" - Original ACEO by Ann Ranlett
Scratchboard Drawing with Color Pencil

Long story, but there was a "musk ox ACEO craze" on a different auction site in 2007 and when I decided I'd done enough musk ox drawings, I decided to make this my last one. I'd wanted to do a skull illustration anyway, so it all just came together with this drawing. I'm a science/bio nerd, so to me, this isn't a gruesome drawing, it's an interesting one.

This highly detailed drawing of a musk ox skull is rendered with an X-acto knife on black scratchboard. Keep in mind, that the scratchboard started out ALL BLACK, and I carefully scratched away most of it, leaving black in just the right places to define the skull. Why, you ask, didn't I just draw black onto white? Well, it just wouldn't result in the unique etching effect that black scratchboard provides.

Scratchboard is approximately the thickness of 65-lb card stock and consists of a paper base with a top coating of clay which has been coated with black ink. I use an X-acto knife to scratch detail into the surface. In a few places, I went back in with a technical pen to add black and I used two shades of red Prismacolor pencil to fill in the scratched background.

I have initialed the drawing on the front and signed it on the back. I've also included the title "The Last Musk Ox" on the back as well as the copyright year. The drawing is enclosed in a clear plastic sleeve along with a Certificate of Authenticity.

Size 3.5" x 2.5"
copyright 2007
Please note that the images shown are not the actual size.

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* * Copyright retained by the artist (that's me). You are purchasing the original only - I retain all rights to this image. This image may not be reproduced in any manner without my written consent. * *

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ACEOs (Art Cards, Editions & Originals) are mini artworks that are the size of a baseball trading card - always 2.5" x 3.5" or vice versa. ACEOs can be original art, photos or prints of an artist's work. They're a great way to collect affordable art. ACEOs may be matted, framed, traded, given as a gift within a greeting card, etc. They may be small, but they're packed full of arty goodness!

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