Daily drawing 16-10-2010: Placenta. Crow quill / dip-pen & ink.

This drawing was made a couple of months into the project; I had recently discovered the tiny nib called a crow quill and I was making drawings that took four or five hours. This drawing was done from a grainy photo I took at a birth (maybe 1600 ASA). I was interested in the umbilical cord, with its complex structure. The drawing is incomplete, but I think it’s more interesting that way.