Anyone remember the TV show DINOSAURS?

Anyone remember the prime time TV Show Dinosaurs (1990-1994) from the Jim Henson Company?

This is a sketch of the Baby Dinosaur who basically would steal the show. "Not the Mama!" he would yell as he banged his father, Earl, over the head with a pot or pan or something. The show was a great satire for current events.

I found this black Conté Crayon sketch on newsprint paper I did back in '93 or so in my archive. I had the action figures for the show and I held the Baby Dinosaur figure in one hand as I drew it with the other. It was a fun warm-up sketch before I went to a an evening life drawing class back then.

I liked sketching with a Conté crayon more than working with normal charcoal sticks.

Conté crayon was drawing tool that was composed of compressed graphite (or charcoal) and mixed with a clay base which made it harder and more stable to hold without breaking. It came in long 2" thin rectangle sticks. It was no muss, no fuss in my mind and gave you a slick, smooth result.

To keep your fingers from getting any residue on them, you can wrap some masking tape around the stick where your fingers would hold it. As the stick wears down, you can unwrap some of the tape to expose more of the stick. See all the cool stuff you learn here?