Whale Bone Drawing Session

The Marine Science Center in Port Townsend has one of the very few intact orca skeletons in North America, owing to the fact that orca bones sink. This adult female had many health issues, and died on the Dungeness Spit 7 years ago. The remains have been in the process of cleaning since then.

Scientists and volunteers are about to articulate the skeleton. They invited a few artists in to draw individual bones before they are put back into a whole.

As a person who has drawn many bones in her life, I was truly amazed by the beauty in the form of these. What an amazing animal.

Dawn