The 1880s Ghost Clipper 'Anastasia Rae' Drawn in January of 1980

ARTIST: William Louis ("Bill") McDonald Senior.

COMPANY: Argonaut-GreyWolf.

CLIENT: Dixie Hall and their contract greeting card printer in Laguna Beach.

PURPOSE: To promote my sketch render abilities after Dana Hills High School art teacher Ernesto Guerrero challenged me to draw an all-seasons/all-purpose greeting card for 1980 utilizing only professional paper, one bottle of India ink and my various quill tips. I did eventually license this drawing for six separate specialty greeting cards companies.

YEAR: 1980.

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MEDIA: Drawn with Higgins India ink (Only) via quill point on Strathmore Drawing Paper.

NOTES: This was literally a black ink on white paper render with no ball points or Rapidograph pens. The limitations created a bizarre opportunity to create an 1880s and 1890s ghost clipper in arctic ice that would range the North Pacific, Bering Sea and Arctic Ocean waters. The vessel modeled was a 'Cutty Sark'--'Red Jacket'--'Flying Cloud'--'Moonraker'--class of American Clipper.

LOCATION: This high in the arctic latitudes where the icebergs crunched together was rendered in Laguna Beach, California in January of 1980.