We were on our trip last week with Scotts to Branson. On this day we headed south to Eureka Springs to see what we could find there in the off season, when the weather was a bit drippy. We went on to see if we could find the one lane bridges over by Beaver, Arkansas, and this is one scene we came upon at the upper reaches of Table Rock lake. The Rogues Castle on the bluff can be reached easily from the road behind. The fantastic mansion seems to ramble on and on, and be in a constant state of flux. Below the mansion is this abandoned trestle across the White river. Just a few yards back through the rail road cut in the rocks on the left you find Leatherwood creek; the lake on that creek was another stop on our day, just as it had been 25 years ago.
This drawing was actually started and finished with a Zebra 301 .7mm ballpoint pen. It was fine and light but needed plenty of finishing up after we got home.
The last day of our trip we stopped by the courthouse in Springfield, Missouri as we were heading home from Branson. Fred had receipts to drop off with the county treasurer. While he took care of business, the 3 of us explored the place. It is full of history. That includes a hand carved stone cornucopia and other detailing from the exterior of the building that now sits on the ground in front of the building. It ended up there after an extensive refurbishing in the 1970's. You can see the back of the chunk of the cornucopia as well as the accompanying sign on the right of this sketch.
There is plenty of Civil War History in the area, as Grandma Ruth would have been quick to tell you...
This small drawing was done with a peen a bit bolder than the above drawing- the Pilot G-2 1.0 mm.
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