H-22 | Scaled Quail Horses The nine banded armadillo is

The nine banded armadillo is popular with Texans unless they have flower gardens

white (snow) or gray/blue (blue)

This rabbit is more easily approached than most cottontails

Big Tree - For this series Charles mixed a solution of gesso and coated drawing boards

The images were then printed in black and white (the texture gives the image a "pen and ink" feel) on watercolor paper and are now hand watercolored by his son Ben Beckendorf

H-22 | Scaled Quail Horses The nine banded armadillo isThe Scaled Quail, better known as blue quail, range from deep South Texas through the Trans Pecos and West Texas through the Panhandle. It is the quail most often seen in West Texas. They are distinguished by the scaly markings on their breasts and the white "cottontop" on their heads. These quail prefer to run from threat rather than fly, and they zip through the desert scrub with amazing speed. Nests are usually located under shrubs or in some other