Tea ABC
This one took a long time to finish, not because it's BIG (16x20 inches, but smaller sizes will be available) but because I wanted each tea cup or mug to…
Christmas Collage Card!
Last year I went a little nuts making New Years collage cards for my friends and family. I also made this Christmas card a few weeks late, but I liked…
Jewel Caterpillar (Acraga coa)
Here is the last illustration or sketch for the Invertober series, where I painted a different invertebrate every day in the month of October (most of it!) This already feels…
Common Blue Damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum)
I was excited to see one of these when I was a kid, only in the summertime if I was away from the city. This sketch gave me some trouble…
Arizona Bark Scorpion (Centruroides sculpturatus)
At first I wasn't very enthusiastic about painting this scorpion— it looked pretty drab. But the longer I stared at the reference photo and layered timid washes of ink over…
Fuzzy Golden Nautilus (Allonautilus scrobiculatis)
The Fuzzy or Crusty Golden Nautilus looks like most other nautiluses I've seen, except for the layer of thick yellow slime coating about half of its shell, so from what…
Dragon-head Caterpillar (Polyura athamas)
This pudgy little dragon-headed caterpillar will grow up to be a Common Nawab Butterfly someday. See a photo of their future self here. I'm definitely coloring this one in, with…
Common Buckeye Butterfly (Junonia coenia)
Another butterfly in colored ink for Invertober! See the reference photo I used here.
American Comb Jelly (Mnemiopsis leidyi)
I've always thought ctenophores (comb jellies, not jellyfish!) look really pretty, and it's challenging to paint something almost completely transparent without making it look too flat. Also I'm feeling spacey…
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