Pacific Banana Slug (Ariolimax columbianus)
This was a challenging one for Invertober! I don't care for slugs or overripe bananas, and yellow/brown is an icky color combination. So I leaned into the grossness and painted…
Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly (Battus philenor)
Invertober got me to paint more butterflies than I ever have before! Here is the reference photo I used (figure 4, and it's the ventral side- the dorsal side is…
Bigfin Reef Squid (Sepioteuthis lessioniana)
Invertober day 4 (I didn't draw all of them) The Bigfin Reef Squid is also known as the ✨glitter squid✨ Here is the original ink painting that I might color…
Giant African Millipede (Archispirostreptus gigas)
Day 2's Invertober illustration was the Giant African Millipede, which I have met at a couple of zoos before and would rather take care of this guy than the Giant…
Beyer’s Scarab Beetle (Chrysina beyeri)
I still like picking a drawing challenge to try and complete each October, especially now that Inktober has splintered and spawned hundreds of themes to choose from, each one enticing…
Eye Studies Art Prints!
All six paintings in my Eye Study series are available now: https://elizastein.com/product-tag/eye-studies/ Archival, true to original art prints on Somerset Velvet watercolor paper. I still haven't decided whether to put…
Eye Study no. 11: Angel
Here it is, the last painting in the Eye Study series. I love doing these too much so I will probably return to them at some point. The latest two…
Eye Study no. 10: Opal
I can't believe I have done ten of these paintings already! They take a long time. I am working on one more, then it's time to paint some other things…
New Year’s Collages
Happy New Year! Starting in that liminal time between Christmas and New Year's, I made a series of 5x7" mini collages. I sent most of them to friends and family,…
Coming soon… my new Art Shop!
I'm starting a new shop! Right here! I've been meaning to do this ever since I started using Etsy about ten years ago. A few greeting cards and art prints,…
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