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…
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…
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…
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…
Eye Studies
I made prints out of four paintings in my Eye Study series, and they are all for sale in my shop now! Follow the links below to purchase. Eye Study…
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