Bluet Damselfly Pencil Sketch
I’ve been sketching a lot of damselfly and dragonflies from photos that I took last summer. I’m already looking forward to this summer’s crop. They are fascinating creatures to watch.
Burrowing Owl Transparent Watercolor
Anytime you have a lot of detail in both lights and darks right next to each other, especially when the area is small, it can be a difficult area to paint in watercolor. The colors can have a tendency to … Continued
Meadowhawk Sketch
This is a pencil sketch of a meadowhawk dragonfly. In hot weather they often perch with their abdomens pointed at the sun. This decreases the surface area of their body being heated by the sun so they don’t overheat. At … Continued
Spread-winged Damselfly
I’ve had a lot of fun painting these small insects. This summer I took a ton of photos of dragonflies and damselflies. These tiny animals are easy to overlook, but they are spectacular on close observation.
Bluebird Sketch
We were lucky to have bluebirds nest in our yard again this year. We had 2 successful fledges of 6 birds each.
Baltimore Oriole Sketch
This summer we were lucky enough to have 4-5 Baltimore orioles coming to the feeder right outside our kitchen window. They were attracted by the grape jelly we were leaving out for them. We also got the occasional catbird. The … Continued
Basset Hound Step-by-Step
This interactive Step-by-Step is of a basset hound called “Fritz” that I did as a commission. I thought it would be worthwhile putting together a demo with all the fur and grass that needed to be rendered in this example.
