Calico Pennant Dragonfly Transparent Watercolor Step-by-Step
Calico Pennants are beautiful dragonflies. Their spots vary in color from yellow to bright red depending on age and gender. Adult males have red, heart-shaped spots on their abdomens. Original painting is available here. Prints are available here.
Male Blue Dasher Dragonfly Step-by-Step
These are pretty common dragonflies, but they are simply spectacular. Their eyes alone seem to have at least seven or eight colors on them! Those beautiful eyes, striped body and transparent wings made for a fun painting to work on. … Continued
Dot-tailed Whiteface Dragonfly Watercolor Step-by-Step
Another step-by-step through the creation of a Dot-tailed Whiteface dragonfly in transparent watercolor. Original painting is available here. Prints are available here.
Eastern Pondhawk Pencil Sketch
Eastern pondhawks are pretty common dragonflies. Males and females are both strikingly beautiful.
Dot-tailed Whiteface Dragonfly Pencil Sketch
Another cooperative dragonfly from the ponds at the MSU gardens.
Blue Dasher Dragonfly Pencil Sketch
Its hard for me to get enough of these beautiful and fascinating insects. This cooperative male was posing at the fabulous gardens at Michigan State University. They are pretty “hard-wired” and will return to a favorite perch repeatedly to hunt. I could sit … Continued
Eastern Forktail Damselfly (Male) Step-by-Step
These little gems are easy to overlook because of their tiny size. Despite being full of bright colors and patterns, they blend in very well with their surroundings. Original painting is available here. Prints are available here.
Ebony Jewelwing Sketch
Over the years I’ve done a few paintings of these spectacular, yet common broad-winged damselflies. Its fun to watch these efficient predators eating mosquitoes along a stream in the woods. Admittedly they don’t look the same with out the black … Continued