ishouldwriteagain

[gina025]

Naturecore in arts

[internationalemeteorologie]

Hiroo Isono

Heart of the Forest

[uwmspeccoll]

A Crow-Attack Winter’s Feathursday

On this last #Feathursday of 2022 we present a scene of winter conflict with American Crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) mobbing a predator Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) from the 1963 book Birds of Wisconsin by the Wisconsin nature artist Owen J. Gromme (1896-1991), published for the Milwaukee Public Museum, where Gromme was curator of birds and mammals, by the University of Wisconsin Press. The original painting is oil on canvas from 1956 and measures 24″ by 30″. Gromme writes:

The familiar feud between owls and crows is portrayed in this study of a Great Horned Owl and it assailants. Powerful and well armed though it may be, many a battered and befuddled owl has been temporarily bested by these persistent tormentors, until nightfall reverses the advantage.

He goes on to state that hunters often take advantage of this natural enmity and use owl decoys to lure crows to their death. Gromme states: “Sometimes hundreds of crows are shot in a few hours by the use of such a decoy.”

Why anyone would want to slaughter hundreds of these majestic animals is beyond our comprehension. Appalling!!

Read more about Gromme and his book.

View more posts from Gromme’s Birds of Wisconsin.

View more Feathursday posts.

[call-me-cosmic]

A watercolor artwork I just finished! I’m considering adding this to my kofi shop and selling the original print: Would anyone buy something like this? Let me know! There’s only one available 👀

[strudeldoodlearts]

Finally some downtime!

Here are some other trip-inspired watercolors drawn recently!

The first one was inspired by a cornfield picture I took some days ago. I decided to throw in more orange and purples in an attempt to add more sunset vibes to the picture, as it took less than 1 hour for the sun to start setting.

The second picture was partially drawn from memory. Specifically the shed, in which the only accurate thing about it is the general size. Originally I only wanted to paint the tree, but then I wanted to give context to how big it was.

I have many ways to go with color mixing and accuracy. But it's fun to freely paint blobs/squiggles and then refine the image into something that makes more sense.

Featuring the new signature change I mentioned last time. Something about using multi-colored pens takes me back to my drawing roots.

[lovenotestonature]

Hey! I paint!

Original paintings ship free and are on sale with code Spring25 for 25% off! They start at $30 and make sweet gifts 🤍

Commissions are open and start at $50 (see the commissions page on my site for details) ☀️

[badbunnysavage]

Here's 2 of my diamond 🔹paintings 🎨 I've done I have more I'll post them later

[marissasketch]

Had to paint Moo Deng!! I love her so much

[lylahammar]

My take on unicorns! I'd really love to make a mythical creature field guide someday, since the Spiderwick Field Guide is what inspired me to start drawing in the first place 🥰

[internationalemeteorologie]

Catherine Hyde

The eternal sun

The apricot moon

Along the garden wall

[die-rosastrasse]

Favorite green pages from my gouache sketchbook 🌿🌼

[cindca]

"The Forest"

An illustration I painted and turned into an animated gif. This was very tedious but I like how it turned out.

[youjustdontunderstandmymusic]

borrowing the tiger’s power

yuzu katou

[zigguratssblog]

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[amazing-clicks]

Floating through the water, with flowing moss beneath and a majestic waterfall in the background 😌