This time of the year the trees are alive with the buzz of the cicadas. So I took my iPad Pro into the backyard and started drawing. Then I decided to turn it into a page from an A to Z of insects book... I think I might have to do the rest of the alphabet.
Robert Jacob Gordon (Dutch, 1743-1795)
Meerkats, 1773-80 + 1777-86
watercolor drawings from the Gordon African Collection (illustrations made during his expeditions to South Africa). Rijksmuseum collection.
#MammalMonday #MarsupialMonday #MonotremeMonday mashup: Thylacines, Bandicoots, Wombats, & an Echidna!
"Scene in Tasmania, with Characteristic Mammalia." Pl.XI in Alfred Russel Wallace's The Geographical Distribution of Animals Vol. 1, 1876; illustration by Johann Baptist Zwecker.
Caroline Conyers (British, 1768 - 1848)
Study of Four Feathers with White Currants, n.d.
pencil, watercolor and bodycolor
22.3 x 18.4 cm (8.75 x 7.25 in.)
private collection
Ernst Haeckel was born #OTD (16 Feb 1834 - 9 Aug 1919). Here are two of his Kunstformen der Natur (1904) reptile plates that don't get shared as often, along with keys to the species depicted: Plate 79 Lacertilia (lizards) + Plate 89 Chelonia (turtles).
I know I said I would stop posting my skull illustrations, but I just can’t help myself... Another drawing from my digital sketchbook skull anatomy study. Created using Procreate on my iPad Pro.
This will be my last sketch I post from my digital sketchbook series on the skull. This one was created using Adobe Fresco on my iPad Pro. I’m dedicating this to my daughter who turns 4 today.