One of Mother Nature's creation, the Earth and Water Creature

A girl with koi fish in a pond.

“Madre Madam Natura “ Is a piece I created in a watercolor wash technique, using acrylics. I mixed the pale yellow, blue and purple to create an ethereal space. The figure represents Mother Nature, who is reminding people to care for our natural surroundings. I also painted the figure using a drawing technique I’ve enjoyed for many years. ~ Adriana J. Garcés

Mother Nature in her various guises. Markers and fineliners on paper.

When I am lucky enough to be blessed with a midday nap - I embrace it gladly on the earth's soil. Each breath I take inhaling mother nature's beauty.....

The after rain bloom

This is my mid-century house filled with houseplants...I love them! We are having 98 degree heat index with a humidity of 80-90% so my plans to go to the park were put on hold. Instead, I drew what was right in front of me. Sketched on paper with a micron pen (0.3) and then scanned and digitally colored with Adobe Photoshop Elements.

I drew this because I think bees are amazing animals. They accomplish so much in so little time and their honey is such an amazing source of nutrition and it’s also antiseptic. Is humans have a lot to thank them for. But the problem is they’re disappearing. This summer, I have only seen 2 bees! It is alarming that each day there are less and less bees in the planet. That is the reason I want to encourage people to plant more wild flowers and to do everything possible to get these wonderful animals back. I hope people find my work interesting and aesthetic. This would be my first contest ever! I am so excited and inspired at the same time. Thanks!

Acrylic painting of a toad sitting on a lily pad in a whimsical nature scene for the mother nature challenge!

Free hand drawing..

I have depicted the Mother herself. She is the force that animates all living things.

I got inspiration from a picture of a succulent bowl online I used watercolors, markers, and a pen

Mother nature surrounded by her children. . . . The background is inspired by a scene from the film "Pocahontas" while the colour scheme is inspired by an illustration from 5 MUA ARTBOOK.

an abstract, colorful approach to landscape art.

As I walk thru your halls, I realize how much time I truly have..... (I love being in the woods

"All Connected" We are all a part of our environment, and our environment a part of us.

One of Mother Nature's Marvel.. The mighty whale. I have always been overwhelmed at the sight of these beautiful creatures :) They are synonymous to mother nature for me. #doodleaddictsxadobestock

I will run away when cockroaches fly to me but its friend is just too adorable to not be seen. I haven't seen Penthicodes Astraea in person but thanks to the internet I can see it's beauty (and the other marvelous insects as well). I drew this digitally and so happy it turned out prettier than I thought it would be :)

My favorite place in the world, Indian Gardens in Sedona, Arizona. A blue heron lives there, and lots of fairies. From my series of drawings from my Fairy card deck.

Nature doesn't have to be big

Autumn in Skopje :)

Inspired by the light and energy that only Mother Nature can be responsible for.

A gift bag for an engagement party. Grey comic markers on a brown bag

Self growth!

Nature's blue and green floral fireworks

Succulents ink and watercolor on paper

Autumn in Connecticut, the loveliest trees I'd ever seen, from a photo I'd taken years ago in a public park. Watercolour and acrylic in my watercolour sketchbook.

This is an illustration of a Pipevine Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes) Butterfly perched on a bundle of Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa). This special butterfly species is listed as a special concern because their population numbers have unfortunately plummeted.

I'm in love with trees. If there was a Church of the Trees, I'd probably go.

Graphite rendering of plant in my house. . . I liked the way the shadows were bouncing off the walls.

Poppies, 24" x 12" acrylic on canvas

I'm working on a series of carnivorous plants that will be both an illustration and repeat pattern collection. This is the first completed illustration - pitcher plants, which have leaves known as pitfall traps—a prey-trapping mechanism featuring a deep cavity filled with digestive liquid. Beautiful and deadly!

Summer-autumn floral arrangement which represents the love of nature, human enlightenment, and a well being in life.

We all live with them !

"And they speak our language, and they speak saying: “Everything's so beautiful in full colour”. " -- Delta Sleep - El Pastor

This image is Inspired by the beauty of Iceland and my love for artic foxes.

Giz pastel digital.

Whenever I felt depleted from the usual nonsense of Life, I turn to nature, and it refuels my sense of spiritualism that I don't find anywhere else. #doodleaddictsxadobestock,

Long Autumn shadows and a cool bright sun shining though trees and sparkling on water.

watercolor 2.75" x 4.5" plein air study in Como, CO

Seashells is a watercolor sketch from my Cape May shell collection.

Galahs are mischievous, curious creatures. Here we have a representation of both - one curious, and the other happily destroying a palm leaf. I originally took this as a photo but they were such active birds I never got the shot in focus! In pastels I've brought them to life again.

Gaia, Earth Mother. Inspired by a carved statue of an Aboriginal girl in a local nature sanctuary. Painted in watercolour and gouache, in my large watercolour sketchbook.

This is nature on the battlefield, as it was used to illustrate a passage from “All Quiet on the Western Front.” A book about WWI and the men who served in it.,

My submission to the Mother Nature Drawing Challenge is a toucan perched on a tree in the rainforest. #digitalpainting #digital art #painting #procreate #ipadpro #mothernature #jungle #rainforest #toucan #bird #doodleaddictsXadobestock

When I think of outdoors I always think of camping and hiking. I decided to do something a little different than flowers and leaves. I came up with my mountain man that gives guided tours of a hiking trail.

An Agave plant near where I live a a few little red branches that were growing around it.

A doodle of diving into the depths of nature’s watery underworld & the colourful creations you’ll discover down there...... Hand drawn & computer coloured.

These Bougainvilleas flowers were hanging over the fence in my backyard when I moved to Florida. I painted this watercolor painting to capture their beauty.

The Mother of inspirations in my work. Nothing better than just walking outside and letting ink flow to the sound of wind and the intense colors of nature. Large scale leaves in mixed emerald, mustard and dark teal ink.

I admire nature, mother of nature. When nature surrounds me from every side, I watch it... But I also feel being observed.

Mother nature is all around us. Ink, black and white

I sat in my garden and painted some red Maple leafs with pencil and ink, to make nice blurry lines. Then I used Adobe Capture, to give my drawing vector. Opened it in Illustrator AI and filled some also not straight color in some of the patterns.

This is my digital drawing called kingfisher, I’m entering in hope that I win as I am going to be starting a foundation year in art in a couple of weeks which I’m super excited for, I was born and raised in the UK and I am looking at getting an iPad Pro for when I start my foundation year to help my art get better, if I won this competition then I can use the money that I’ve spent on getting a specialist printer and cricut machine (the next things in my wish list) to again further the things that I can do and produce! Good luck to all the people that have entered!

Lulu & Cat in the woods.

Glanteenassig Forest, co.Kerry, Ireland (w&n watercolor, size 15x20cm, Fabriano 90lb sketchbook) - one of my favorite places for anyday walk.

Digitally colored , hand-drawn tropical flowers.

Blossoms. #doodleaddictsxadobestock

Mother Nature moonlight

Single flower on blue. Watercolor crayons and ink.

Flowers and leaves, vines and trees......

"The Nature of Things" Watercolor and Gouache on paper.

At a local, plant-fillef coffee shop, I was positioned perfectly with some potted plants in front of a window. I used the charcoal blender tool on AutoDesk Sketchbook to roughly color without lines, and refine later. I feel this work is very rejuvenating, both in the way that I worked, and the overall appearance.

Nature which is Connected with us.

A hot summers day.. and the bees where busy..

A repeating pattern square created using photography of leaves found in my own garden. Beautiful, fragile, delicate leaves that perfectly communicate nature to me. I love leaves.

mother nature is everything, is a loving and caring mother, always trying to keep us safe. that is why there is a woman hugging as a frame, on the hair i did the representation of the ocean and what she hugs is my representation of the earth with different colors and leafs

Nature is where you become a true you, it's a place to disconnect from the world and to feel so connected to it at the same time.

Ms. Flowerpot is enjoying her fresh bouquet of hair :)

Title: "Perfect Day" - a self portrait.

The strong bamboo.

Pieces of nature. #doodleaddictsxadobestock #forest #botanical

Sometimes we need a bit of Mother Nature in our city-home. We say that Plant people are the new Cat people and why not.

Doodle and watercolor is my favourite, I combined this two skill to draw out The Mother Nature ^.^

pen and ink flowers drawn freehand

Zentangle sunflower garden inspired by nature!

I love mountains and colour blue. Mountains truly describe power and steadfast love of God for me as He is the creator of all things. Painting is completely Digital, which was definitely the most challenging thing I personally did. Hope you enjoy it

Tempera paint from a very special and kinda a rainy day.

Watercolor and tempera painting of flowers

Flower of Greece

Watercolor Blooms

Floral Mandala

Let Mother Nature Have Her Way

what would plants from Mars look like?

Let nature please you, to make you feel at ease.

I no want lose feeling of having fresh air with greeny enviroment around me. How i really love and appreciate that.

A Portal to Nature (preview adobe stock photos of indoor/outdoor plants and yellow sweaters were used as references.)

Tropical dance with Mother Nature

As much as I love to wander in woods I decided to illustrate some of my daily companions, houseplants. We in Finland have long dark period called winter. In these times when frost bites it is so nice to have the green friends at home. To be true there is quite many houseplants also in my studio. These fellows in the image all live with me.

loose florals

Selection of 'flora' drawings from my sketchbooks. #doodleaddictsXadobestock

Grackle

this is the recent drawing I did inspired by the rising temperatures on this beautiful home - earth. I live in Hawaii and due to warmer waters around the islands we just recently had a super storm headed our way. Luckily it did not make direct landfall but to experience these changes also the constant lavaflow on the big island make it very feelable how hot it has gotten. Also it is an pulsating pumping organism our heart our mother. (I used red paint, printed parts in white to resemble the fleeting waters/clouds and then worked over it with black ink) Handmade hardly any digital manipulation. The drawing is on paper and 22x15,5 inches in size. Mahalo and best wishes ::anika::

As if hand painted by Mother Nature herself, Koi Fish are a true pleasure to watch and paint. Here is my rendition of two vibrant koi swimming in a pond. Enjoy!

Forest

Sunset on the Big Island of Hawaii.

Ballpoint pen tree found on a walk

I love being outdoors, especially when it is comfortable. So looking forward to this summer heat wave being over so I can enjoy the cool breezy days of autumn.

Inspired by a photo I took last summer near Whistler, British Columbia. It was the most peaceful place I have ever been. Media: pen, ink, and watercolor.

I think one of the greatest gifts we've been given by mother nature are flowers. Whenever I see them and smell them they make me feel a little bit lightheaded and a little zap of happiness flows through me.

A forest screaming the arrival of Spring

No nature at the office.

My submission is about prehistoric nature.

"The Garrison had long since been reclaimed by the forest...the horrors that lay within hidden and forgotten beneath a blanket of bark, and root, and topsoil..."

#SAVEMOTHEREARTH

"Based on our environment Here in Costa Rica with a little twist of gothic nature" I used my old bamboo tablet 2010 for details

Mother Earth

This is my replication of the painting by Monet titled, "Bridge Over a Pond of Water Lilies". I love the way Monet captures the beautiful scenery in his impressionistic style so I tried to replicate his masterpiece but with slight changes to make it my own.

All the flowers in my mother in laws garden this summer. Drawn from photographs

Mother Nature providing a comfortable resting place in the sun for a little green friend.

I really like drawing trees and one day, after sitting down in a cafe with a coffee, I drew this one. After the tree was done, I thought it needed a human touch so I added a boy flipping through a book and then a furry dog. It took about 4.5 hours in total. Drawn with a black pilot pen and fountain pen.

Natural spirit, drawn with proCreate

The stunning view at Zermatt, Switzerland.

A thistle on Mount Diablo, San Francisco Bay Area. Watercolor.

Forest of fineliner trees

Pencil and Watercolor #doodleaddictsXadobestock

I love plants, so I drew this wee greenhouse! Plants inspire me and they are one of my favourite things to illustrate.

Orchid

The Klein Rive in Stanford, Western Cape

She whispers to the trees, sings to the birds and hums with the insects, she is Mother Nature. Illustration drawn digitally on the iPad Pro using the Procreate App.

A man discovering the nature. So Mother Nature it’s there for him. A lot of animals and plants show up.

Yin and Yang of roses. A natural subject and a symbol of balance and equilibrium. Roses are not easy to draw and this was a challenge and a half. Enjoyed the journey and the stippling was actually therapeutic. Nature is beautiful and calming like that :)

River Trees... Oil sticks on wood panel.

Pyrography on basswood. Colored lightly with oil based colored pencils.

"Mother Nature's Bounty" is a digital collage blend of hand drawing and computerized layers in Photoshop. Micron inks, and Tombow watercolor markers were used to color the original drawing. Layers were digitized from original photographs of flowers and a background of dyed fabric. Mother Nature has many layers and colors that are a moment in time.