animals

A wee sketch of a feather I found, painted with watercolours on Stillman & Birn Zeta paper.

I didn't know numbats are a thing! Came across this amazing little endangered marsupial when I was trying to decide which N animal to paint. They eat only termites (hence the recipes ;)). Part of a series where I'm painting animals in different styles. Today's was inspired by the art of Beatrix Potter. Digital watercolor, pointed pen, and colored pencil.

A bear enjoying a rest at a waterfalls. Done with a fountain pen. I drew this as a Teacher's Day present for my Korean language instructor.

A quick marker sketch while waiting for a Greyhound bus in NYC a couple years ago.

Koi Fish pen and ink drawing for the Koi Series and upcoming coloring book.

Created a pet portrait of my friend's puppy in Harry Potter gear!

Alicorn laying down with wings partially extended, done in pencil

Designed some new cards expressing my current outlook

Nights of weird dreams captured in Ink

Reference photo by @claireluxtonstudio

Part of a series called Geometric Animals

Done in pencil.

The finished portrait!

Finished full version of an image I did in three parts, adding to it to create three separate images.

Twinkle, a beautiful ginger tabby.

Working on my stippling and hatching so I decided to draw a horse, done with ink.

I've always loved wild Hares so creating this image was such a joy.

A dapper gentleman. 10” x 15” Original ink and watercolor illustration on Strathmore 500 Series 4-ply Bristol illustration paper. Signed by the artist. Unframed.

Found a tidbit in the novel Grendel by John Gardner that got my creative juices stirring... :-)

Cute peaceful fox drinking coffee, wearing a scarf. Trying gouache for the first time. It's a really nice medium. I am definitely going to keep at it and make some more gouache paintings.

Those puns couldn't be translate!

Road trip! Peter and his friends are starting off on their winter vacation

Illustrated with Ink and Ink-Pens on Paper. Urh.-Nr:1811955 Copyright  by Carolina Matthes

Ballpoint pen wildlife collage

45/100 of my nature illo themed 100 Day Project. I started my challenge drawing only on my iPad but hit some bumps when I forgot my Apple Pencil in Florida (I live in California). With that, I have been getting reacquainted with my sketchbook which has been set aside for a few months until now. Feels good to get back into it. Everytime I come back to painting, I wonder why I ever paused in the first place.