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Krista's prompt: DNA

My painting professor drew this diagram on the board and suggested that it is a diagram for a painting. "Begin with large areas, covering the canvas with general colors and shapes. Refine the shapes and begin adding details. Refine the details and work with smaller brushes. When you are adding marks that your viewers would not notice, be done." There is more, but that is enough to ponder for now.

I drew this girl on a napkin at lunch and liked her enough I had to give her a home.

Charcoal and iron oxide recovered from acid mine drainage on watercolor paper

Charcoal and iron oxide recovered from acid mine runoff on watercolor paper

Charcoal and iron oxide recovered from acid mine drainage on watercolor paper

Krista's prompt: Rocketship

A narwhal! Because, why not?

Charcoal and iron oxide recovered from acid mine runoff on watercolor paper

Graphite and iron oxide recovered from acid mine runoff on watercolor paper

Charcoal, powdered charcoal, powdered graphite and iron oxide recovered from acid mine drainage on watercolor paper

“The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.” - Arthur C. Clarke.

Lindsey's prompt: Microscope

Lindsey's prompt: Large hadron collider

Lindsey's prompt: Telescope

Bubbling Beaker

Colored pencil inspired by Budgie album covers done by Patrick Woodroffe.

Rediscovered the German language versions of Peter Gabriel’s third and fourth albums (terrific btw) and come ‘Schock den Affen’ was intrigued at how the German word for ‘monkey’ sounds a hell of a lot like orphan… of course that might just be my ears, you know?

Some friends of mine are big disney fans. I drew this to surprise them

Elephant sharks are a thing I’ve only just recently discovered (yes I know), and boy are they fun to draw! :-D

Always a weirdly beautiful moment when you butcher your spelling momentarily, only to discover you’ve inadvertently found the very artwork title for you were looking for...hehehe.

Musing on allsorts.

Graphite and iron oxide recovered from acid mind runoff on watercolor paper

Kelly's prompt: Evolution

I am almost done with my comic book. I drew this for the inside cover.

Painted cover of the sketchbook I usually draw portraits in.

Cover art

Searching for fortune and glory, Tex Puff instead discovered mallowlithic drawings. Small 8x8 acrylic painting from last year.

Crosshatching was used to build up the shadows. It's probably my favourite drawing technique. Works best with pen and ink. This is the cover image for one of my children's picture books.