fauna

Water fauna and flora

Sticky note musings on Hiatus Kaiyote and Snail Mail

current mood

This is one of my artworks in high school. I will regularly post my previous artworks and some new daily artworks. If you like my artworks, follow my Instagram account the.rainmaker_

Love dahlias, not just because they are so ornate, but also because they bloom so very late. The tuberous begonias and potted dahlias are still in full bloom at the start of November, how cool is THAT? (For the northern hemisphere and 47th parallel, no less!) This is a stylized drawing in colored pencils.

Peony flower drawn and painted in magenta Bombay India ink on watercolor paper.

White colour pencil on black 180 gsm sketchbook

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

Watercolor painting detail

It was so meditative doing the shading and blending for this one.

Part of the book I'm working on. Certain elements will carry throughout the chapter. In this case, it will be oak leaves and mushrooms.

(Done on 110gsm acid free sketch paper. Trees,ducks,land dine with sankura micron pen. All the blurry things done with hints of hard charcoal pencil) Serenity... the lighting outside seemed to be playful today due to misty weather. Hence this outcome. I swear i didn't use any filter

Ink splatter and fineliner in my watercolour sketchbook.

Holbein watercolors on Arches 100% cotton cold pressed watercolor paper

Ink lines and markers on simple drawing paper.

A dew draped crabapple, nestled in the grass. Crayola crayon on some type of paper from the great ol dollar store.

Watercolour and a bit of coloured pencil on watercolour paper.

Watercolour and pencil crayons on watercolour paper

Watercolour and pencil crayon on watercolour paper.

For this series, I'm trying to hone my beginner skills by focusing on the architecture of each strange creature through reference photos, while also using it as a log for interesting animal facts.

oils

This is an Eastern bluebird illustration I recently completed for a Christmas project. It's also the first illustration I did in Procreate. :)

Endangered frog featured in a recent news article. 2B and colour pencil drawing. Based on an Imago Wildlife website image.

On the myth of trees

Daizies or Snowflakes it's all in your perspective, pen and india ink on paper. am pretty engrossed in this graphic, black and white nature inspired series i began a few weeks ago. There is something very soothing about doing these that leads me to believe this series is far from finished!

A rainbow fantasy tree drawn with a black ink pen and coloured with Caran d'Ache Neocolor II watersoluble crayons.