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Lady Beetle in Mixed Media
This is Thalassa montezumae (no English name), and it really is this color! It’s native to Mexico and the U.S. southwest, and has recently turned up in Florida too.
Mixed media: Faber-Castell Aquarelle pencils, Prismacolor pencils, and Photoshop.
I drew the beetle in Aquarelle, then went over it with a wet paintbrush to get the smooth, blended watercolor effect. After it dried, I used Prismacolor Verithin pencils for the fine details. Then I scanned it into Photoshop and added the background, a texture by rubyblossom on Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/rubyblossom/3255785648/
Posted in Digital Editing, Drawings, Insects, Lady Beetles, Media, Paintings, Subjects
Tagged blue, digital, drawing, lady beetle, ladybird, ladybug, orange, painting
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Large Milkweed Bug in Prismacolor pencil
If you have the Kaufman Guide to Insects (by Kenn Kaufman and Eric Eaton), you'll recognize this jaunty fellow from the front cover. I've actually shown this to Eric (visit him at bugeric.blogspot.com), and he says it's even better than the real book cover!
Posted in Drawings, Insects
Tagged brown, bug, drawing, insect, Kaufman Guide to Insects, large milkweed bug, milkweed bug, orange, pencil, Prismacolor
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House Sparrow study in Prismacolor pencil
Male House Sparrow, Passer domesticus
This is a study for a larger drawing of the entire bird. I wanted to get a feel for working on the colored, textured gray paper, and also to get the correct feather directions. The main feather tracts of a bird's upper body start at the beak, so it's important to get them correct!
Posted in Birds, Drawings, Sparrows
Tagged bird, birds, colored pencil, drawings, house sparrow, Passer domesticus, pencil, Prismacolor, sparrow
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Seven-spotted Lady Beetle in Prismacolor pencil
Seven-spotted Lady Beetle, Coccinella septempunctata
Posted in Insects, Lady Beetles
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Sachem Skipper on marigold in Prismacolor pencil
This is the first Prismacolor drawing I ever did; I haven't used anything but Prismacolors since then! Sachem Skippers are either butterflies, or closely related to butterflies (the scientific jury is still out). This is based on a photo I took; I traced the most complicated outlines and then did the rest by hand.
Posted in Butterflies and Moths, Drawings, Insects
Tagged brown, butterfly, colored pencil, flower, green, marigold, orange, pencil, Prismacolor, Prismacolor pencil, Sachem Skipper, skipper, yellow
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Bicknell’s Thrush in Prismacolor pencil
Bicknell’s Thrush, Catharus bicknelli
Posted in Birds, Drawings
Tagged Bicknell's thrush, bird, brown, colored pencil, gray, pencil, Prismacolor, Prismacolor pencil, thrush, yellow
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