So, it’s been quite a long while since I picked up my watercolour gear and painted something—over a year to be honest. I guess with life and work and everything else going on in the world I kind of lost interest in this medium in my art journey. But it’s nice to know that I […]
After a bit of a break from creative work, I sat down, put on a Netflix show, prepared my canvas, set up my references, and got down to work on a new painting. This is the first of two landscapes I worked on in one day. It was inspired by a landscape shot from The […]
This is the second of two paintings I worked on on the 20th of January. Again, I was after a more subtle watercolour effect, trying out new techniques on wetter paper and what-not, and I couldn’t think of a more beautiful subject than Uluru—especially so close to Australia Day. I again did not nail the […]
The Tasmanian Devil is the largest carnivorous marsupial known to exist. Once a natural native of the Australian mainland, it was hunted into extinction and then found only on the island state of Tasmania. In 1941 they became protected, but the devils are now facing a new threat in the form of seemingly contagious facial […]
A weekend or two ago I spent some time working on a couple of watercolour pieces just for the fun of it. I didn’t bother recording any process footage and just painted. It felt really good. I know no one is forcing me to record or capture any kind of footage but it’s still nice […]
I was recently commissioned to paint a tiger for my bro-in-law, so I took the opportunity to whip out an old Japanese calligraphy brush set I had lying around.I’ve had this set for years but had never taken the opportunity to use it and I had been wanting to paint something in a traditional Japanese […]
The second of three pieces I had planned for this week; the Asian Elephant (Elephas Maximus). The largest living mammal living throughout Asia (from India to Borneo) is currently classified as Endangered but their population is growing. This piece gave me some trouble & I found it difficult to get through. Elephant skin has so […]
Here’s the Silverback Gorilla. These guys have been in danger of extinction for the greater part of the 20th century & are currently listed as Critically Endangered. They are one of the strongest & one of the most intelligent land-dwelling animals. They are also considered to be one of the closest relatives to the human […]
Back to watercolours. I thought I would tackle an amphibian this time so I gave this Red-Eyed Tree Frog a go. These guys are not listed as being endangered as yet but they will likely be affected by climate change and human interference in some negative way eventually if things don’t improve.They are nevertheless truly […]
The Emperor Penguin. Measuring up to 155cm and weighing up to 45kb, makes this the tallest & heaviest of all penguin species. This flightless bird inhabits Antarctica and is best suited to swimming and diving in the ocean where it gets its feed of fish, krill & squid. They can dive down to 500m & […]
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