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 […]
Tag: Endangered Species
Rufous-Necked Hornbill
The Rufous-Necked Hornbill. This distinctive bird, distributed mainly along North-eastern India, Bhutan & Southeast Asia, boasts a rich orange-red (rufous) plumage around it’s neck, head, & underparts, & bright blue colouring around the eyes, with glossy dark green elsewhere.The beaks appear broken but is normal, and mature birds also sport black ridges along the upper […]
Puffin With A Beakful
Another classic Puffin bird piece I worked on to round off the year. If I’ve not said this before—and if you haven’t picked up on it—Puffins are one of my favourite birds.Aside from their monochromatic plumage offset by brightly coloured beaks (at least on the males), puffins look so innocent and are sometimes quite derpy, […]
Philippine Eagle
The Philippine Eagle, the national bird of the Philippines, also known as the monkey-eating eagle, or great Philippine eagle, is a critically endangered bird species, endemic to the forests of the Philippines. It sports an orange-brown & white-coloured plumage, and a shaggy crest. It measures up to 102cm (3.35ft) in length, and weights up to […]
Toucan
The Toucan is a striking bird species with large colourful bills. They can grow up to a whopping 65cm with bills up to 20cm; giving them the prize for the bird with the largest bill when compared to it’s body size. They can also live up to around 20 years. Media: Copic Markers, Coloured Pencil, […]
Andean Condor
Revisiting this majestic Chilean bird once again. The Andean Condor, a resident of the Andes. It is the largest flying bird in the world by combined measurement of weight & wingspan. Its wingspan can each up to 3.3m (10ft 10in). It is one of the longest lived birds with lifespans of up to 70 years. […]
Tasmanian Devil
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 […]
Australian Flying Fox
The Australian Flying Fox, or Grey-headed Fruit Bat is a megabat species native to Australia. They can grow up to around 290mm (11.42”) from nose to toe, with a wingspan of up to 100cm (39.37”).They are also the only flying Fox species with hairy legs right down to its ankles. Found throughout most of south-eastern […]
Andean Mountain Cat
Another fun little sketch to while away the day and keep up the practice I tried a different technique of layering markers from light to dark, which although turned out OK in the end was probably unnecessarily wasteful. But hey, this is how we learn, right? About the Andean Mountain Cat The Andean Mountain Cat […]
虎の轟音 (Tiger Roar)
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 […]