Beaverpond Clubtail dragonfly (Gomphus borealis), Daniel D. Brown, 2012, pencil

This is a pencil drawing of a Beaverpond Clubtail dragonfly (Gomphus borealis) seen in Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh, PA in May 2012.

Beaverpond Clubtail dragonfly (Gomphus borealis), Daniel D. Brown, 2012, pencil
“Beaverpond Clubtail Dragonfly”

I’m still trying to figure out a better way to photograph my drawings without the weird dark unevenness on the paper. Compare this to more what it actually looks like (I laid it on top of my cat).

Dragonfly on cat

Beaverpond Clubtail Dragonfly

Featured on Symbiartica – the Scientific American art blog!

I owe a great debt of gratitude to Glendon Mellow, the excellent science artist, blogger at The Flying Trilobyte, and writer at the Scientific American science-art blog “Symbiartic“.

In his latest post at Symbiartic, he featured my recent work “Ocean Invasion #12: We’ve Got Crabs.

Science-Art Scumble #31.

So check it out, and check out Glendon’s work as well.

Thanks, Glendon!