Art inspired by biology, created by a biologist
My amazing wife bought me a new oil painting kit for my birthday. It’s officially time for me to learn how to actually use them! I did a few tiny sketches (like 4×4″) just to practice this relatively new medium (I’ve only used once before on this 3D octopus).
This was a little Great Horned Owl sketch, intentionally small (4×4″), quick, and low-detail, made to occupy me while watching the VP debate.
Original is SOLD
This is “Wookie,” a Linneaus’s Two-Toed Sloth that lives at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh, PA. If you’ve been there, you’ve probably seen him chilling with the toucans.
It’s a 10″x8″ drawing made with Gioconda Pastel Pencils.
See a timelapse of its creation below.
Buy prints of this piece at the LAUGHING MANTIS STUDIO STORE!
Timelapse:
This is a recent pet portrait of a beautiful departed Akita named “Darwin.” See the timelapse of it’s creation below.
Drawing timelapse (made just with bad iPhone photos taken during the process)
My latest pastel pencil drawing, “Peregrines Over Pittsburgh,” made in August 2016.
I’ve been watching our city’s peregrine falcons for 6 years now, both on webcam as they mate, nest, and raise chicks atop the Cathedral of Learning (seen in the reflection within the eye) and downtown (hence the skyline), as well as in person once the nestlings fledge over Oakland. I consider them to be Pittsburgh’s second avian mascot (behind the Penguin of course) and my favorite creature in the city. Buy prints of this piece HERE.
And here is a timelapse video of its creation:
Music: “Acoustic Breeze” http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music