I can't NOT post this to sauropds.win: New #paleoart for #FossilFriday: BRONTOSMASH! II: the BRONTOSMASHENING. High-resolution version just posted to #patreon along with lots of discussion about the apatosaur neck combat hypothesis: https://www.patreon.com/posts/120678428

HT to @mike, because I believe he likes this sort of thing.

Finished another beetle drawing with added environmental detail! Used a Pentel Graphgear 1000 (4B) and a 6B clutch pencil to create texture and light play. It’s fun how these small touches can make a big difference! 🌿

Back to morning sketching at a coffee house with my trusty Pentel pencils! Loved capturing the strength and texture of this rhino’s features. Did you know rhinos use mud as natural sunscreen and insect repellent? 🦏

This weekend was Tet Zoo Con 2024, here are some of the brilliant artists who were there...

For #sciartSeptember prompt royal: Queen Seondeok of Silla (c. 595 ~ 610 - 647), 27th ruler of 1 of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, from 632-647, who brought about a renaissance in culture & science & built the Cheomseongdae moon & star-gazing observatory.

Known for her intelligence, wisdom & benevolence, stories survive of her curiosity & cleverness even as a child. When her father the King was gifted peony seeds 🧵1/n

I love insects. I painted this rhinoceros beetle in my Etchr sketchbook with QoR watercolors using Pentel water brushes. Fascinating how these little creatures can lift 850 times their weight! 🪲 What’s your favorite insect to draw or paint?

Sketched this cricket at Equator coffee in Kanata using my Etchr sketchbook, a Pentel brush pen, and QoR watercolors. Crickets produce their loud songs by rubbing their wings together, a behavior called stridulation. 🦗🎨

I made this linocut from a different photo of a loon on this lake, taken a few summers ago.

Just finished this vibrant Cassowary bird using colored pencils in my Leuchtturm 1917 sketchbook! Did you know the Cassowary is one of the most dangerous birds in the world? Their kick can be lethal! 🦅✨

Completed a detailed drawing of a northern giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia), also known as the murder hornet, with Pentel pencils (0.2, 0.3, 0.5 mm), a blender, and Blu Tack. 🐝

It's still National Moth Week, right?

Here's a polyphemus moth in it's larval form, preparing to manifest its full moth-ness.

Acrylic ink with watercolor and gouache on 9x12" hotpress paper

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

I built a fourth and final copy of my juvenile Iguanodon model in 2011. I've since destroyed the mould because it had become damaged and it had quite a few anatomical inaccuracies.