Scientific Illustration

brettkingery:

“Chalo, Chalo, Chalo!” by Walton Ford - 1997

Watercolor, gouache, pencil, and ink on paper

59.2” x 40.2”

illustratorkirsten:

Snowy Owl Sunset
Bubo scandiacus
Digital Color Thumbnail

I saw this snowy owl on a trip up to Boundary Bay, BC last spring, and it’s high time to turn it into a painting! This is a small color thumbnail that I worked up, so now it’s time to start translating it to a physical painting!

brettkingery:

“Columbiana-Martinique Amazon Extinct” by Walton Ford - 1991

Watercolor on paper

39” x 30”

brettkingery:

“La Habana Vieja” by Walton Ford - 2004

Watercolor, gouache, pencil, and ink on paper

41.2” x 29.2”

wanderingfalcon:

Black Cockatoos by William T. Cooper

brettkingery:

“Devotees” by Walton Ford - 1996

Watercolor, gouache, pencil, and ink on paper

30” x 22”

illustratorkirsten:

Tricolored Heron
Acrylic, 18” x 24”

I’ve finally got this one back from the printer’s so here’s a professional scan! Now, to varnish it… and as every artist knows, that’s incredibly nerve-wracking!

I would like to offer giclée prints at some point, although with moving this weekend it’ll have to wait a bit. I am trying to decide whether to do the original 18”x24” for about $100, or make them smaller and more affordable 9”x12” prints for about $30 each. If you would be interested in either one, please let me know so I can gauge interest!

stilllifequickheart:

Marianne North

Coming Out of a Cape Beauty

1882

claramferreira:

A quick search in my backup disk and I find a bunch of old drawings!

Golden-Striped Salamander (Chioglossa lusitanica), done during a Scientific Illustration Workshop. Could had improve this one, but I’ll most probably re-do it. I love these little fellas!

biomedicalephemera:

Hasselet’s Dendrobium - Dendrobium hasseletii

This orchid lives high in the hills and mossy, montane forests of the Malaysian peninsula, as well as in Sumatra and Java. It has sparse, thin leaves, on a sturdy bamboo-like stalk. The flowers bloom from the apex of the stalk, in late summer and early fall. Despite its elegance, this orchid is one of the more difficult keepers, and as such is not widespread in the gardening and botanical circles.

Collection d’orchidées: aquarelles originales. Unknown German author/artist, late 1800s.