Natural History Art & Science Illustration
New coloring sheets of Alaskan orchids
I love this time of year! If you’ve followed me for a bit you know I love walking through the forest in the spring and find all the different blooms. To celebrate I put together two coloring pages, featuring two of my favorite orchids from the McCarthy area, the Calypso Orchid who will be gracing us soon with pink clusters in the forest; and the Mountain Lady Slipper, which is much less common but quite stunning.
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A spread from Lara's Perpetual Journal
Lara Gastinger is a botanical artist and illustrator in Virginia who keeps the most inspiring sketchbook. I found her work on instagram (@laragastinger), where each week she usually posts from her “perpetual journal”, a weekly journal and sketchbook (now two books) that she’s been keeping for over a decade, since 2000. Her artwork is gorgeous in its own right, but the collection she’s put together and shares in her perpetual journal is really inspiring.
Read morePixie Cup Lichens, 8.5 x 5.5", watercolor and pen
Why do I keep a sketchbook? There are many reasons, one of which is that drawing and sketching help me to learn about the world around me.
Read moreA Guide to Fall Leaf Color of Quaking Aspen, 11 x 14" watercolor and pen
Variation and repetition in nature is interesting to me. The theme has an appealing aesthetic, but more importantly it also leads to interesting questions.
Read moreI kept up a blog called "weekly-sketch" for a while on blogger, but I have wanted to move the blog to my website for a while. Since I took a couple months off of blogging now seemed like a good time to make the switch. So welcome to my new blog!
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