Nature Drawing finals!!

Whoa it's finals week!! Here is the final series of personal work I did for my nature drawing class. I focused on illustrating the constellations--a star map of the northern and southern hemispheres and a triptych of 3 specific constellations. From left to right: Auriga, Cassiopeia with Pegasus, and Bootes with hunting dogs. As always, click on the image for a more detailed view.

Some Nature Drawings. . .

Here's a few things from the last week or so of my nature drawing class. The skeletons and lions versus water buffalo sketch were done at the Natural History Museum in DC, and the insects were done in class. I'm thinking of coloring the insects later this week as a break from all the thesis work I've been doing, which I've been spending a lot of hours on but making slow progress. On a more positive note, I have been making strides on a large piece I'm doing for art market! It's an illustrated constellation map and I'm finishing the drawing in the next two days so I can start thinking about colors.

Nature Drawing

Studies from trips to the zoo and taxidermy animals (fox)--I have some larger pieces I need to photograph. For my ongoing project in the class I'm making a giant star map with illustrated constellations.