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I love the bubble eyed goldfish!
Itâs fun to revisit this thread and see all the artwork thatâs been added. Hopefully I can do that myself some time soon haha
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I actually have something to share 
itâs the bird icon! Carved out of Basswood (Tilia americana) :)
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Some cards Iâm making to help with tree identification. I only drew the flowers because Iâm intending to use some of the techniques described in Lynne Kellyâs book about memorisation in order to add the information required for identification.
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Hey headsoup! If I recall, you use some of the same digital art software packages as I do, but I wasnât sure if that included Rebelle from Escape Motions.
But if not, the news is that they are about to release their latest Rebelle (version 7) and are now offering a deal through pre-ordering until Nov. 30.
$20 for the full update (the pro version is more though). This version introduces metallics, which might be very useful for insect studies.
The deal is open to everyone (new or old version users), and thereâs no subscription fees, you get ver 7 for life. Rebelleâs natural colour blending is what really intrigue me, plus their dry media tools have come a long way.
If youâre interested: escapemotions.com
I love to paint, with gouache mostly, and started painting some of the native flora and some of the bees in my garden but Iâve been so busy I havenât had the time to keep it going.
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just a random thought⌠i would love for someone to incorporate UV fluorescent paints / pigments into their works to reflect some some of the UV fluorescence that you can find in nature.
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conceptually, i like where youâre going with this, but the science part of my brain asks so many questions:
- do slugs actually fluoresce yellow? (do they fluoresce at all?)
- i like that the red in the cap of the mushroom doesnât fluoresce while the rest of it does, but that looks like an Amanita, and do Amanitas actually grow on logs (as opposed to in the dirt)? and do they fluoresce green?
- if the little lines of green are supposed to be something like moss, shouldnât that fluoresce bright red?
- etcâŚ
New Holland Honeyeater with human eyes from a fairy tale. Unique style, like it.
Ha 
I totally get it. It wasnât trying to be scientific whatsoever. We were making glow in the dark art for our tshirts for Halloween so I wanted everything to glow. 
Maybe in a radioactive world they could all potentially glow 
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I did digital art since I couldnât draw nice clean lines and thought I couldnât really draw at all. Over the last few weeks Iâve been making myself do a pencil drawing a day to learn to draw. These are from the last couple days. The bumblebeeâs species is bombus pensylvanicus, the other the desert stink beetle Eleodes goryi.
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Wow thanks so much!!
Well, landscapes for the background, but Iâm not sure that counts. Primarily, Iâm into oil painting. A skill I really want to learn is botanical/zoological drawing with water colour, though.
Wow! These are so beautiful!
Absolutely Gorgeous!!!