Continuing with the insects in the tiny sketchbook. That’s a lot of fun.

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Galaxy Gazing

I recent learned that because we are at the edge of our Milky Way galaxy, the view of night sky in the northern hemisphere shows both arms of our spiral galaxy. I tried to capture that in this painting.

Painted on 8” square paper including a narrow blue border.

Painted with highly lightfast gouache and watercolor paint and on hot press 300 GSM 100% cotton paper. #painting #gouache #astronomy #landscape

Acrylic gouache painting of an annual cicada, the sound of summer.

I've been going back to my traditional media roots recently and found it incredibly satisfying.

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