Bees in Art
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Hello Everyone,
I'm just starting off here on the forum and also starting writing a book about insect art & illustration. It's actually the insect counterpart to Tim Wooton's bird book at Crowood Press.
I've got a good idea who I'd like to feature in the book (including Tim, who I've asked to take some time off from painting birds and turn his attention to the Orkney's great yellow bumblebee - it flies - so I'm sure he'd do a wonderful job), but I'm still looking for artists' of all persuasions. I'm using a broad spectrum of artists work from the very disciplined scientific illustration to the very artistic large canvas. So please email or PM me if insects feature in your work.
In the last week or so I've had a number of insects delivered for me to draw, from the egg to adult. This is for my chapter on getting to know insects and where to find to find them.
This is a sketch done through my binocular microscope of leaf and stick insect eggs. Now I'm chewing my finger nails off waiting for them to hatch, so that I can draw the nymphs alongside the eggs.
Thanks for looking,
Andrew
I'm just starting off here on the forum and also starting writing a book about insect art & illustration. It's actually the insect counterpart to Tim Wooton's bird book at Crowood Press.
I've got a good idea who I'd like to feature in the book (including Tim, who I've asked to take some time off from painting birds and turn his attention to the Orkney's great yellow bumblebee - it flies - so I'm sure he'd do a wonderful job), but I'm still looking for artists' of all persuasions. I'm using a broad spectrum of artists work from the very disciplined scientific illustration to the very artistic large canvas. So please email or PM me if insects feature in your work.
In the last week or so I've had a number of insects delivered for me to draw, from the egg to adult. This is for my chapter on getting to know insects and where to find to find them.
This is a sketch done through my binocular microscope of leaf and stick insect eggs. Now I'm chewing my finger nails off waiting for them to hatch, so that I can draw the nymphs alongside the eggs.
Thanks for looking,
Andrew
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