Lemon Migrant (Catopsilia pomona) Some more Australian butterflies from the Coffs Harbour Butterfly House. Cruiser (Vindula arsinoe) Lurcher (Yoma sabina) Orange Lacewing (Cethosia penthesilea) Common Crow (Euploea core) Varied Eggfly (Hypolimnas bolina) Orchard Swallowtail (Papilio aegeus)
We visited Coffs Harbour Butterfly House yesterday. There were lots of wonderful Cairns Birdwing Butterflies - Ornithoptera priamus - fluttering by... they are such beautiful large butterflies. They are closely related to the Richmond Birdwing Butterfly.Â
In my front garden with pride of place is my Ivory Curl Flower tree - Buckinghamia celsissima. Every year it produces a spectacular display of cream flowers. They are commonly used for street trees often 'sculpted' into shape - mine however, apart from a few strategic limbs being trimmed so we could navigate around it,... Continue Reading →
The way that Tawny Frogmouths exhibit expression is through their faces using their eyes and beak to do this is extremely important - I think their "eyebrows" also help! So have added 3 more 'expressions' to my studies. These drawings are ones that I'll pick up an do for a morning when I know I... Continue Reading →
I have been busy with family for the last few days so have had little time for artwork. But on my travels around yesterday came across this wonderful colony of huge fungi. They were up to 6-8 inches in height! I am not up on the types of fungi and their names - so any... Continue Reading →
These three sketches illustrate similar subjects of eyes/face of the tawny frogmouth but I have used different mediums. The first is a simple sketch using graphite pencils. It is a simplified and more illustrative style in its approach with the thought of perhaps extending it into a linoprint design or illustration. It was about capturing... Continue Reading →
Wildflowerings - Art Studio Diary 