Asian Elephant

 Another endangered species, read about it by clicking on the image to make it bigger.

fine liner and watercolour

fine liner and watercolour

bamboo pen & ink, watercolour

uni posca pen

fine liner & coloured pencils

faber castell grey artists pen

Nats [god like spirits] seated on elephant drawing of wooden sculpture 1910

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Sun Bears

 This is another animal on the endangered list

Pen and watercolour

This was the first painting I attempted of the sun bear. I used bamboo pens and inks. I didn't like the outcome so I had another go at the same picture but with watercolours and pen. Still not great so I did the one at the top. Guess I need some more practice with sun bears.

These are the bamboo pens and inks I used.

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A little bit of information about the sun bear. They are one of the most endangered species in the world due to habitat destruction, poaching for sun bear bile [used in traditional medicine] and because of over exploitation for their body parts which are used in ceremonial dances. They are found in Indonesia and other South East Asian countries.

Bear Bile Farming - moon bears, sun bears and brown bears are kept in tiny cages also known as crush cages, sometimes so small that the bears cannot turn around or stand up. Some exist in the cages their whole lives. Bear bile is collected by invasive extraction methods resulting in many infections. Most farmed bears are starved and dehydrated as this can encourage bile production. What they do to these bears is evil and heart breaking and totally unnecessary.

Read more about bile farming here

and watch a video on this page here

White Rhino in Ink

 This white rhino was drawn with a bamboo pen and ink.

There are two genetically different subspecies of white rhino - Northern and Southern. As of March 2018 there are only two Northern white rhinos left, both of them female. [Kenya]. The last males died in 2018 but sperm was collected to fertilize eggs. Of the two females left, one has been retired from the breeding program due to age and health.

Pangolins

 Two pages from my Illustration Book about the endangered pangolin.

Click on the image to read about the pangolin

Pen, watercolour

Pen, metallic pastels, watercolour pencils

Black ink applied with bamboo pen, coloured inks [Dr Ph Martin's Bombay India Inks]

Top - Sharpie, Bottom - Biro pen

Doodlewash Challenge

Glassy

Grass and Insect

Friday [Saturday 19Mar22] Catch Up

 More pages from my illustration course, this is the final book for the course, although I am still doing more pages. I am using a handmade watercolour book.

It's the last Paint Party Friday

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