365 Days of Art: Teeth

231. Teeth

These colourful teeth are for theme number 231 on the 365 Days of Art list. I'm getting there slowly but surely!

Inktober - Day 5 & 365 Days of Art: Make-Up

Inktober, Day 5 & 175. Make-Up

Once again, this is a combination piece for the 365 Days of Art list and for Inktober (Day 5). The theme for this drawing was "make-up".

Below is the pre-coloured outline version.

365 Days of Art: Favourite Plant

25. Favourite Plant

This is number 25 of the 365 Days of Art list: 'Favourite Plant'. It's a drawing of a moth orchid, which is one of the house plants I look after (along with a poinsettia and a rose). I actually don't have a favourite because they - like all the plants in my garden - are wonderful, but this is the first one I got (years ago), so it's the one I drew.

Inktober - Day 3 & 365 Days of Art: The Divine Comedy

Inktober, Day 3 /  94. Something based on The Divine Comedy by Dante

This is for Day 3 of Inktober but is also doubling as number 94 (Something based on The Divine Comedy by Dante) on my 365 Days of Art list. It was loosely inspired by the part of 'Paradiso', in which Dante goes to the Empyrean realm and sees a giant rose appear with angels flying around it. All of humanity (eventually including Beatrice) lives within this rose. A blinding light then envelopes Dante and allows him to see God/the Holy Trinity (I only drew the beginnings of the light though). 

It isn't a great drawing and the photograph of it is even worse, but I enjoyed doing it. I may go back and revisit this idea, by way of a better version, one day.

365 Days of Art: The Ocean

112. The Ocean (Octopus)

For number 112 of the 365 Days of Art challenge that I set myself, I decided to do a collection of drawings. Since this number's theme is 'The Ocean', all of the animals are either ocean dwellers, or use the ocean for a large part of their existence.

112. The Ocean (Macaroni Penguin)

112. The Ocean (Jelly - Sea Nettle)

112. The Ocean (Lobster)

112. The Ocean (Seahorse)

112. The Ocean (Starfish)

112. The Ocean (Fish)

365 Days of Art: Create a new species of animal

006. Create a new species of animal.

This is a strange little creature I drew/painted (and tidied up slightly in Photoshop) for the 365 Days of Art challenge, this time for number 6: "Create a new species of animal". This is the Flying Long-tongued Lizard Catcher, an amphibious creature that swims when in the water, walks on two legs when on land, and uses its wings to either fly through the air or to propel itself through the water.

It predominantly eats small lizards, fish, and large insects. When on land, it catches its prey by swooping down from the air and using sticky secretions on its legs to trap them. When in the water, it flattens the bulk of its body against the sea bed and buries itself under the sand, It then uses the lure on its head to draw fish towards it before grabbing them with its long tongue.