Pen and ink illustration (detail) for the article in Madrono: Carex xerophila (Cyperaceae), a new sedge from the chaparral of northern California by P.F. Zika, L.P. Janeway, and B.l. Wilson.I love every stage of a botanical illustration. From the first meeting with...
Velella velella washed up on Wrights Beach, south of Jenner, CA. July 30, 2014 All the others in sight were flyaway, transparent and dry; this one still wet and brilliantly blue. I ignored a beautiful beach scene just long enough to sketch a portrait. These relatives...
Aren’t the best-loved books dog-eared and smudged? I once painted a notebook and page of pressed waterlilies and indigo– Years later (now) I entered it in an exhibit celebrating books. Here is “The Botanist’s Notebook” gouache on paper....
Amazing to see masses of monarchs clustering in trees. Each butterfly weighs less than a gram. Ecologically? Emotionally? Mighty heavyweights. The Weight of Wings Fresco secco: mineral pigments, India ink, beeswax on plaster 36″ x 24″...
Why 8 tentacles? Exactly. Sometimes a question is just really good. Recently while giving a demonstration of science illustration techniques in a natural history museum, a visitor asked me this question. I quickly reassured the asker that no, this was not a case of...
Earth Day 2014 “Make a Wish” Ink and gouache on scratchboard 8″ x 11″ by Krista Anandakuttan (click the image to see a print on “Ink Day” my Etsy shop)
