Ginkgo biloba leaves Colored pencil, watercolor and graphite sketch by Krista Anandakuttan Now that chlorophyll masks are off in the northern hemisphere, it’s time to enjoy carotenoids (the yellows and oranges), and anthocyanins (reds and purples)....
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....
Rose hips in January Sketchbook; graphite, watercolor I couldn’t decide which one to draw–
Coralline algae (Calliarthron tuberculosum) graphite, watercolor, colored pencil Sonoma Coast, CA These fragile, lavender-mauve colored coralline algae were strewn about the beach, some still attached to red Sea Tongue algae. As beautiful as the coast is (sky, waves,...
Skipper moth, Common checkered skipper, California hairstreak butterfly, Cabbage white; Zinnias, Lavendar Watercolor, colored pencil and graphite The pollinators are right, I have been walking past these intense colors for too long. My brightest colored pencils and...
