Blog: Illustrating Science, and what happened along the way
-Krista Anandakuttan
So Green: Russian River sketch
A sketch of the Russian River at noon, looking upstream from Sunset Beach Watercolor and graphite -So green!
Three days in July: bugs & beans
Three days in July: a garden sample of insects and other arthropods Gouache on plaster Each spent just a few minutes in my glass jar, while I quickly painted-- California Lady-beetle Blue Milkweed Beetle Ant Honey Bee Goldenrod Crab Spider Skipper moth Pillbug, 2...
Up, Up & Away! exhibit
I am participating in a fun exhibit, please come see: National Juried exhibit presented by the Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Main Gallery June 13 - July 20, 2013 UP, UP & AWAY! Opening Reception June 13, 6 - 7:30 pm Meet the Artists June 17, 1-3 pm ...
immortal somersaulting hydra
My offering for this year's Art of Nature show at Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History includes this mixed media piece: Somersaulting Hydra Pen and ink, watercolor, digital media; October 2012 The tiny freshwater hydra is green because it hosts photosynthetic algae,...
A Visual Pun
Life Cycles Mixed media original & prints available at Saatchi Online Fresco miniatures: India ink on plaster; clay I had fun mounting these together in a shadowbox frame-- the red is acrylic-- and can't remember when the title "life cycles" occurred to me. The...
Framing the ocean-
Elemental: Ocean 24" x 24" Mounted fresco secco panel, natural pigments and ink on dry plaster and burlap Original & prints available at Saatchi Online Text on frame reads " from where I stand: 38.303847, -123.064502" -- the geographic coordinates for this view...
Small Octopus: ink fresco
This "small octopus" has been on my mind since I saw it 5 years ago! and finally painted it last month. Marine life is depicted in ancient frescoes of many cultures; here, Octopus cyanea, the 'Hawaiian day octopus,' in ink on dry plaster and burlap. The unique...
Small Octopus: ink
This "small octopus" has been on my mind since I saw it 5 years ago! and finally painted it last month. Marine life is depicted in ancient frescoes of many cultures; here, Octopus cyanea, the 'Hawaiian day octopus,' in ink on dry plaster and burlap. The unique...
Explore
March 23- April 19: Arrivederci, 11 G St, San Rafael CA Fresco & Ink Paintings by Krista Anandakuttan, Salon event Monday 3/25 I explore our living, breathing world in ancient fresco techniques in this group of new mixed media paintings on plaster. Please...
painted sky
A detail of my fresco painting of clouds, finished this week. Natural pigments on a fresco secco panel made of burlap and plaster. 24" x 24" Using a very limited color palette presents some challenges, but lets me explore value and texture. Here the white is the...
First Portraits: stellate trichomes and all
Picture me peering into a microscope and counting 0.1 mm star-shaped hairs... amazing "stellate trichomes." And handling fragile dried plants with care. While in residence at the Bishop Museum's Herbarium Pacificum in Honolulu, HI a few years ago, I had the...
Waning moon
Waning Moon, fresco secco panel Buy the original at Saatchi online gallery plaster and ink This is about 11 x 14". I set out to paint the full moon and instead, with our year 2012 coming to a close, found myself painting a waning moon (also known as a "waning...