Since some of you asked: my illustrations are mostly done in watercolor and colored pencil, and for these detailed scientific paintings I often use references like photos.
I also love to keep a sketchbook and field sketching, I find it is so valuable to explore nature directly, and record my everyday observations in one place. This in turn helps me again with scientific details.
Below are a few sketchbook outtakes.
#MastoArt #art #illustration #birds #butterflies #watercolor #TraditionalArt
@naturesketchbook cool! so you draw from photographs? your own? I'd be amazed if you aren't--I generally can't find birds that stay still long enough for even a photograph, let alone a sketch
@naturesketchbook I should have asked if you start with the photo, or if it's *just* to get the details
