#InsertAnInvert2024#Manestèque Here it is during the process. The pink will be black, the green should be pink, no idea what the combination does.
I think this piece is complete, though I'm withholding final judgement until I can look at it with fresh eyes. Wasp State 0909, 2024 watercolor on bristol. #bugsky#sciart#gardening#insertaninvert2024#illustration#watercolor
Week 3 of October for #insertaninvert2024 - a dragonfly-rider about to go on patrol (owing to time constraints I cheated a bit, this is an older piece that fit the prompt).
From the moment I saw the sun on the wings of this wasp, I was excited to paint it. I'm glad I got the chance, to start, today! #wasps#watercolor#bugsky#gardening#insertaninvert2024
#InsertAnInvert2024 Eyes - Compound eyes Compound eyes are made of many lens eyes packed together, giving the animal a wider vision and the ability to detect fast movement. This eye arrangement can greatly range in numbers, with Australia's petaltail dragonflies having up to 24k little eyes. 🎨 🐡
Catching up to the first two weeks of this month's #InsertAnInvert2024 eyes theme with a fuzzy nautilus and an ogre-faced spider.
Approaching the work on the wings. There is so much to observe on this subject! #bugsky#insertaninvert2024#sciart#wasps#wip#blueskyartists
The #InsertAnInvert2024 prompt lens eyes made me think of trilobites. 🐡🧪 Not only do they have the earliest complex eyes we know of with their compound eyes with separate clusters of photo receptors (or ommatidia) each with its own lens to make mosaic-like pictures in their brains, but 🧵1/n
Would Sacoglossa eye spots be fine for "lens" ? Cyerce nigricans This one is rough, I wanted to try nerikomi so each scale is colored through the clay, with a cane technique, but the whole could be more refined. Paper porcelain clay #InsertanInvert2024#SciArt#Ceramics
