Sunday, October 20, 2019

Hatching a Beetle

My projects generally start in my notebook or sketch books, and then grow or dwindle from there.
In future posts, I’ll show some examples.
My favorite beetles are the Clown Beetles of the family Histeridae. I had previously done a block print of a Hister beetle, and thought it might be a good subject for a back-on-black painting. Below is the lino block and print, and my Moleskine opened to the page where I sketched my thoughts on the project. Often my first thoughts go in my little Moleskine notebook, and then get expanded in a sketch book. My sketch books are Moleskine Watercolour notebooks and albums of various sizes.
©️2019 Montgomery J Nelson

 This is the painting in progress today.
©️2019 Montgomery J Nelson

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