Nature Studies

This summer, I've been practicing watercolor by doing nature studies of dead creatures I've encountered.  After all, the Italian term for "still life" is natura morta​: dead nature.

Yellowjacket. Watercolor and pencil.

Cicada shell, lateral view. Watercolor and pencil.

Green June bug, watercolor and colored pencil.

Female eastern carpenter bee, anterior, watercolor.

Female eastern carpenter bee, posterior, watercolor.

Female yellow breasted chat, watercolor and gouache.

Female northern flicker? Watercolor.