Custom notebook cover. Going away prezzie for @outlandish.creature . .. . #illustration #illustratorsoninstagram #drawinkrender #penandink #copic #octopus #octopusart

Green lace wing. Watercolour. Didn’t quite capture the gentle transparency that makes these insects so awesome, but that’s something I can practice . .. . #watercolor #watercolour #scientificillustration #entomology #insect #illustration #illustratorsoninstagram

Asparagus berries - watercolour. Practicing some of the techniques that the wonderful @dianne.emery taught us last week during the workshop

I enrolled in botanic watercolour class that starts tomorrow and I’ve been panicking for the last month because it’s an intermediate/advanced class and I’ve never taken a watercolour class in my life. This is the result of that panic . .. . #illustration #illustratorsoninstagram #drawinkrender #botanicalillustration #botanicart #watercolor #watercolorpainting #watercolorbotanical #autumn #autumnart #nature #natureart #scientificillustration #artistsoninstagram #artistsofinstagram

Zombie zucchini. Prismacolor pencil on moleskine cahier . .. . #illustration #illustratorsoninstagram #drawinkrender #prismacolor

Barred owl WIP

A jelly for my mini notebook . .. . #illustratorsoninstagram #illustration #drawinkrender #jellyfish #jellyfishart #cnidaria #drawing #penandink #copic #copicmarker #copicsketch #travelersnotebook

Smug post alert. Handmade and decorated this little notebook yesterday and I’m feeling pretty chuffed about it . .. . #handmade #travelersnotebook #notebook #octopus #octopusart #drawinkrender #illustration #illustratorsoninstagram

Mini gouache Procyon lotor skull . .. . #gouache #gouachepainting #holbein #holbeingouache #skull #skullart #illustration #illustratorsoninstagram

First painting for the year. Mini Vulpes vulpes skull. Gouache and graphite on (very cheap) watercolour paper . .. . #skull #skullart #painting #gouache #illustration #illustratorsoninstagram #holbeingouache #holbein

Merry Christmas!!! This is how I feel already because the dogs were too excited about Santa and wouldn’t shut up all night

Inktober day 22. Flightless trogid beetle (Omorgus rotundulus). Finally got another one done. It took me waay too long . .. . #beetle #scientificillustration #coleoptera #flightlesstrogidbeetle #flightlesscarcassbeetle #omorgusrotundulus #penandink

#inktober day 21. Eucalyptus long-horned borer (Phoracantha semipunctata). 31 days of Aussie beetles . .. . #coleoptera #illustration #scientificillustration #beetle #penandink #inktober2017 #eucalyptuslonghornedborer

#inktober day 20. Striped whirligig beetle (Aulonogyrus strigosus). 31 days of Aussie beetles . .. . #coleoptera #illustration #scientificillustration #beetle #penandink #inktober2017 #stripedwhirligigbeetle

#inktober day 19. Yellow-horned clerid (Trigodendron fasciculatus). 31 days of Aussie beetles . .. . Playing catchup again . .. . #coleoptera #illustration #scientificillustration #beetle #penandink #yellowhornedclerid

#inktober day 18. White acacia leaf beetle (Dicranosterna circe). 31 days of Aussie beetles . .. . #inktober2017 #coleoptera #illustration #scientificillustration #beetle #penandink #whiteacacialeafbeetle

#inktober day 17. Honeybrown Beetle (Ecnolagria grandis). 31 days of Aussie beetles. Had to do 17 again because I didn't do my research properly . .. . #inktober2017 #coleoptera #illustration #scientificillustration #beetle #penandink #honeybrownbeetle