By the Light of an Alaskan Candle

Hooray for field sketching again! Bobby spotted a Magellanic Plover skirting the edge of a little laguna, which is awesome enough because it is a freakish Patagonian "shore"bird with bubblegum-pink legs, but THEN he spotted its tiny chick pretending to be a fluffy rock! Little chick's other 2 favorite activites are being fed and hiding from the biting relentless wind under its mom, as you can see in the top illustration #fieldsketch #artinthewild #youdontneeda$10000camerabutbinocularshelpandascopeisextragood https://www.instagram.com/p/BPES6vUjqNIxG-4a3fugvTAL4x41xqRhouf1Ns0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

I had an absolutely heartwarming Thanksgiving with my whole family and I hope you did too. Across the street from the place we’re staying is a lovely little pond and I went over there to sit and draw this afternoon after everybody left. I might do it in ink tomorrow. . . . #carandacheluminance #landscapesketch #landscapesketching #pleinairlandscape #pleinairpainting #pleinair #fieldsketch #sketchbookart #drawyourday #travelsketch #naturedrawing #naturedrawings #naturesketch #naturesketching #naturejournal #naturejournaling (at Santa Rosa, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClZ8ZGDJa6C/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

I’m usually not a huge mammal fan but these sea lions or “sea wolves” as they call them in Spanish are very willing models. Bonus points if you zoom in on my notes and see what I was most curious about. #naturejournaling #nature #sealions #naturejournal #sketching #galapagos #sancristobalgalapagosecuador #watercolorsketch #fieldsketch #stillmanandbirn (at Puerto Baquerizo Moreno) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfSiHCKrouj/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Virgin Tiger Moth (Apantesis virgo) from my nature journal

Did you see how beautifully it change 😃🥰 Rice fields are Soul of Bali 😍🌾 We are blessed with nature and so our duty is just to preserve it. So fulfilling our duty we use Reclaimed wood and all are products are recycled to be reused forming a new design. . . . #thebaliartgallery #woodworkforall #naturephotography #naturelovers #balilife #rainyseason #terracegarden #riceterrace #fieldsketching #baliswing #loveyourself #beautifulweather #weatherphotography #videogram (at Bali, Indonesia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgiY4srJPWo/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

From abstraction to nature. #Firmo #Oteupapel #dilarpereira #fieldsketching #Urbansketchers #Trendy #Design #Lifestyle #uskp #urbansketchersportugal Firmo Dilar Pereira https://www.instagram.com/p/CgO8tFnMEQi/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

The squirrels are everywhere digging around! 🐿 #fieldsketch #fieldsketching #park #squirrel #feather #leaf #fall #sketch #sketchbook #drawing #draweveryday #drawfromlife (at Maria Hernandez Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGLezkSBgkD/?igshid=2eezfe7tda2a

Introducing a brand new collaboration with botanical artist @laragastinger. Her exquisitely detailed plant portraits are done in monochromatic vegetable inks to mimic the look of her real field sketches, but on skin. Made in fine black vegetable inks, his collection will mimic the look of real tattoo for 3-5 days. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #lgperpetualjournal #botanicalartist #natureillustrations #natureillustration#wildlifedrawing #womenwhopaint #womenwhosketch #perpetualjournal #fieldsketch #naturetattoos #botanicaltattoos #planttattoos #plantlover #botany #botanicalartist #illustratorsofinstagram (at Tattly) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8JuGL3h60P/?igshid=1d9mhfyz4273v

Some doofus looking brown creepers for you this day. ... ... ... ... #northfieldmn #jacqueomanclinton #penandink #fieldsketch #sketchbook #browncreeper #birding #birdsofminnesota #doodle #naturejournal https://www.instagram.com/p/B9TH78KJtKF/?igshid=1onlh46bjdtna

Sitting on a stump along Russell Blvd, Isaac sharpening a stick and me slowly drawing. #californiapoppy #eschscholziacalifornica #fieldsketch https://www.instagram.com/p/BwGegucAp3p/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=cqbx5drjzqiv

A computer-free residency. #fieldsketch #hjandrewsexperimentalforest #artistinresidence #unsolicitedproposal https://www.instagram.com/davidbuckleyborden/p/Bwmxcbih0Ld/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=gllpkwthjwm

It's a bit easier to forget I'm being sandblasted by 40kph winds when sketching such ridiculously charming subjects. #fieldsketch #artinthewild https://www.instagram.com/p/BQfXgHPjGMdyFnY0Y8DSRW16ZN1zF52ZTvMgRU0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Crab-brain bro on this #wip Wednesday ▪▪▪▪ @lauraspencerillustrates #lauraspencerillustrates #crab #stonecrab #watercolor #brain #drawing #illustration #fieldsketch #fieldguide #cancer #cancerzodiac #artragestudiopro #photoshop #digitalart #digitalillustration #emergingartist #creativepinellas #sketch #eatsleepdraw #florida #floriduh #naturesketch #artofinstagram #latergram #wipwednesday #surrealism https://www.instagram.com/p/BwFeMyABUvF/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=13l2ei7wlrtm3

This is what I came for. This is what has kept me going through biting insects, bruised fingers, and sweat dripping humidity. 20.5 meters up in the canopy = 67.24 feet hanging from a huge nutmeg family tree. This tree and all the organisms that live in its layered canopy could die this year. Can you see the cut down tree next to my nature journal in the picture? I want to use nature journaling as tool for learning about communicating and conserving the wonders of the rainforest canopy. It’s urgent. This mysterious world is not only fascinating but essential to our survival. And it is being destroyed faster than we can even learn about it. That is why I have spent the last month learning the intricacies of climbing and working in this inaccessible realm…. You can support my mission by joining my patreon at patreon.com/marleypeifer #naturejournaling #naturejournal #rainforestcanopy @itecpanama #wildwonderfoundation #marleypeifer #rainforest #savetherainforest #stillmanandbirn #extremenaturejournaling #extremesketching #fieldsketching https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnx1gmBr7FS/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Garden Tiger Moth... I think this is turning into a moth day.