Ground Beetles Airbrush Painting

One day when I was running on the logging roads near home, I spotted some beetles in a nice uneven circle eating something which looked like the remains of a banana slug. Scattered under them were old redwood branchlets of a lovely orange hue. I snapped the photo with my little camera carried in my running pack. That was a few years ago; a few days ago I remembered the photo and decided to recreate it as a painting done with airbrush. It's about 5 by 7 inches.

I don't carve any beetles, in fact my Artfire studio is sadly lacking in insects. I do have a couple of butterflies (Monarch, Acmon Blue, and Blue) and also related to this painting have a Banana Slug.

More AF Collections! Oct. 25-26

• "It's On Sale!", curated by NightSkyJewelry includes my Koala. I have a few discontinued designs in my studio they're in the On Sale section for $30 each.
• "Rich Earth Tones", curated by AnnyMay includes my Brown Pelican.
• "Riverside Art", curated by popnicute includes my River Otter. I also make a sea otter on her back with a baby on her belly.
• "Fabulous Frogs", curated by TieDyedMonkeys includes Red-legged Frog. There are a bunch of frogs in my studio.
• "Fun Things", curated by HandmadebySheri includes Snow Leopard, one of several wild felines which I carve.
• "More Gifts For Him", curated by MoonlightEternal includes Stream of Consciousness, my Grizzly Bear and Fish sculpture. 
• "Friendly Feathered Flightless Friends", curated by ModernSpin includes my sculpture King Penguin and Chick.

Overlapping Fawns Airbrush Painting

Another airbrush painting, this one is about 5 x 7. There is still a lot to learn about painting a scene like this with the airbrush. It was interesting to overlap the fawns. Is it one fawn at two different times? A friend said it reminded her of the way deer will be eating, then hear something and suddenly look up. What do you think?

I overworked this a little too much, and am thinking of trying it again.

In my Artfire studio I don't have any fawns, but do have Buck Deer Wood Carving and Doe deer wood carvings.

Artfire Collections: Oct 20-23

Turkeys seem to be popular in Artfire Collections these autumn days! 

There are a lot of these this time, so I haven't included all the photos. But the links on the animal names will lead you so a whole series of photos of each animal. The link on the name of each Collection, goes to that collection of 12 items from different studios.

• "Back Home...", curated by AppelJarVintage "These things seem so comforting." (Wild Turkey)
• "The Wise ol' Owl", curated by OsuCowgirl "Owls have made a comeback in recent weeks. What a beautiful collection of owl items." (Barn Owl)
• "Give Thanks", curated by SunshineSight "enjoy!" (Wild Turkey)
• "Spiders and Snakes", curated by WindysDesigns (Rattlesnake)
• "American Wildlife", curated by ManateeDreams (Wild Turkey)
• "Give 'em the Bird", curated by ChristyBeckwithStudios (Mockingbird)
• "OH DEER", curated by LULUSCLOSET (Doe Deer)
• "Science Geekery", curated by ShadowDogDesigns (Ivory-billed Woodpecker)
• "Fossils", curated by BadgerBeads (Trilobite)
• "Bear With Me!", curated by ViragoCreations (Bear and Fish)
• "Gone FISHING!!", curated by KeriMae (Red Snapper on sale) 
• "I Just Want Some Bunny to Love...", curated by ChristyBeckwithStudios (Cottontail Rabbit)
• "Do You Like Ducks?", curated by GlassandWireGems (Ruddy Duck)

Bear and Fish carved wood sculpture