Just Wandering

The musings of a contemporary illustrator and painter. A look into the world of Lewis Acrylics and the Mighty Lark from a third person perspective.

[retrodrome]

Famous sites re-imagined as anime style devices.

Artist: Sheng Lam - https://shenglam.artstation.com/

[cassettefuturism87]

Fucking Cassette Futurism power over 9k!

[m-lark]

This is all about Potify, friends.

[inkpathsconverging-blog]

After a little too long pause due to university and life duties, we are back! These some quick sketches by R in lovely Riga. Also trying some new drawing tools!

[brooklynmuseum]

To be etched, a polished, metal plate is first coated with a ground—an acid-resistant material like varnish or wax. The artist scratches a reversed image into the coating with a stylus, exposing small areas of the plate which is then submerged in acid. The acid eats away, or etches, the exposed areas of the metal. The remaining coating is removed. Ink is spread across the surface and then the plate wiped, leaving ink only in the etched lines. As in engraving, the inked plate is now ready to print and a damp paper is pressed onto the surface. This technique alone produces an image entirely made up of lines, as we see in Piranesi’s The Drawbridge; he creates shading with clusters of parallel lines and crosshatching, hallmarks of printmaking.

Posted by Elizabeth Treptow Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, Venetian, 1720-1778). Invenzioni Capric di Carceri; Hind 7, First State of Three, ca. 1749. Etching on laid paper. Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund and Carll H. de Silver Fund, 37.356.5

[m-lark]

Piranesi, my love.

[m-lark]

Finished Ivory Billed Woodpecker. #woodpecker #bird #extinction #birdsofinstagram #acrylicsonwood #acrylics #liquitex #acrylicpainting #pattern #surfacepattern #fineart #instaart #artstagram #artistsharing #artoftheday #portlandmaine #artist

[m-lark]

Early Smoky Wing Sedge. 91/366. #bug #bugaday #sedge #caddisfly #flyfishing #outdoors #nature #naturalist #meditation #zen #tranquility #morningritual #drawing #draw366 #sketch #sketchbook #watercolor #vangoghwatercolor #illustration #watercolorillustration #wings #pattern #artstagram #instaart #artistsharing

[m-lark]

Ivory Billed Woodpecker. #wip #bird #woodpecker #extinction #artistsoninstagram #art_spotlight #artstagram #instaart #liquitex #acrylicsonwood #portlandmaine

[m-lark]

Quill Gordon Mayfly. 90/366. #bug #bugaday #mayfly #quillgordon #flyfishing #outdoorsman #outdoors #meditation #tranquility #zen #nature #naturalist #natureillustration #drawing #draw366 #sketch #sketchbook #watercolor #vangoghwatercolor #watercolorillustration #illustration #instaart #artstagram #artoftheday #art_spotlight #arte_of_nature #artistsoninstagram #portlandmaine

[m-lark]

Ivory billed woodpecker and accompanying pattern. #sketch #sketchbook #woodpecker #bird #penandink #bicpen #drawing #fineart #portlandmaine #artstagram #instaart

[m-lark]

Blue Quill. 89/366. #bug #bugaday #mayfly #bluequill #flyfishing #outdoors #nature #naturalist #natureillustration #meditation #zen #tranquility #drawing #draw366 #watercolor #vangoghwatercolor #watercolorillustration #illustration #art_we_inspire #art_spotlight #artoftheday #artstagram #instaart #portlandmaine

[m-lark]

Slate Drake. 88/366. Better late than never. Spent most of today moving out of our old house and into the new. So worth it though but incredibly pleasant to get down to this today. #bug #bugaday #mayfly #slatedrake #flyfishing #nature #naturalist #outdoors #meditation #zen #tranquility #drawing #draw366 #watercolor #vangoghwatercolor #watercolorillustration #illustration #sketch #sketchbook #artstagram #instaart #artoftheday #art_spotlight #art_we_inspire #portlandmaine

[m-lark]

American Rubyspot. #dragonfly #bug #bugaday #fly #flyfishing #outdoors #nature #naturalist #natureillustration #meditation #zen #tranquility #morningritual #drawing #draw366 #watercolor #watercolorillustration #illustration #artoftheday #artstagram #art_spotlight #art_we_inspire #portlandmaine

[m-lark]

March Brown. 86/366. #bug #bugaday #marchbrown #fly #flyfishing #outdoors #nature #naturalist #natureillustration #meditation #zen #tranquility #sketch #sketchbook #drawing #draw366 #illustration #watercolor #vangoghwatercolor #watercolorillustration #artstagram #artoftheday #instaart #artistsharing #art_we_inspire #art_spotlight #portlandmaine #morningritual

[m-lark]

Wing close up. #watercolor #vangoghwatercolor #illustration #wings #sketch #sketchbook

[m-lark]

Polymitarcyidae. 85/366. The reference images I can find of the white flies are subpar, but even in the terrible images the wings in these flies are so amazing. I hope the photo communicates that. #wings #bug #bugaday #mayfly #flyfishing #outdoors #nature #naturalist #natureillustration #meditation #zen #tranquility #drawing #draw366 #watercolor #vangoghwatercolor #watercolorillustration #illustration #artstagram #instaart #artistsharing #artoftheday #portlandmaine #fineart

[m-lark]

Golden Drake. 84/366. #mayfly #bug #bugaday #flyfishing #outdoors #nature #naturalist #natureillustration #meditation #zen #tranquility #drawing #draw366 #watercolor #vangoghwatercolor #watercolorillustration #illustration #sketch #sketchbook #artstagram #artoftheday #instaart #artistsharing #wings

[m-lark]

Sulphur Dun. 83/366. #bug #bugaday #mayfly #sulphurdun #flyfishing #outdoors #nature #naturalist #natureillustration #meditation #zen #tranquility #drawing #draw366 #watercolor #vangoghwatercolor #watercolorillustration #illustration #sketch #sketchbook #artstagram #artoftheday #instaart #artistsharing #portlandmaine

[m-lark]

Finished commission. Hendricksons nymph and fully grown mayfly. #mayfly #hendricksons #flyfishing #outdoors #nature #naturalist #natureillustration #meditation #zen #tranquility #illustration #watercolor #watercolorillustration #vangoghwatercolor #artistsharing #artstagram #artoftheday #instaart #maine #portlandmaine