#spectacled

[uk3d]

Spectacled bear sketch | Limited edition fine art print from an original drawing. My sketches start life as hand-drawn graphite images made on cartridge paper. I often work on these with charcoal, oil pastel or Caran d'Ache to create the look I'm after. The artwork is then scanned and finessed digitally ready for fine art printing. This process often referred to as Giclée printing uses the highest standard of printing methods to give gallery quality results that maintain all the details of the original sketch. The graphite pencils I use are Faber-Castel, the oil pastels are Sennelier and the china-graph is Caran d’Ache. The inks are pigment based archive quality (100years+). The heavyweight specialist papers I use are of the best professional quality, having a wonderful surface designed specifically for fine art drawings and illustrations. Very limited editions with only ten per size printed. All artwork is signed and includes a certificate of authenticity. The A5 are 5.8" x 8.25" (14.8cm x 21cm) The A4 are 8.25" x 11.7" (21cm x 29.8cm) The A3 are 11.7" x 16.5" (29.8 cm x 42cm) Custom sizes are available on request up to A2 Original sketches may also be available on request. Frames not included in price. Free shipping on artwork to all destinations. https://www.seanbriggs.co.uk/product/spectacled-bear/?feed_id=6718&_unique_id=67e25c2a7d152

[johnnyslittleanimalblog]

Playful Andean bear cub by ucumari photography

[thethirdbear]

[nunoxaviermoreira]

Forpus conspicillatus by Mediquillo Periquitos de anteojos - Spectacled parrotlet https://flic.kr/p/2kM5Kae

[maquira713]

I was trying to draw Harry Potter but he ended up looking like Superman??

[batsrule-info]

[namu-the-orca]

“Porpoises with glasses”

★ Spectacled porpoise (Phocoena dioptrica)

Spectacled porpoises are amongst my favourite cetaceans, their markings are so pretty! Their genus name, Phocoena, is simply a Latinised form of ‘phokaina’, which is Greek for porpoise and (in one version or another) shared amongst all 6 species of porpoises. Their specific name, dioptrica, however is unique, and refers to a dioptra, which is a measuring instrument for angles and altitudes. The instrument does have rings, which may explain its use in the porpoise’s name, though other sources state that ‘dioptrica’ was more literally meant to mean ‘spectacled’. Whichever is true, fact remains that both the binomial and English name refer to these porpoise’s striking black eye patches, lined with white.

Despite it being their namesake, not all Spectacled porpoises actually show their spectacles. On some animals, like the one in the painting, the black eyepatch is more or less fused with the black cape, leaving only very faint trails of the normally so conspicuous white glasses.

Part 3 of a little series called ‘Etymology dolphins’