Black ink sketch using Pilot Calligraphy Lettering pen and Artline200 black fine-point pen on DaleRowney 220gsm heavy-duty sketching pa...

I love Fairy-Wren birds, which are very common species in South Australia. Male birds are very bright colored with all kinds of blue, and f...

Hello everyone! I have recently been invited to join this wonderful blog, which I am really proud of. As this is my first post, I will sa...

Milkweed Bloom , a photo by Teri DC on Flickr. We were sitting on the swing at the lake and I noticed that the milkweeds were blooming so ...

There are times when sketching from life is impossible, as when you want to portray underwater life. I love octopuses, squids a...

Cactus Monday - Saguaro Seed Pod Originally uploaded by Teri DC When we return to Arizona in the fall I find lots of these seed pods under...

I find myself drawn more and more to drawing insects. They are so alien, colorful, and incredible. This is a scarce swallowtail, it's qu...

It's been lovely watching our cardinal family next to the shed this summer...I'm worried that I haven't seen the mother or the ...

I find nature and its creations utterly fascinating, and more astonishing than the creatures our best science fiction writers ever invented....

The Common house gecko, Hemidactylus frenatus , originates in South Asia and North Africa, but has "colonized" most of the world, ...

The first Sunday of every month, a livestock fair is held in Osteria Nuova, a small town near Rome. I don't like places where live anima...