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Sketchbook

Sketchbook page comparing different seaweeds found near Monterey Bay CA. Paintings done in watercolor. Large cyanotype messy brush stroke at the top of the page with pressed seaweed printed in it.

Sketchbook page comparing different lichens. Paintings done in watercolor and gouache.

Sketchbook page focusing on how to paint different animal eyes. Owl eyes, lion eyes, and frog eyes are illustrated in watercolor and pencil.

Sketchbook page of different parts of moss. Watercolor illustrations zoom further in to show more detailed parts of the structure of moss.

Sketchbook page of different observations at Asilomar beach in CA.

Sketchbook page of a star-capped coprinus mushroom. Two drawings were done 24 hours apart to show the differences that can occur once a mushroom is picked.

Sketchbook page of pencil drawings of a green heron in different poses.

Sketchbook page of pen drawings of tufted puffins and common murres from the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

Graphite sketches of observations from live animal webcam footage

Sketchbook page of pencil drawings of shore birds in the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

Sketchbook page of a watercolor painting of the bank of the Willamette river with the river landscape in the background.

Sketchbook page of a tiger lily flower. Different drawings show separate parts of the flower and break the flower into important botanical sections.

Sketchbook page showing a labeled squirrel skeleton.

Sketchbook page of William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge near Corvallis Oregon. Drawings all done in graphite.

Sketchbook page of my rabbit sitting on a large red armchair next to a houseplant.

Sketchbook page of pencil drawings of a Pacific wren and a Bewick's wren with their beak's open in song.

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