Art post: animal skulls
Cuvier's Caiman skull
Incidently these tiny crocodilians are my favourite reptile :).
I'm sure most of you will recognise the quote, but it is the second half of the Little Crocodile poem from Alice in Wonderland. Which yes, I do know by heart, thank you very much :).
Derwent graphite pencil in B, Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolour and Posca marker on Daler-Rowney watercolour postcard paper.
First things first, no animals were hurt in the making of these paintings. I got images off a site called Bone Clones as reference, and then sketched my own tiny replica toad skull.
I didn't even use any real skulls as reference (as Bone Clones is also a replica company, just like my own Skullery skull).
Cat skull
Derwent graphite pencil in B and Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolour on Daler-Rowney watercolour postcard paper.
Apple headed chihuahua skull
Derwent graphite pencil in B and Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolour on Daler-Rowney watercolour postcard paper.
Osprey skull, it's a kind of bird of prey.
Derwent graphite pencil in B, Molotow marker and Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolour on Daler-Rowney watercolour postcard paper.
Helmed cassowary skull
Fun fact, after reading a children's book (De Kracht van Ajajatsu) featuring really foul tempered helmed cassowaries, I was pretty scared of them. 'till I realised that the one in the zoo behind my parent's house is actually super, super friendly!
Derwent graphite pencil in B and Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolour on Daler-Rowney watercolour postcard paper.
Muntjak skull
My classmate Marjolein was helping me pick skulls to paint and we both thought this looked cool.
Derwent graphite pencil in B, Ecoline brush pens and Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolour on Daler-Rowney watercolour postcard paper.
Sketches featuring my Skullery toad skull (and my Fiendies planchette).
Derwent graphite pencil in B on Maruman Croquis paper
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