Wild Goats of Langholm Moor
When we lived in Northumberland I’ll never forget the first time I saw the wild goats in the Cheviot hills. Once in awhile you get lucky and see them in the fields when they come down to graze where the…
Mary McAndrew
Painting + Illustration
Mary McAndrew
Painting + Illustration
Category Nature Painting + Sketches -in Studio
Paintings and drawings done of nature but worked on or finished in the studio.
Lots of Mushroom Studies
Many studies in watercolor with a touch of gouache. I show my color notes next to each mushroom.
Stone Wall Studies in Gouache
Painting autumn scenes using gouache paint, with moss, ferns and rock walls.
“Studies of Leverets (cute baby hares)”
Since moving to our new home here in the Scottish Borders, we’ve been graced with the presence of hares in our garden. They actually live all around us, running wild on the hills, grazing in the green sheep fields and…
Adding Color to the Mouse Family and Other Studies
I thought I’d show you the progress on my illustration of the ‘mouse family’ and some other little studies. (click on them for larger view) It looks so different than it did as just a pen and ink drawing! They…
“Lightning Bug Under Grass” watercolor
(click to see enlarged, hit ‘back’ arrow to return) I know it’s not the time of year for Lightning Bugs (or Fireflies) to be out but thought I’d share this small illustration I finished recently. I’ve been working on studies…
Coffee Stain Moth and Arthur Rackham
This moth is a little watercolor painting I did on coffee stained paper (click it to see it larger and clearer). Using instant coffee to stain your paper is something I taught in my Creative Journaling class. It’s great to…
Light Green Stink Bug
(click the picture to see it in my shop where you can see ZOOM view by holding your curser over it) This is a painting of (another) Stink Bug, though I’m not sure what the exact species is, a friend…
“Blackbird Study” on May 28, 2010
Today, though it is sad, I did a watercolor study of a blackbird female that died after flying into our patio window. Just as other naturalists before me have done, I took advantage of having a real bird in front…
Groundhog (Woodchuck) Painting Commission 1-12-10
This watercolor was commissioned by a lady for her husband’s 80th birthday! He loves groundhogs (just like me) and she really liked the groundhogs I had sketched on my blog this past summer, so she asked me to do a…