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…
Mary McAndrew
Painting + Illustration
Mary McAndrew
Painting + Illustration
Category Nature Sketching + Painting -in the field
Sketches and paintings done in the field or on location using my journals.
Visit with a Friend (black and white studies)
(Please click on the pictures to see them clearer, use the back button to return) I had a chance to visit with my friend Nancy the other day and we sat on her back deck to do some sketching. We…
Crocus Geometer Moth
In the morning when I let Ginger (my dog) out the back door for her morning wee, I always survey the screen porch to see if any visitors of the mothy type, have overstayed their visit. I used to leave…
Lady Bug, Lady Bug, fly away home!
I’m showing you the page from my journal first, then I’ll tell you a little story about a ‘bug discovery’ I had. You’ll see on the right my studies from the lady beetle I found, bottom left is studies of…
Day Lily Days
This will be one of the shortest blog posts I’ve done in ages! I just did this little sketch the other day to test out some paper and new kit supplies. I stood to paint in front of the row…
Two July Beetles
Two new beetle studies to share, the Milkweed Borer Beetle and the Rhubarb Curculio. Sometimes I print out 4×6″ photos of my bugs and then as I have time I can sit and do studies in my sketch journals. I’ve…
“Stink Bug…What a Name!”
Yes I know, what a name! This bug is a type of “Shield Bug”, so named because when viewed from above it looks like a shield. I don’t have a definitive identification on it but closest I could come was…
Beautiful Wood-nymph Moth / June 2011
(Click on any picture to see larger, picture links at the end of the post go to my shop, enjoy!) As your family and friends get to know how much you love to study new bugs and things, they will…
Walk to Aspen Hall
(I wrote this at the very end of May and wanted to share it with you before it gets too late!) I took a walk out through the fields today to “Aspen Hall”, just for a bit of exercise and…
Carpenter Bees!
You know there are interesting things all around us to discover, some are right under our noses…or under our eaves! I have known about Carpenter Bees but never paid them much attention, until this year. I caught one and started…