# artadventcalender artadventcalendar longbeach vancouverisland bc canada watercolour art artlovers originalart artcollectors giftideas chanukah christmas canadianart yyc northernlights aurora bucketlist auroraborealis hayabusa2 change5 yegartist yegdt wombat artistsontwitter sciart scicomm photography science anatomy phdlife heartart acrylicpainting kimleekho octopus drawcember artistontwitter illustration drawing artist yeg albertaart digitalart painttoolsai secretsanta fooling bcstorm watercolor

Aurora Borealis over the skies of Yellowknife, NT. I unfortunately had to cancel all of my northern lights photo tours this year. Hoping to resume operations for the 2020-21 season. Day 6.

100 615
2020-12-07

Day 6 of with the return of the samples and the samples heading home, I’m reflecting today on the value of what the sci community calls “the gifts that keep on giving” with this beautiful Apollo rock, watercolor and ink on paper.

2 18
2020-12-07

Day 6 of the 2020 is what I began the year with: this little 8" x 8" floral study in on Arches paper. PAPER? I couldn't remember how! I had gotten so used to YUPO.

3 31
2020-12-06

Day 5 of - Another piece from earlier this year... Say hello to Wombat...

Mixed media on paper, 5x7"

5 25
2020-12-05

Happy 5th of Dec and day 5 of On this day, I gift you all the majestic Caquetia spectabilis, a South American cichlid known for extreme jaw protrusion.

10 38
2020-12-06

Day 5 of
'Hearts Are Wild' acrylic painting 12"x12"
Pre-dates my preoccupation with heart- & vascular-related imagery & ideas, but contributed to it.
Chuffed that it's part of a remarkable art collection in the UK.

3 13
2020-12-06

For day 5 I have an Its not a real species, just an creative melange of octopus ideas. Ink and watercolour.

17 105
2020-12-06

The fifth door in the is open!
I’m posting a small collage a day for each day of December in the countdown to Christmas, some old some new, absolutely none of them festively appropriate for the season.

'What Remains, Hats and Moustac… https://t.co/5L2L3uJDey

1 3
2020-12-06

Day 5 of Here is my photograph on the left and my watercolor rendition of it on the right. Trying to take my photograph to the next level by painting some of pics.

10 65
2020-12-06

It's December 5 - have a ship! Sketched on the beach in Orange County, CA. These were all waiting their turn at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. The first one must have been in Sept - check out the inversion layer trapping smog at the water surface!

6 25
2020-12-05

Another post for day four of - this piece is titled Kananaskis Night Sky and it is acrylic on birch panel 11” x 14” - this series has been all about capturing the magic of the mountains 🏔

12 63
2020-12-05

Day 4 of the :D
This time also a Secret Santa picture from 2016, but this time it's a fooling 💙

Read the comments i posted under it for more information 🧡

0 4
2020-12-05

day 4.

I've really been enjoying my iPad/Procreate for creation of silhouette landscapes. It's a quick method to get my minds eye into physical form.

Here's one from the Cascade mountain range as viewed from Ellensburg WA.

2 10
2020-12-05

Day 4 a giant stump left over from the clean up following an incredible storm in the North Shuswap

1 10
2020-12-05

Happy 4th Dec and day 4 of On this day, I gift you with the exquisitely unique doctorfish tang. Is it a doctor? No... but, it does wield an nasty little scalpel on both sides of its tail! https://t.co/X106eiQroT

5 32
2020-12-05