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Watercolour scientific illustration

Sea life captured in the traditional style of watercoloured scientific illustration. Every plate has its own page.

drawn from real specimens

Looking for the plates I paint for the State of California? Those live in scientific illustration.

Showing all 22 plates.

Two-spot octopus — watercolour scientific illustration
Two-spot octopus
Octopus bimaculoides
Watercolour · 5 × 7 in
Black abalone — watercolour scientific illustration
Black abalone
Haliotis cracherodii
Watercolour · 5 × 7 in
Bull kelp — watercolour scientific illustration
Bull kelp
Nereocystis luetkeana
Watercolour · 9 × 5 in
Harbor porpoise — watercolour scientific illustration
Harbor porpoise
Phocoena phocoena
Watercolour · 2022
Spot prawn — watercolour scientific illustration
Spot prawn
Pandalus platyceros
Watercolour · 5 × 7 in
Pacific angel shark — watercolour scientific illustration
Pacific angel shark
Squatina californica
Watercolour · 5 × 7 in
California moray — watercolour scientific illustration
California moray
Gymnothorax mordax
Watercolour
Giant red sea cucumber — watercolour scientific illustration
Giant red sea cucumber
Apostichopus californicus
Watercolour
Kellet's whelk — watercolour scientific illustration
Kellet's whelk
Kelletia kelletii
Watercolour · 5 × 7 in
Northern anchovy — watercolour scientific illustration
Northern anchovy
Engraulis mordax
Illustration for CDFW
Pacific herring — watercolour scientific illustration
Pacific herring
Clupea pallasii
Illustration for CDFW
Giant kelp — watercolour scientific illustration
Giant kelp
Macrocystis pyrifera
Watercolour
Salmon shark — watercolour scientific illustration
Salmon shark
Lamna ditropis
Watercolour
Steelhead — watercolour scientific illustration
Steelhead
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Illustration for CDFW
Surfgrass — watercolour scientific illustration
Surfgrass
Phyllospadix torreyi
Watercolour study
White shark — watercolour scientific illustration
White shark
Carcharodon carcharias
Watercolour
Shortfin mako — watercolour scientific illustration
Shortfin mako
Isurus oxyrinchus
Watercolour
Pacific sardine — watercolour scientific illustration
Pacific sardine
Sardinops sagax
Illustration for CDFW
Sablefish — watercolour scientific illustration
Sablefish
Anoplopoma fimbria
Illustration for CDFW
Flag rockfish — watercolour scientific illustration
Flag rockfish
Sebastes rubrivinctus
Watercolour · 5 × 7 in
Ocean pink shrimp — watercolour scientific illustration
Ocean pink shrimp
Pandalus jordani
Watercolour
Eelgrass — watercolour scientific illustration
Eelgrass
Zostera marina
Watercolour study