Want A Free Print Of My Watercolor Art?

Want A Free Print Of My Watercolor Art?
Want A Free Print Of My Watercolor Art?
Want A Free Print Of My Watercolor Art?
Want A Free Print Of My Watercolor Art?
Want A Free Print Of My Watercolor Art?
Want A Free Print Of My Watercolor Art?
Want A Free Print Of My Watercolor Art?
Want A Free Print Of My Watercolor Art?
Want A Free Print Of My Watercolor Art?

Want a free print of my watercolor art?

I feel it is very important to exercise our right to vote. I am not going to make any statement on who you should vote for, but if you vote, I will give you a print for FREE of my watercolor animals. What do you need to do?

1. Vote

2. Take a picture or update your social media or whatever with your "I Voted!" sticker OR hold the ballot stub, hold a sign, whatever you need to do. :) Just something to show you voted.

3. PM or email (NixAnimalia@gmail.com) your photo or link me to your social media update along with your 1 choice of print and your mailing address. (I will delete your photo and not use it for anything outside of proof you voted). Please pick only from these pictures on this post.

4. Get your print in the mail!

Feel free to share this. If I give free prints out to the entire nation because everyone voted, that will make me a very happy person. :)

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Enjoying the spring in the PNW. I even saw baby bunnies!

What nature have you most enjoyed seeing this spring? Bugs? Birds? Flowers?


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8 years ago

Fur, Paint, and Magic

Greetings! I am an animal scientist. Well, ok, I’m an artist. Actually...

I wanted to be a magizoologist, but that only exits in the Harry Potter world, apparently. How rude. So then I wanted to be a cryptozoologist. Unfortunately, the U.S. branch went bankrupt when I was in college. Alas. I decided observing animals is ultimately my passion, and agreed that they should probably be animals that are regularly viewable in order to observe them. I then pursued bachelor degrees in Animal Science and Biology. I went on to get my Master’s Degree in Animal Science with every intention of going into Animal Behavior.

That was when I heard the sweet call of art. I had flirted with art as a fun hobby, but never thought of pursuing it professionally. Obviously I was pursuing animal science things. Like mixing sheep poop in acid and other experiments. There was no time for whimsical things involving pencils and paint! How wrong I was. Turns out art involves observing animals, drawing their widdle fuzzy noses, drawing all sorts of magical creatures, or there is even this thing called Scientific Illustration!!! :D Right?!

So, welcome to my Tumblr where there will be art. There will be pictures. There will be facts and stories. There may also be tears and smiles. But there will definitely be fuzzy noses.

Fur, Paint, And Magic

NOM WIRE


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8 years ago

Still life...so still...so sad

I did a still life with a starfish and water bucket that I’m pretty excited about.

Still Life...so Still...so Sad

 However I’m an animal artist...and I like still life...but they don’t exactly go together if you take my meaning.

Still Life...so Still...so Sad

On that happy note, here is my artwork. I took a large piece of watercolor paper, mixed some blue acrylic paint with water and covered the whole paper to make it blue. Then I treated the blue as the medium tone (kind of like grey). Then I used charcoal to put in the darker-than-blue colors and white chalk added a lighter-than-blue highlights. I call it “Moisturize Me” also in reference to one of the few Dr. Who episodes I’ve seen.

Still Life...so Still...so Sad

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8 years ago

Sumi Ink

I loooooove sumi ink drawings. I love the simplistic style the oriental paintings have. Then I thought - simple must be easy to do, right? Oh honey.

After taking a workshop I learned quickly it is not easy. Of course it takes people years to master it. This picture is one of my latest after a workshop, a class, and a few practices. It still could be loads better, but finally getting happy with the results instead of “let’s speak of this to no one” status.

The goal of this piece was to dilute the ink to give it atmospheric shading.

Sumi Ink

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2 weeks ago

I now have merch!

In case you missed it, you can view all the behind the scenes of my art, inspirations, process, and struggles over at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/NixAnimalia

Also my etsy shop will close end of May due to going through a move, so get any cards and prints while you can:

NixAnimalia - Etsy
Etsy
Shop The animal artwork by E.E.Nix by NixAnimalia located in Seattle, Washington. Top shop for gifts. A buyer bought a gift from this shop a

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8 years ago

Lions and Portfolios

I was trying to get into school for Scientific Illustration (which I did! Yay!), but at the time I needed to build up my portfolio. My art teacher recommended that I draw something super eye catching. After spending quite awhile finding something that would look good in black and white, I found this. It was an incredible photo taken by National Geographic. Sadly the antelope did not make it. But if you look at this picture and imagine...it did. ;)

Lions And Portfolios

I never like the beginning of my drawings. I think they always look like crap. I’m a “finished art” person. Unless someone does a simplistic drawing - I love those. That takes a very special other set of skills to pull off.

Lions And Portfolios
Lions And Portfolios

I ended up flicking some white paint at it to give some water droplets. I also had fun jabbing my pencil at this a bunch for the black dots. The original image was of a lion and an antelope chance meeting at a watering hole. Mud, dirt, water flying...IT WAS A FIREFIGHT!

Lions And Portfolios

Haha this face. This is the face of an antelope who tells the god of death “not today.”

Lions And Portfolios

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8 years ago

The Bird is the Word

Another thing I wanted to have in my portfolio is an acrylic piece. My teacher recommended that I try copying Audubon. I picked his Black-capped chickadees. I really like the red berries that offset the black and white birds.

So the thing is...I haven’t painted acrylic before this piece. Well, that’s only half true. I wasn’t too worried because I do lots of miniature painting and that uses acrylic paint. Sorry, I’m not into WarmaHordes too much (though I have a battle box. Go Circle!). I actually have a plethora of LotR miniatures. Because Mumakil. Because Felbeasts. Because Riders of Rohan and their HORSIES. :D To sum up, I painted all the animals, and none of the dudes are painted. lolz.

So I have practice using acrylic, I just never put it on a flat piece before. So here it goes!

That ever crucial step of mapping and measuring.

The Bird Is The Word

One of the biggest challenges I had on this was learning how to mix colors. See with miniature painting, you buy all the shades of red you need (or you can at least). So you can have Gore Red, Horde Red, Blood of My Enemies Red, The Color Your Face Turns When You Get Beaten Really Bad At Lock&Load Red, etc. I needed what I would consider “Cranberry.” My best guess would be red with a touch of blue in it. That gave me a black-maroon. Or I guess “Prune” or “Black Current” ;) The shade was actually closer to “What The Crap Am I Doing” Red. then I found that I really did have the mixture right - but then I added white and a beautiful shade of Cranberry appeared! It WAS super effective!

The Bird Is The Word

Aren’t they just the most beautiful shade of berry you ever did see?

The Bird Is The Word

There’s quite a gap in picture stages here. I blame Netflix. Probably Buffy. Suffice it to say I discovered chickadees are not “white and black birds” but rather shades of brown and grey and yellow and white and black. Also teeny tiny brushes are my friend for line work. (Thank you miniature painting!) Not the most beautiful of lines. More practice always!

The Bird Is The Word

Adding more “not super straight” lines. The more you add, the better they look!

The Bird Is The Word

Chickadees, in fact, have pale yellow chins.

The Bird Is The Word

This is a closeup on one part of the painting. I’m showing that I don’t like how light and dark it is. I’m about to see what happens when I dry brush pale yellow or white over the top.

The Bird Is The Word

Success! (at least to my eyes)

The Bird Is The Word

Can’t have Black-capped Chickadees without black caps.

The Bird Is The Word

Green leaves turned out better than I had hoped. Sadly everything looks better from far away and not so close, but I’m sure practice will help with that. I also did a lot of detail touch up. I highlighted the feathers in white and added black flecks. Lots of tiny lines that were straitened with tiny lines in other colors.

The Bird Is The Word

Yay! I pushed my comfort zone and it turned out ok!

The Bird Is The Word

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2 weeks ago

Snow Geese

Snow Geese

This was my very first art I did for environmental and conservation statements and education. It was really fun to try a half-color and half-black-and-white piece. It was done with carbon dust and colored pencil. Read the full story on my Patreon!


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8 years ago

Appropriate Appropriation

For class this quarter, my teacher wanted me to do “Appropriation Self-Portrait.” That is where I take a famous painting and put myself in there as the subject matter. It draws on the reaction you have of the original art, but changing it adds a new layer. I took "The Happy Lovers" by Jean-Honoré Fragonard and changed it to "The Happy Lovers of 2016". ;) To be fair, this has been a few date nights of late. :P

“The Happy Lovers” by Jean-Honoré Fragonard

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“The Happy Lovers of 2016″ pencil by E.E.Nix ;) I darkened it a bit digitally to show the comparison better.

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Here it is as the original

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And 3 pictures of close up detail

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1 week ago

Throwback Scientific Illustration

This was a super fun, 3 month project for my Sci Ill program at UW. We took a picture of a horse, then drew it 3 times after much anatomical study: skeleton , muscle, skin. Then it was compiled and blended together.

We then put together our illustrations into an informational poster. I love teaching science with art! The UW program was very worth it!

Throwback Scientific Illustration
Throwback Scientific Illustration
Throwback Scientific Illustration
Throwback Scientific Illustration
Throwback Scientific Illustration

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