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Original artwork description:
In 2020, I came across a vintage photograph of the skeleton of a giant tortoise and a human standing next to it. The height of the man was hardly half the height of the skeleton. It impressed me a lot.
The photo turned out to be a mounted skeleton of fossil turtle, Archelon, which is located in the Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University. Specimen is more than twelve feet long, with estimated weight of three tons. Impressive, isn't it? :)
I decided to draw a skeleton with half a plastron, because I wanted to show the bones inside the body.
Size: 29.7x42, watercolor on paper
Every paleo artwork is hand drawn watercolor illustration made with paints Horadam Schmincke and Ukrainian fine art supplies brand Rósa Gallery on a french watercolor paper 300 g/m².
All artworks are unique and one of a kind.
Materials used:
watercolour
Tags:
#turtle #wild life #anatomical illustration #prehistoric animals #paleo artArchelon, the giant prehistoric marine turtle (2022)
Watercolour
by Katya Shiova
1 Artist Reviews
£292.73
- Watercolour on Paper
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 42 x 29.7 x 0.1cm (unframed) / 40 x 28cm (actual image size)
- Signed on the back
- Style: Illustrative
- Subject: Animals and birds
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Original artwork description
In 2020, I came across a vintage photograph of the skeleton of a giant tortoise and a human standing next to it. The height of the man was hardly half the height of the skeleton. It impressed me a lot.
The photo turned out to be a mounted skeleton of fossil turtle, Archelon, which is located in the Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University. Specimen is more than twelve feet long, with estimated weight of three tons. Impressive, isn't it? :)
I decided to draw a skeleton with half a plastron, because I wanted to show the bones inside the body.
Size: 29.7x42, watercolor on paper
Every paleo artwork is hand drawn watercolor illustration made with paints Horadam Schmincke and Ukrainian fine art supplies brand Rósa Gallery on a french watercolor paper 300 g/m².
All artworks are unique and one of a kind.
Materials used:
watercolour
Tags:
#turtle #wild life #anatomical illustration #prehistoric animals #paleo art
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Artist Reviews (1)
Katya Shiova
Poland
About
Hello, dear artlover.
My name is Katya. I'm paleo, wildlife and botanical illustrator. I am inspired by nature in all its demonstrations - whether it is the first leaf that... Read more