Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Great Golden Digger Wasp


I am pleased to have completed another bug painting. The great golden digger wasp was a new visitor to my yard this year. It is quite big and beautiful, and fully deserves its two adjectives. The eye, which I believe is more or less accurate, has a kind of disney-character look about it.

5 comments:

  1. I love this wasp! (That's NOT a normal thing for me to say! Usually I say things like, "Quick! Smack that wasp!") Your colors are so natural and easy on the eyes, the details are excellent, and the shadows are perfectly balanced. Very well done!

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  2. wow..you captured it perfectly and his eyes are beautiful Barbara.....

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  3. very nice painting and an important teaching tool. When visiting the Hoh National Park in WA, I learned that wasps are very necessary for our ecology. Made me look at them differently.

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  4. I like this look, obviously, she is looking at you!We can't help to smile watching your painting.Congrats!

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  5. Fantastic!! I absolutely LOVE this. The way you painted it - magical.

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