Paintings of Wildlife & Nature by Rebecca Latham
Paintings by international wildlife artist Rebecca Latham. Featuring North American animals, birds, & nature in watercolor painted in miniature.
Several good questions were presented over on Google+ last week. ..so I thought I would post the response here for everyone who might be interested in the reply.. “A question: Is it stressful while you are painting and you are relieved when it is finished ? Or do you relax […] Read more »
cougar work in progress, 5″ x 7″, sepia watercolor on board, ©Rebecca Latham I’ve had quite a few deadlines creeping up on me lately.. some survived, others didn’t. I like to have extra space to set a piece aside and study it, see what tweaks it may need.. but I […] Read more »
I thought I should post an update on a raccoon piece I have in progress (sepia stage of this is shown here). It is almost done at this point.. just a few accents and fussing to polish it up a bit before it’s shipped off to the gallery. I am […] Read more »
Being in the mood for painting a lot of fur, this is the beginnings of a 24in x 36in grizzly bear with the sepia watercolor under painting nearly in place. The rich glazes of browns in the painting are going to be very nice to put in I think. …quite […] Read more »
This is a recently painted little fawn portrait. When working on the piece, I focused on rendering detail in the fur, yet retaining a softness throughout the piece. I also wanted to portray her cautious look at the viewer as she carefully stepped through the grass. Fawn Portrait, 7″x5″, watercolor on […] Read more »
This is an in-progress red squirrel sitting on rugged deadfall. The lighting will be rather dramatic in this piece. I’m looking forward to all of the color glazes of the fur and beautiful textures in the logs. Should be quite a treat! watercolor on board, 8in x 10in, sepia stage, […] Read more »
Last week we had a new arrival show up in our yard… a new little white tail fawn was curled up in the grass. Luckily he was spotted before we disturbed him. He has the most beautiful soft blue eyes.. We quickly snapped a few photos and left him to […] Read more »
Busy working on stacks of paintings as always.. but doing my best to stay in touch with everyone here, on Facebook, and scattered other locations on the web… :) This is a close-up photo of a painting that’s getting pretty close to completion. Two bobcat kittens off exploring. …just a […] Read more »
This is a new painting that was started a day or so ago, shown here in it’s sepia stage. It is watercolor and about 8″x10″. When I had the chance to study this wolf, I was particularly drawn to his beautiful light eyes (with a faint hint of aqua) in […] Read more »
This is a new piece that I just started on a day or so ago, still in the sepia stage of painting in the essence of texture and shapes. It’s a watercolor painting (done in miniature of course :D) features a timberwolf and will be 16″ x 20″. I […] Read more »