by Erin Hunter | Oct 1, 2023 | Process, Sketches
Recently I was talking with my good friend and fellow artist-illustrator Erika Beyer on a Zoom call, as we shared works in progress with each other to get feedback and encouragement. She showed me a painting she’d been working on for a little while, a new piece in a...
by Erin Hunter | Aug 24, 2023 | Paintings, Process
For the past couple of weeks, as midsummer coastal fog has finally given way to warm late summer sunshine and warmth, I’ve noticed a lot more insect activity in my garden—painted lady butterflies, yellow-faced bumblebees, grasshoppers whose coral-pink wings flash when...
by Erin Hunter | Jul 3, 2023 | Process, Teaching
On Friday, I wrapped up a two-week course, teaching botanical illustration as part of CSU Monterey Bay’s Summer of Science Illustration program. Botanical illustration is my favorite subject to teach, and plants are a wonderful subject matter for observational...
by Erin Hunter | Sep 18, 2022 | Paintings, Process, Works in Progress
For the past few months, I’ve been working on a painting of various California wildflowers, all in yellow. Apparently this has been seeping into other areas of my life, as I realize that I have multiple yellow dresses, yellow shoes, yellow Fiestaware bowls… a friend...
by Erin Hunter | Jul 15, 2022 | Paintings, Process, Sketches
When I have taught drawing and painting classes, one of the most revelatory things for people is that I don’t start a painting by drawing right on my good watercolor paper—not at first, anyway. I start with pencil sketches, which I typically do on tracing paper. I...
