Jay Harrison
Data scientist and wannabe artist
- Did you know that you can imitate a chipmunk by scratching a wet toothpick on a thick piece of paper? #Missouri #watercolor #nature
- Pelicans will migrate through the St. Louis area, but they don’t usually spend the winter. I have no idea what this one was doing here on Dec. 19. #Missouri #watercolor #nature
- I wish turtles would stand still and let me line up a good photo for reference. Box turtle at Silver Lake park in Highland, IL. #watercolor #nature #Illinois
- Sure, the band you follow may be cool, but does your band invite you to their backyard to pet their Irish Wolfhounds? Thank you @overtherhine !
- Babler State Park near Wildwood, MO. The CCC built this tunnel and other structures in the park. #Missouri #watercolor #nature
- At Cuivre River State Park near Troy, MO. Wikipedia thinks that this is a widow skimmer dragonfly. Watercolor trick: Derwent paint in background, Gansai Tambi in foreground = transparent wings. #watercolor #Missouri #nature
- An F-3 tornado hit the northern edge of Forest Park in St. Louis on May 16. In this area, many homes were damaged, and many old trees were uprooted or split. This patch of trees near the Visitor’s Center is trying to make a comeback two weeks later.
- Wild turkey at Burr Oak Woods Conservation Area, Blue Springs, MO. Same turkey, different approaches. #watercolor #Missouri #nature
- Eastern Shooting Star flowers at Valley View Glades Conservation Area, Hillsboro, MO #watercolor #Missouri #nature #flowersarehard
- Ugh, watercolor dilemma. I needed a big sheet of paper for a tiny detail, but the big sheets wrinkle too much. #watercolor
- Bird’s foot violet at Greensfelder County Park, Eureka, MO Not great art, but finishing by scratching the purple veins with a toothpick was soooo satisfying. #watercolor #Missouri #nature
- Bluebells on Johnson Trail, Valmeyer, IL. Catch them while you can; these flowers last for about 2 weeks in early spring. #watercolor #Illinois
- Valley Park Elevator, Valley Park, MO #watercolor #Missouri
- If you have unused colors such as Cobalt Violet, Billiard Green, and Cobalt Turquoise Light, look for a duck. #watercolor #Missouri #nature
- Tree swallow at Ballard Nature Center, Altamont, IL #watercolor #nature
- The strokes and colors could be better, but, sometimes, the statement overrules the technical details. #watercolor
- Creative process … TREAT? No. GREATER? Certainly not. GRATER? They do have those. GARTER? Wrong type of store. REGRET? I already used that. RAGE? Too strong for now. Hmm. Some people call it Tar-zhay. Is there a good French word? Ah, voilà.
- #BlueSkyArtShow #Windows #watercolor My “window” is a darn near perfect 30-60-90 triangle that formed when one tree fell between two trees that had grown up side by side. Newman Trail near Valmeyer, Illinois.
- I really need to start using bigger sheets of paper for stuff like this 🙄 #watercolor
- Johnson’s Shut-Ins State Park, MO #watercolor
- I don’t know if I’m supposed to use watercolors for things like this 🤷🏻♂️ #watercolor
- First Flash with my friend Tony.
- Backyard cardinal. #watercolor #nature
- Bluff View Trail, Glencoe, MO #watercolor
