Walrus Study #3 Chelsea Clarke May 30, 2014 Art Graphite Another walrus study starting to explore how they interact with each other and their ice filled environment. Part of this drawing will probably end up as the basis for a woodcut...
Coscinodiscus Chelsea Clarke May 28, 2014 Art 2 Comments Graphite and Colored Pencil Coscinodiscus is a diatom, which is a type of phytoplankton. I used a microscope photo to make this drawing and the little blobs inside the cell are chloroplasts, which...
Walrus Study #2 Chelsea Clarke May 25, 2014 Art 2 Comments Graphite and Walnut Ink I'm still fascinated by walruses and still working on little studies of them testing out different ideas and techniques. This one was swimming and I loved the shape it made...
Bowhead Whale and Copepod Study Chelsea Clarke May 23, 2014 Art 6 Comments Colored pencil and water soluble graphite Bowhead whales eat mostly zooplankton, especially tiny copepods that they strain from the water, up to 10,000 in one mouthful! I was playing around with scale...
More Ice Floe Chelsea Clarke May 19, 2014 Art 2 Comments Graphite I meant to draw some walruses in preparation for the first of my larger food chain pieces today, but I just couldn't tear myself away from the ice. I have a spot where I can sit in the bridge...
Walrus Studies #1 Chelsea Clarke May 19, 2014 Art 2 Comments Graphite Part of my plan for the larger body of work I want to make based on this cruise is some pieces about the arctic food chain. I want to show how even the biggest arctic animals such as...
Ice Floes at the Arctic Circle Chelsea Clarke May 17, 2014 Art 5 Comments .Graphite We entered the ice and crossed the arctic circle today. The ice is constantly charging and...
Brown Tincture Bottles Chelsea Clarke May 16, 2014 Art graphite, walnut ink, acrylic paint Since we're still waiting for plankton I decided to draw these bottles which are used to...
Dutch Harbor Starfish Chelsea Clarke May 15, 2014 Art 5 Comments Graphite, colored pencil, watercolor, and chalk pastelThis first drawing is more about Dutch Harbor than about the expedition itself. The shallow water near the pier where the Healy was moored was filled with...