Field Illustration

Field illustration is a major component of natural history illustration. In Natural History Illustration we have four consecutive subjects that focus exclusively on field illustration. These involved going out into the field, be it a forest, wetland, rock platform or even a zoo, and observing the local organisms. The importance of field illustration comes from the sheer amount of information it can provide about the organisms behaviour and habitat, which can't be provided by stuffed taxiderms. Work here includes both what is done in the field, as well as what is completed from work done in the field.

Short-billed Black Cockatoo
Calyptorhynchus latirostris
Australian Reptile Park and Wildlife Sanctuary

Kangaroo Island Kangaroo
Macropus fuliginosus melanops
Australian Reptile Park and Wildlife Sanctuary

Kangaroo Study
Australian Reptile Park and Wildlife Sanctuary

American Alligator
Alligator mississippiensis
Australian Reptile Park and Wildlife Sanctuary

Kangaroo Island Kangaroo
Macropus fuliginosus melanops
Australian Reptile Park and Wildlife Sanctuary 

Australian King Parrot
Alisterus scapularis
Australian Reptile Park and Wildlife Sanctuary

Bush Stone-Curlew
Burhinus grallarius
Australian Reptile Park and Wildlife Sanctuary

Blue-faced Honeyeater
Entomyzan cyanotis
Australian Reptile Park and Wildlife Sanctuary

Blue-winged Kookaburra
Dacelo leachii
Australian Reptile Park and Wildlife Sanctuary

Koala
Phascolarctos cinereus
Australian Reptile Park and Wildlife Sanctuary
and Blackbutt Reserve

Common Peafowl
Pavo cristatus
Blackbutt Reserve

Australasian Darter
Anhinga novaehollandiae
Pugh's Lagoon

Magpie Lark - Behavioural study
Grallina cyanoleucaWallsend, Newcastle

Birds (Various)
Class Aves
Various locations: North Shore, Hawkesbury, Newcastle/Hunter Region

Poster of Oscar
Astronotus ocellatus
Based off work done in Field Studies

Swamp Banksia
Banksia robur
Based off work done in Field Studies

Old Man Banksia
Banksia serrata
Based off work done in Field Studies

More illustrations coming soon.


Other forms of illustration:

     

Scientific Illustration                          Studio Illustration