Snail and firefly

I didn’t need to travel anywhere this week! I’ve spent the whole week in my studio working on my new book.

Here is a sketch for one of the pictures I finished just a couple of hours ago. Arctic terns.

Nicola’s text says that the arctic tern travels three times the distance to the moon and back during its life time! It’s amazing. I decided to change the picture and show the birds flying in a flock.

Here is the final picture.

I also finished a picture of an orangutan. This is the work in progress.

And the final picture.Next I did a picture of fireflies. I wasn’t quite sure how to do this one, but I think it came out quite nicely.

Then it was snail. Here is the sketchand here is the finished illustration.

I looked through my little sketchbook for more snails.Here is one.

This is a very old snail.

I thought that’s it, but then I noticed a picture on the wall in my studio. This snail on the bench is almost ten years old.