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Rachel Frank

@frogsinhats.bsky.social

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Painting and drawing the phylogenetic tree, one frog at a time.

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Rachel Frank @frogsinhats.bsky.social · 15d

Some classwork.

Measured drawings of a close up of a coneflower leaf. #botanicalillustration #sciart

Measured and unmeasured drawings of a camellia leaf #sciart #botanicalillustration

Rachel Frank @frogsinhats.bsky.social · 19d

Quick study of a pear for class.

Pencil drawing of a pear on white paper sitting on a piece of cardboard

#sciart #botanicalillustration #pencil #bartlettpear

Rachel Frank @frogsinhats.bsky.social · 29d

Morning glory for a thank you card on this Saturday morning.

Morning glory watercolor painting. #watercolor #sciart #botanicalillustration #morningglory #thankyoucard

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Rachel Frank @frogsinhats.bsky.social · Sep 18

First try at a cyclamen

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Rachel Frank @frogsinhats.bsky.social · Aug 4

Some pals I met last week. One was very grumpy.

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Rachel Frank @frogsinhats.bsky.social · Aug 2

Practicing on duralar again.

Cheetah on duralar with a reference photo by Linda Smit I found on the Google #sciart #duralar #coloredpencil #gouache #cheetah

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Rachel Frank @frogsinhats.bsky.social · Jul 31

Moth party!!!!!!!

Rachel Frank @frogsinhats.bsky.social · Jul 30

Spider butt.

Marble orb weaver butt #sciart #wip #spider #coloredpencil

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Rachel Frank @frogsinhats.bsky.social · Jul 29

Shells of Nags Head #2

Colored pencil drawings of various shells found in nags head with labels on black paper. #sciart #shells #beach #coloredpencil #nagshead #art

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Rachel Frank @frogsinhats.bsky.social · Jul 27

Back at it again

Rachel Frank @frogsinhats.bsky.social · Jul 26

Day at the beach has started off with lots of drawing shells 🐚

Colored pencil drawing of various shells on black paper with real shells around it. #sciart #coloredpencil #shells #beach

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Rachel Frank @frogsinhats.bsky.social · Jul 23

Hahahaha so true 💀

Rachel Frank @frogsinhats.bsky.social · Jul 22

Would love to keep my workspace clean even once

Beginning of a green rough snake on duralar with colored pencil and smudges. #sciart #greenroughsnake #wip #duralar #coloredpencil

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Rachel Frank @frogsinhats.bsky.social · Jul 14

Student work from my Wildlife Watercolor class! Last week was about composition and echinacea. So proud of seeing what they come up with.

Watercolor painting of a coneflower and bumblebee with a forest backdrop. #watercolor #workshop #sciart #coneflower #botanicalart

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Rachel Frank @frogsinhats.bsky.social · Jul 13

Eastern Grey Squirrel skeleton started off and I think this lil stick figure guy is very cute.

Indigo blue colored pencil on duralar squirrel skeleton

Rachel Frank @frogsinhats.bsky.social · Jul 11

Thank the lord herself that I am starting botanical illustration classes soon bc I have no idea what I’m doing.

Watercolor painting of coneflowers with a bee at the top. #watercolor #wip #coneflower #echinacea #bumblebee #wildflowers #pollinators

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Rachel Frank @frogsinhats.bsky.social · Jun 30

Attempt #3

#sciart #ammonite #coloredpencil

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Rachel Frank @frogsinhats.bsky.social · Jun 30

Aww thank you!!!! 😊

Rachel Frank @frogsinhats.bsky.social · Jun 29

Thank you!!!!

Rachel Frank @frogsinhats.bsky.social · Jun 29

Good day for reworking sketches and getting paint splatters on everything.

#sciart #easternboxturtle #terrapenecarolinacarolina #watercolor

Watercolor painting of an eastern box turtle shell on a messy desk

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Rachel Frank @frogsinhats.bsky.social · Jun 28

Good day. Goooooood good day.

#snake #nagini #sciart

Me holding a pink and red cornsnake named nagini over my shoulder in front of a lake

Rachel Frank @frogsinhats.bsky.social · Jun 26

Thank you! 😊

Rachel Frank @frogsinhats.bsky.social · Jun 26

Lacewing on vellum.

#sciart #coloredpencil #lacewing

Lacewing on vellum done with colored pencil and gouache

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Rachel Frank @frogsinhats.bsky.social · Jun 25

Some little sketches I did for visuals in my upcoming wildlife watercolor class! Talking about scales, reptiles and the Eastern Box Turtle.

#sciart #watercolor #sketch #wildlife #turtle #easternboxturtle

Yellow and green fish sketch done with watercolor and colored pencil with dark lines between the scales

Watercolor and colored pencil sketch of a snake with dark lines between scales

Eastern Box Turtle shell watercolor painting of

Diagram of the carapace on a turtle with sections color coded

Rachel Frank @frogsinhats.bsky.social · Jun 17

Southern Leopard Frog- Lithobates sphenocephalus

Still need to label and do some fiddling in the background but I am impatient and wanted to post.

#sciart #southernleopardfrog #frog #herps

Watercolor painting of a southern leopard frog sitting on a rock with unfinished foliage in the background

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