Marsh Illustration

I’m excited to share another new illustration piece to add to my portfolio and the next one in my series of habitats – it’s a Marsh Collage!

Marsh Illustration by Terri Wilhelm

Instead of doing a sketch first, I made a tiny version using the Hahnemuhle Agave Watercolor 8 x 10.5 cm pad as an experiment, just playing around one night.

I liked it so much I decided to make a larger version. I

Marsh Illustration by Terri Wilhelm

illustrated the marsh background on a large piece of Arches hot press watercolor paper with watercolor and colored pencils.

Marsh illustration by Terri Wilhelm

And then I illustrated the wildlife on separate paper, cut them out and taped them into the landscape with foam double-sided tape to give them a more 3D look.

Marsh illustration by Terri Wilhelm

Click here to check out my first one – a marsh wetlands and here to see my second one in the series – the shoreline. Stay tuned for the next habitat illustration in this series.

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