by Paula Peeters | Jul 26, 2018 | Nature journaling, Wildlife illustration
Winter field trips can be cold but exhilarating. This winter I had the good fortune to travel down to northern Victoria and southern New South Wales, to reacquaint myself with those landscapes under grey subdued skies. The trip was half work and half pleasure,...
by Paula Peeters | May 24, 2018 | Nature journaling
Meet Mujambi the lion, who lives at the Adelaide Zoo. I met him recently when I went to the Zoo to draw some of the animals. Mujambi is 13 years old, small for a lion, and the lioness eats his dinner when they are put in the same pen. It’s doubtful he would...
by Paula Peeters | Apr 21, 2018 | Letter from Beechmont, Projects, Wildlife illustration
Here are the rainforest birds of Gondwana – starting with the top of the tree canopy, and ending with the forest floor: The call of the Pied Currawong echoes through the forest, loud musical wails and ringing notes, from way up on high. A swish of black-and-white...
by Paula Peeters | Feb 15, 2018 | Events, Letter from Beechmont, Nature journaling
This place where I live has a million stories, maybe more. Everyday I glimpse another fragment of plot, perhaps meet another character. Last Sunday a Lewin’s honeyeater gave me a cook’s tour of her larder (the genders of this species look the same, so it...
by Paula Peeters | Jan 19, 2018 | Books, Colouring books, Free downloads and printables, Wildlife illustration
Two summers ago I set off to the Hay Plain in southern New South Wales to explore and draw the remarkable Plains-Wanderer and its grassland habitat. Ray and I stayed in the old homestead at Oolambeyan National Park while I did the preliminary work for the Riverina...
