October Art prompts. #Drawlloween2021 #drawlloween #witch #ChildrensBooks #scbwiARTober #kidlitart #artistsoninstagram #amillustrating #portfolio #work #multimedia #artistontwitter #Drawlloween is a month-long art prompt during October.
October is magical!
The leaves are changing color. Animals scurry to prep for winter. Pumpkins are carved and lighted. October is magical! http://aliciaschwab.com #scbwiARTober #kidlitart #art #design #artistsoninstagram #inspiration #amillustrating #portfolio #digitalcreators #drawtober #work #digitalart #DigitalArtist #multimedia
The Little Tea Book
Portfolio work: a public domain book by Arthur Gray. Drink up! It’s tea time! Photography: Alicia Schwab with clipart.
Bee Book: All Together
Portfolio work: This is a public domain book written by D. B. Casteel.
Echinacea from my garden. For some reason, my dog likes to munch on Echinacea. She’s a weirdo. LOL
Bee Book: Six
List of Pollinator Friendly Plants for your yard
Pick the right plants to attract native pollinators. By planting native plants in your area, you will attract native bees, honey bees, butterflies, moths, and hummingbirds. (Source)
The honeybees are working hard to collect nectar from the Echinacea in my garden. The native plants in my yard are drought tolerant.
It’s been a rough summer in Minnesota for bees. Like most of the United States, we have also been experiencing a very long drought and at least a dozen forest fires in northern Minnesota.
Bee Book: Five
4000 native bee species in north America
1/4 species at risk of extinction
1/3 of your food is pollinated by bees.
Bees pollinate $15 billion worth of crops every year. (source)
Maps source: https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?MN
Bee Book: Four
Portfolio work: bee anatomy and leg work.
Shake a leg! The honeybee takes a short break and uses its hind legs to clean itself on a Cutleaf Cone Flower in my garden.