A timelapse of a pencil sketch I did to figure out the layout for an illustration for my essay, Nightfall.

A timelapse of an ink wash drawing for an illustration used in my essay, Nightfall. Here I'm working on some background scenery that will become a layer in the final composite.

A still shot of my back yard as some fresh snow falls. Playing with my new camera and its video settings.

A time-lapse of pencil sketches for an illustration for a new essay I'll be publishing on my website. Here I'm figuring out the composition and poses of some bats coming home to roost on the ceiling of their cave.

Rough pencils for an illustration for a new essay I'll be publishing on my website.

Painting the chairs on our deck in gouache and ink, for an illustration for a new essay I'll be publishing on my website.

Digital finishing work on my moonflower painting, for an illustration for a new essay I'll be publishing on my website.

Warning - this video has some stroboscopic flashing. Apologies, I zoom and rotate the canvas a lot while working and it gets strobe-y when speeded up.

Painting our moonflowers in gouache and ink, for an illustration for a new essay I'll be publishing on my website.

Pencils for a painting of our moonflowers, an illustration for a new essay I'll be publishing on my website. This is a timelapse of the first stage — the pencil sketch.

I'm drawing the bat house in my back yard, an illustration for a new essay I'll be publishing on my website. This is a timelapse of the third stage — painting some silhouetted cypress trees in the background, in black ink. Later, I'll composite it all together with the elements from the other videos.