Father and Child

Hi everyone, Father day is coming up this weekend and here is my special illustration of a Lion with his Cub. Happy Father's day to all the dads out there.

June Image

Morning Everyone, I finally got to post my Animal of the month image, for June it's the Rhino.
A mother with her young enjoying the warm nights. More posts coming soon.

Woodland Animal Cards

Hi everyone I am currently creating some illustrations on animals that live in the woods. Here are my first two designs which are going to be for cards I am planning to make,  hope you all like it.

Snow Wolf

 My new illustration of the grey wolf.

Swan

Hi everyone I made this illustration a while ago, now I am finally posting it on my blog. I really enjoyed creating this picture, capturing the beauty of the Swan using light and texture. Have a good weekend everyone.

May illustration

Hi everyone the May illustration has finally been posted, the animal of the month is the beautiful gentle Elephant. Have a good weekend everyone. 

The Tiger's Jungle

Hi Everyone finally got to post an illustration this week. This one being very green and featuring one of my favourite animals the tiger! Hope you all like it.

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter everyone here is my illustration for my Easter cards

Travelling Ganges River dolphins

It the first of April and the animal of the month the Ganges River Dolphin, these species of dolphin inhabit the Ganges Brahmaputra Meghna and Karnaphuli Sangu river systems of Nepal, India, and Bangladesh. Population of the gangs river dolphin has dropped due to loss of habitat and pollution.

If you want to discover more on the Ganges River Dolphin visit http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/endangered_species/cetaceans/about/river_dolphins/ganges_river_dolphin/
Every month I post a illustration of an endangered animal, this month for the first time I illustrated an animal of the sea. I really enjoyed creating this image, loved explored the wildlife of the ocean.

Lazy Bear

Hi everyone it's the first day of Spring! here another one of my wildlife illustrations of a lazy bear enjoy the sun, hope you all like it.

Warm Spring Morning

Spring is nearly here! to cheer everyone up on a Monday morning is a sunny picture of a beautiful
deer. Hope you all like it.

You can also see my work on Instagram follow me at ajanebowden.

Bear Drawing

My bear drawing for the wildlife Artist of the year awards. created with colouring art pencils and ink pens.

Cross River Gorilla

It's the first of March! and the animal of the Month is the magnificent Cross River Gorilla.
Every month my illustration features a threaten and endangered species.

The Cross River Gorilla are less know subspecies of Gorilla's, they live in forests and rainforests of Nigeria and Cameroon. Estimated to be only 200-300 living in the wild. Status to be Critically Endangered by loss of habitat and poaching.

If you want to find out more about the Cross River Gorilla visit:

http://www.worldwildlife.org/species/cross-river-gorilla

The Black Panther

Hi everyone I finally got to post another illustrations this month, here is a sneak peak of what I have been creating these past few weeks. This is my illustration of Bagheera from Jungle Book hope you all like it.

The Whooping Crane

It's the first of February!

and the Animal of the month is the beautiful Whooping Crane.

This bird is enjoying the water on a frosty February morning.

The tallest bird in North America the Whooping Crane is famous for it's Whooping sound.
The species has struggled in population numbers for decades, having the lowest numbers recorded in the early 1940's due to habitat loss. Throughout the years the population has been growing by the hard work of Conservationist projects. The Whooping Crane is still critically endangered.

If you want to find out more about the Whooping Crane visit
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/whooping-crane/ 

I haven't posted in a while due to working on some illustration projects, keep visiting as I will be creating more wildlife illustrations soon.

A Girls Best Friend

Morning everyone, here is a picture for all the dog lovers out there.
This is my first illustration were I added a human character for my blog,
there will be more to come with animals of course. Hope you find this piece sweet and cute.

A Fox's Hill Top

Hi Everyone, decided to draw a fox as the main subject of my illustration today. Here he is standing on top of a hill enjoying the view of the morning sun. This illustration was tricky to make, but I managed to get the right colour tones to create a fresh morning feel. Love how it's bright fur stands out against the grey winter sky.

Winter Flight

Winter Flight my illustration of an elegant Barn Owl travelling through snowy winter winds.
image inspired by all the snow we had the other day.

Mother and Child

Hi everyone, I finally got this one posted. This is my Zebra inspired illustration of a mother zebra and it's young enjoying the light winds of the afternoon. This picture took me a while to do, I an pleased with the results.

The Hungry Giraffe

Hungry Giraffe

My first night time image of a hungry giraffe enjoying her late night snack.

The Three Elephants

The Three Elephants

Hi everyone, Here is my elephant inspired illustration. I have been working on this for the past few days. I really enjoyed working on this piece. Capturing the light and the tones of this picture was challenging, but the results are effective creating a look of a hot environment where these guys are enjoying the sun.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year!

I know it's a few days late,

Here is my first ever post

This is my portrait illustration of an beautiful Amur Leopard walking through a snowy forest.
Ideal image for January if you are like me and live in the UK.

Amur Leopards live in Eastern Russia, they habitat temperate forests with extreme cold winters to hot summers. Sadly these species of leopard are endangered with small numbers of them left in the wild. They are on the WWF Priority list. If you want to find out more about the Amur Leopard visit http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/endangered_species/amur_leopard2/   

Every month I will be posting a special illustration of an different endangered animal. Come back next month to see what I have in store for February. Don't worry I will be posting different illustrations through out the month too.