Dale Ward
@dale-ward.bsky.social
Biology, books, art, photography, the Southwest.
Unless otherwise noted, pictures here are my own.
Website/blog: https://tightloop.com
Unless otherwise noted, pictures here are my own.
Website/blog: https://tightloop.com
Written- colored pencil and watercolor.
November 10, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Written- colored pencil and watercolor.
The Naturalist - pen and ink wash.
November 5, 2025 at 1:17 AM
The Naturalist - pen and ink wash.
Window-strike Robin, watercolor and colored pencil.
October 27, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Window-strike Robin, watercolor and colored pencil.
Metaverse - a life online II. Pen and ink + watercolor.
October 26, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Metaverse - a life online II. Pen and ink + watercolor.
Forest - pastel on black toned paper.
Original plan was for this image to serve as under painting for more pastel layers. Took this photo prior to spraying with fixative. When I sprayed the image with fixative, the pastel dust more or less disappeared from the paper!
I guess it was finished :)
Original plan was for this image to serve as under painting for more pastel layers. Took this photo prior to spraying with fixative. When I sprayed the image with fixative, the pastel dust more or less disappeared from the paper!
I guess it was finished :)
October 24, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Forest - pastel on black toned paper.
Original plan was for this image to serve as under painting for more pastel layers. Took this photo prior to spraying with fixative. When I sprayed the image with fixative, the pastel dust more or less disappeared from the paper!
I guess it was finished :)
Original plan was for this image to serve as under painting for more pastel layers. Took this photo prior to spraying with fixative. When I sprayed the image with fixative, the pastel dust more or less disappeared from the paper!
I guess it was finished :)
Reading Aloud II - watercolor and colored pencil.
October 23, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Reading Aloud II - watercolor and colored pencil.
Bailey sleeps in the chair - watercolor and graphite.
October 1, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Bailey sleeps in the chair - watercolor and graphite.
Reading Aloud - watercolor.
September 26, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Reading Aloud - watercolor.
Raven - colored pencil on toned paper.
September 20, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Raven - colored pencil on toned paper.
Walking with j Alfred Prufrock- colored pencil
September 18, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Walking with j Alfred Prufrock- colored pencil
August 16, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Rufous Hummingbird - gouache. They’ve been back for a couple of weeks now, “vigorously” defending the feeder from the other hummers.
#birdart #hummingbird
#birdart #hummingbird
August 10, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Rufous Hummingbird - gouache. They’ve been back for a couple of weeks now, “vigorously” defending the feeder from the other hummers.
#birdart #hummingbird
#birdart #hummingbird
August 5, 2025 at 11:37 PM
July 13, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Bell the Jack Russell, pen and ink + watercolor. Bell used to be crazy about fetching sticks. She had such a big personality, we’d forget that she was only the size of a cottontail. Caught twice by coyotes(!) during her life, but still managed to die of old age.
She was a fine, fine dog.
#dogart
She was a fine, fine dog.
#dogart
July 5, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Bell the Jack Russell, pen and ink + watercolor. Bell used to be crazy about fetching sticks. She had such a big personality, we’d forget that she was only the size of a cottontail. Caught twice by coyotes(!) during her life, but still managed to die of old age.
She was a fine, fine dog.
#dogart
She was a fine, fine dog.
#dogart
Jack the Hound on a hot afternoon in the Valley of the Gods - watercolor (ironically enough). The sun was echoing and reflecting off of the red slickrock walls.
July 2, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Jack the Hound on a hot afternoon in the Valley of the Gods - watercolor (ironically enough). The sun was echoing and reflecting off of the red slickrock walls.
Cooper’s Hawk on a Cottonwood branch - acrylic paint on toned paper. Seems we see these guys in fits and starts. They’ll haunt the backyard for a week or two, then disappear for a couple of weeks.
#birdart
#birdart
June 18, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Cooper’s Hawk on a Cottonwood branch - acrylic paint on toned paper. Seems we see these guys in fits and starts. They’ll haunt the backyard for a week or two, then disappear for a couple of weeks.
#birdart
#birdart
Night vision - colored pencil on pastelmat.
Was fascinated by the by the painted desert badlands on the way down to phoenix.
#ravenart #raven #corvidart
Was fascinated by the by the painted desert badlands on the way down to phoenix.
#ravenart #raven #corvidart
June 12, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Night vision - colored pencil on pastelmat.
Was fascinated by the by the painted desert badlands on the way down to phoenix.
#ravenart #raven #corvidart
Was fascinated by the by the painted desert badlands on the way down to phoenix.
#ravenart #raven #corvidart
Verdin on a buckhorn cholla - micron pen + watercolor. This was from a trip to Phoenix a few(!) years back. The contrast between the delicate Verdins and the harsh cactus spines was pretty neat.
#birdart
#birdart
June 6, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Verdin on a buckhorn cholla - micron pen + watercolor. This was from a trip to Phoenix a few(!) years back. The contrast between the delicate Verdins and the harsh cactus spines was pretty neat.
#birdart
#birdart
A colored pencil sketch of a Bison. (More than a) Few years ago, one of the ranchers down in McElmo Canyon was keeping buff over the winter in one of his pastures. ‘‘Twas quite beautiful.
#bison #southwest
#bison #southwest
June 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
A colored pencil sketch of a Bison. (More than a) Few years ago, one of the ranchers down in McElmo Canyon was keeping buff over the winter in one of his pastures. ‘‘Twas quite beautiful.
#bison #southwest
#bison #southwest
A Desert Prophet - watercolor and colored pencil.
May 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
A Desert Prophet - watercolor and colored pencil.