A serene scratchboard wildlife illustration of a hippopotamus partially submerged in water, highlighting the detailed etched textures of its skin, whiskers, and the dark water ripples, framed by a rugged hand-painted black border.

Hippo

Size: 30 x 42 cm
Medium: Sgraffito on mixed media
Date: 2025

Original Sold

This Hippo portrait was created using a technique similar to scratchboard, where the black area is scraped away with sharp tools to reveal the white of the paper beneath.