A vibrant scratchboard wildlife illustration of a brown pelican in profile, highlighting the detailed etched textures of its feathers, long beak, and subtle touches of yellow and orange coloration, framed by a rugged hand-painted black border.

Pelican

Size: 12 x 9 inches
Medium: Sgraffito on mixed media, acrylic ink
Date: 2026

Original Sold

This Brown Pelican 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. Color was then added with acrylic ink.