Happy New Year! Here’s to hoping everyone meet their goals for this year!
Among the gifts I got this Xmas, were giftcards for certain chain stores, or ones that I have free reign to spend where I like. Books are one of my favorite things to buy, and I can’t do this too often or I go broke. Those costs add up. However, through Barnes & Nobles, you have the option of buying used books for very reasonable prices. As low as $1. It was this method I used to buy some science fiction classics I have yet to read. There are two books relating to the subject of biology; One on Coyotes in America, and the other on the cognitive abilities and otherwise fascinating info on octopuses.
Here is the stack of them.
I will be posting reviews of these books over on my writing blog here – https://lynnderiso.wordpress.com/
I have been continuing my videos on YouTube now focusing on each artwork I work through. I show timelapses of the stages of drawings, highlighting, shading, and coloration of a subject.
I’ve not done as many tutorials lately, but will be doing some when I can incorporate them as I work on each piece.
Here are the latest videos! Check them out, and if you’d be so kind, like the videos and subscribe to my channel. I thank you for watching.
Here is the new work!
“Blue Nova”

Buy prints and other products of this artwork at the links below:
Society6 – https://society6.com/product/blue-nova-turtle-colored-pencil-drawing_print?sku=s6-8530426p4a1v45
Fine Art America – https://fineartamerica.com/featured/blue-nova-angela-de-riso.html
I have more art to work on, so keep a lookout for more videos and artwork shortly!
~Angela