California Sea Lions Kids T-Shirts

Just a quick and simple watercolour piece for this week. Having the challenge of painting a Sea Lion seemed like the result for a portrait would be too simple, since their forms are minimal and they don’t really have a texture or colour variation. So instead, I focused on composition for this piece using 3 Sea Lion pose references and working a background in to bring it all together. The end result is this piece which I think is quite a fun one and I’ve been referencing it as a hip hop album kind of homage.

Cute Sea Lions

Vintage illustration sea lion.

This beautiful colony of sea lions is from the shore of La Jolla, California. On a rock in the ocean, the intertwining sea lions sun, resting from the ebb and flow of the ocean waves. I will never forget a scuba trip I took to Catalina where we got a chance to see them out swimming gracefully in the ocean, in their natural habitat. We witnessed them chasing flying fish, using their amazing speed to round up a school of the unfortunate fish to startle them into stunning themselves on the side of our boat thus creating an easy meal! Sea lions are very intelligent creatures. The sea lions were a wonderful painting challenge, their bodies merging into a mass of intermingling shapes. I had to really think about where each sea lion was and...

California sea lions playing in the surf at Monterey Bay, California. Marine life lovers will love these unique wildlife gifts.

Beautiful picture from sunny day in San Diego La Jolla Cove California, USA. To travel is to live.

Sea Lions sunning at Pier 39, San Francisco harbor.

California Sea Lion

California Sea Lions, sunning at Pier 39, San Francisco.

California Sea Lion

California sea lions sunbathing at the beach at Children's Cove in La Jolla, San Diego, California.

Sea Lion - Cartoon

The design Features a California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) on a wharf dock with Alcatraz Island across the bay in the background. The text below the eared seal says San Francisco. A great tour souvenir for your visit to San Francisco.

California Sea Lions, sunning at Pier 39, San Francisco, California.

Mama and her babe, California sea lions enjoying a beautiful day on the rocky shores of La Jolla Cove, in San Diego. Marine life lovers will adore these unique wildlife gifts.

Homecoming - Sea Lion Poster

Digital painting of Pier 39

Four young hipsters staring at sea lions at Children's Cove in La Jolla, California.

Sleeping sea lion at pier 39, San Francisco, California, United States.

A sea lion enjoying a peaceful afternoon nap.

I drew this for the Marine Mammal Care Center in Los Angeles. They work to rescue, rehabilitate, and release seals and sea lions on the Los Angeles county coast. You can visit them at marinemammalcare(dot)org. They have their own shop with my artwork, but this is an option too. All proceeds from this design will be donated to them. Thank you for saving seals!

The varied seals and sea lions of California!