Baluchistan Pygmy Jerboa-Postcards for the Lunch Bag

#DoodlewashJanuary2021 prompt: Small

Did you know that the Baluchistan Pygmy Jerboa is the smallest rodent in the world? Weighing in around 3.75 g (0.132 oz), they look like a cross between a mouse and a kangaroo!

I didn’t have a good reference photo, so it was cobbled from several different photos. It’s harder to get detail and shading correct, so a simpler more cartoony technique works well. It’s faster, too!

Artwork-Gouache on Hahnemühle hot press ‘The Collection’ Watercolor paper.

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