Tag Archives: bone art

painting a squirrel skull

I’ve had this little gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) skull laying around since last summer; it came from a squirrel who met an unfortunate end on the road in front of my friend’s house.

And now that it’s been almost a whole entire year since I got it, I figured it was finally time to paint it.

If you’ve never seen my painted skulls before, you can see the coyote, the deer, and the beaver skulls in these posts!

A squirrel skull sits on a white surface surrounded by plants, seeds, and other organic materials.

you can watch a YouTube short of this project here

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deer skull art

It finally happened: I painted my deer skull, and ‼spoiler alert‼ it came out better than I imagined it would.

I’ve been talking about this project for a hot minute, but it was just too much for me to seriously think about for a while. I was scared to jump into it prematurely and ruin it (it’s not like I have an unlimited amount of skulls here — all of mine are very special and meaningful to me).