This particular beetle is all dark but I've given it a fictitious bright coloration. My drawing isn't that accurate either, but I like the way it looks. The background has a photo blended in of a small oak branch with acorn caps still attached but the acorns all fallen earlier.
Credits:
all by Anna Aspnes
-paper, transfers: ArtPlay Palette Mistletoe
-transfer, art stroke, brush: ArtPlay Palette Ochre
-frame: UrbanThreadz FotoBlendz Frames No. 3
-word art: Onward WordART Mix No. 1
-gold paint: GoldPaint No. 3
fonts: Hans Hand, Courtney Dorkling, Candara