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Maudeux.creations 🎨🐦 @maudeuxcreations.bsky.social · 2h

The Gyrfalcon frustrates me so much 🦅! I’ve spent months in the Arctic ❄️, and I still DREAM of seeing one 👀.
Drawing it without having seen it feels almost like tempting fate 😬
#Birdtober – #Gyrfalcon #FalcoRusticolus 🦅🖤

🐡 #bird #Birdtober2025 #BirdArt #ScientificIllustration #WildlifeArt

Black ink drawing of a cute gyrfalcon portrait.

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Maudeux.creations 🎨🐦 @maudeuxcreations.bsky.social · 2d

I had fun exploring the harmony of its curves and those metallic blue reflections 💙✨!
Such an elegant and fascinating bird to paint 🎨
Birdtober – Day 9: Kalij Pheasant 🐦🌿#sciart #bird #Birdtober #Birdtober2025 #Inktober #Inktober2025 #KalijPheasant #BirdArt #ScientificIllustration #WildlifeArt

Realistic watercolor of a male Kalij Pheasant

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Maudeux.creations 🎨🐦 @maudeuxcreations.bsky.social · 3d

What's the difference between an orbital ring and an eye ring of a #bird ? 👀
The eye ring is a tiny ring of feathers around the eye 🪶, while the orbital ring is a patch of bare skin.
#Birdtober White-crested helmetshrike🐦
🐡 #Birdtober2025 #Inktober #BirdArt #ScientificIllustration #WildlifeArt

Realistic watercolour painting of a White-crested helmetshrike, with Indian ink highlights.

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Maudeux.creations 🎨🐦 @maudeuxcreations.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you ! I've change 3 times in 5 years 😅 I hope you will find a signature that you like 🥰

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Maudeux.creations 🎨🐦 @maudeuxcreations.bsky.social · 4d

Noticed something new? 😏
I’ve made myself a new seal-style signature 🪶! Hope it doesn’t look too cheesy 🙈
Do you also struggle to find a nice artist’s signature? ✍️
🐡 #bird #Birdtober #Birdtober2025 #Inktober #Inktober2025 #BirdArt #ScientificIllustration #WildlifeArt

watercolour painting of a male Diamond Firetail with black ink highlights

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Maudeux.creations 🎨🐦 @maudeuxcreations.bsky.social · 5d

A little late 🫣! Here’s the Venezuelan Troupial 🐦 (#Birdtober -Day 2) with its stunning gaze 😍…
Who else is already in late for his/her during this first week of october challenge ? ☝️
#bird #Birdtober2025 #Inktober #Inktober2025 #BirdArt #ScientificIllustration #WildlifeArt

Black ink and watercolour drawing of a curious black redstart. Realistic and scientific drawing.

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Maudeux.creations 🎨🐦 @maudeuxcreations.bsky.social · 5d

Killing two birds with one stone 🤡!
No Indian ink this time 🖌️ — the Common Loon is a species I’m planning to include in a future bird poster 😏
Have you ever reused the same piece for different projects? 👀
🐡 #bird #Birdtober #Birdtober2025 #Inktober #BirdArt #ScientificIllustration #WildlifeArt

Realistic and scientific watercolour painting of a Common Loon

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Maudeux.creations 🎨🐦 @maudeuxcreations.bsky.social · 6d

For this #Birdtober prompt, I ran into a little scientific dilemma 🤯…
There are so many green pigeons 🕊️! Which one to pick? I chose the one that worked best for a colorful wash 🎨🌈.
But I liked my wash so much I barely added any black 😅 —
🐡 #bird #Birdtober2025 #Inktober #Inktober2025 #BirdArt

Watercolor and black ink on paper to create a Green Pigeon and its colorfull feathers !

Wash version of the painting only with color and no black yet

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Maudeux.creations 🎨🐦 @maudeuxcreations.bsky.social · 6d

I made a mistake 😬 on the part I liked most… But I think I managed to fix it 🎨.
Has that ever happened to you?
Day 5: Javan green magpie (Cissa thalassina).
#sciart #bird #Birdtober #Birdtober2025 #Inktober #Inktober2025 #JavanGreenMagpie #BirdArt #InkDrawing #WildlifeArt

Watercolour painting of a Javan Green Magpie with black highlights. Realistic illustration of a green bird.

In progress version of the watercolour painting of a Javan Green Magpie, I did not add any black lines yet

The failure ! You see the wrong line on the left feather of the tail ? I managed to delete it a bite with water but it's still visible... More, and I was erasing the beautiful green color...

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Maudeux.creations 🎨🐦 @maudeuxcreations.bsky.social · 8d

Guess how long it took me to paint this little hen 🐔😏? Hint: longer than expected 🫣!
#Birdtober Day 4 : the Wyandotte chicken breed (yes, breed not species 😉) has feathers as stunning to look at as they are tricky to paint 🎨😆!
#bird #Birdtober2025 #ChickenArt #WatercolorArt #InkDrawing #WildlifeArt🐡

Cute illustration of a red wyandotte hen and her little chick, realistic in watercolor and black ink.

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Maudeux.creations 🎨🐦 @maudeuxcreations.bsky.social · 8d

Yes and almost the winter 🥰

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Maudeux.creations 🎨🐦 @maudeuxcreations.bsky.social · 8d

Contrast on traditional drawing is always scary for me, but I have to admit that the result is great 🥰 thank you !

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Maudeux.creations 🎨🐦 @maudeuxcreations.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks you ☺️

Maudeux.creations 🎨🐦 @maudeuxcreations.bsky.social · 8d

Merci 🐦🥰

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Maudeux.creations 🎨🐦 @maudeuxcreations.bsky.social · 9d

Birdtober is the perfect time for little experiments 🎨… I’m going to loosen up my style a bit, let’s see how it turns out… What do you think of my first entry? With a bold use of Indian ink 🖤!
Day 3 : Boreal Chichadee
#sciart #bird #Birdtober #BirdArt #InkDrawing #BirdIllustration #WildlifeArt

boreal chickadee painted in black Indian ink with some watercolour highlights. Realistic ink sketch-style drawing.

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Maudeux.creations 🎨🐦 @maudeuxcreations.bsky.social · 10d

This is the very first time someone has ordered a snowy owl 🦉 painted on a nautical chart 🗺️! I’ve never seen this bird in the wild… That white speckled plumage and those hypnotic eyes are a true joy to paint 🎨.
#sciart #bird #SnowyOwl #BuboScandiacus #WildlifeArt #ArtOnMap #UniqueSouvenir

Zoom on a snowy owl painting on nautical chart

Snowy owl painted on nautical chart of Alaska

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Maudeux.creations 🎨🐦 @maudeuxcreations.bsky.social · Sep 3

Have you ever observed this behavior 🤔🐦?
Kleptoparasitism is quite common among seabirds 🌊🐧. It involves harassing 🚨 another bird to make it drop or regurgitate 🤮 its food 🍴🐟… so the thief can snatch it 🏴‍☠️.
#sciart #bird #ArcticSkua #Kleptoparasitism #WildlifeArt #SeabirdArt #NaturePoster

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Maudeux.creations 🎨🐦 @maudeuxcreations.bsky.social · Sep 3

Here’s a little process video 🎥: I’m painting a wandering albatross 🪶 in watercolor and ink 🎨🖋️ on a nautical chart 🗺️.

#sciart #bird #WanderingAlbatross #DiomedeaExulans #WildlifeArt #ArtProcess #ProcessVideo #MarineArt

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Maudeux.creations 🎨🐦 @maudeuxcreations.bsky.social · Jul 8

Outside of breeding season, the Atlantic puffin's beak becomes smaller and duller in color...
It's likely because a large, colorful beak helps attract a mate.
#SciArt 🌿 #FieldSketches 🐡 #BirdDrawing #Puffin #WildlifeArt #ScientificIllustration #WatercolorArt #ArcticBirds #NatureEducation

Planche d'identification du Macareux moine, peint à l'aquarelle dans un style traditionnel et réaliste.

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Maudeux.creations 🎨🐦 @maudeuxcreations.bsky.social · Jul 7

Thank you 😊

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Maudeux.creations 🎨🐦 @maudeuxcreations.bsky.social · Jul 6

This time, I painted 5 different animals on the chart
What do you think of the result? Do five animals look good together, or is it a bit much?
#SciArt 🌿 #FieldSketches 🐡 #AntarcticArt #WildlifeArt #NauticalChart #PenguinDrawing #Albatross #MarineIllustration #TraditionalWatercolor

Carte marine peinte de 5 animaux de l'antarctique à l'aquarelle de façon réaliste. Un manchot empereur, une baleine à bosse, un albatros hurleur, un manchot papou et une otarie à fourure antarctique isabelle

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Maudeux.creations 🎨🐦 @maudeuxcreations.bsky.social · Jul 2

The Little Auk is the most abundant alcid in the Arctic! But it's so tiny! It's part of the alcid family, just like puffins and razorbills.

#BirdArt #WildlifeArt #NatureIllustration #SciArt 🌿 #FieldSketches 🐡 #LittleAuk #Alcids #ArcticBirds #TraditionalIllustration

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Maudeux.creations 🎨🐦 @maudeuxcreations.bsky.social · Jun 30

Antarctic fur seal with isabelline or leucistic. not an albino, as it doesn’t have red eyes. It has some brown areas, which shows that it still produces melanin, the pigment that gives color
🌿 #FishBirds 🐡
#wildlifeart #leucistic #antarctica #watercolor #traditionalillustration #naturalhistoryart

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Maudeux.creations 🎨🐦 @maudeuxcreations.bsky.social · Jun 27

The Brünnich’s guillemot.
Its name in French "guilemot with mirror" refers to the white “mirror” patch, which helps distinguish it easily from other species.
#birdart #wildlifeart #seabirds #auk #guillemot #arcticbirds #natureillustration #fieldsketching #naturalhistoryart #watercolor 🌿 #FishBirds 🐡

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Maudeux.creations 🎨🐦 @maudeuxcreations.bsky.social · Jun 24

Thanks 🥰

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