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Artiste naturaliste 👩🏼‍🎨🌿
Ornithologue🪶 et guide d'expédition🐧🦭🐋🐻‍❄️
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New Arctic animals poster reveal 🦊❄️
This watercolor plate focuses on the Arctic fox and its two color morphs: white and blue. You’ll also see mousing, a fascinating hunting technique where foxes leap into the snow to catch rodents.
#wildlifeart #scienceart #ArcticFox
Overview of a watercolor plate dedicated to the Arctic Fox, showing multiple poses and behaviors in a scientific naturalist style. Close-up of two Arctic fox illustrations in white winter morph: one performing a mousing jump into the snow, the other a yawning portrait showing its teeth. Watercolor illustrations of a blue morph Arctic fox in winter scratching itself, and a white morph Arctic fox in brown summer coat carrying a young guillemot in its mouth. Arctic fox paw print visible in the snow, showing the characteristic shape of its pads.
December 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Painting a narwhal on a marine chart while seasick isn’t ideal 😅 Fun fact: all narwhal tusks twist the same way — it’s the left canine! Sometimes a second tusk appears. #wildlifeart #scieart #Arctic #Narwhal
Realistic watercolor painting of a narwhal on a marine chart of the Baffin Sea. The narwhal is shown swimming in profile with its long spiraled tusk clearly visible. Small colorful fish swirl around its head, adding movement and energy to the scene. Realistic watercolor painting of a narwhal on a marine chart of the Baffin Sea. The narwhal is shown swimming in profile with its long spiraled tusk clearly visible. Small colorful fish swirl around its head, adding movement and energy to the scene. Realistic watercolor painting of a narwhal on a marine chart of the Baffin Sea. The narwhal is shown swimming in profile with its long spiraled tusk clearly visible. Small colorful fish swirl around its head, adding movement and energy to the scene.
December 13, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Close-ups or clean scans — which version captures the soul of a painting best? These Arctic geese come from my Anatid poster. Curious to know which one moves you the most. #wildlifeart #scieart #watercolorart
detailed watercolor close-up of a Pink-footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus) showing feather texture and color nuances. close-up of a Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens) in flight, painted in watercolor with visible feather contrast. clean, full scanned version of both species side-by-side in their final watercolor rendering.
December 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Rudolph’s magic nose isn’t fantasy! Reindeer warm icy air with labyrinth-like nasal passages, change eye colour in winter to see UV, use spreading toes like snowshoes, and even show female winter dominance. Sharing my reindeer watercolours 🦌❄️ #wildlifeart #scieart #Arctic
December 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Painting on a ship deck in Svalbard isn’t easy when the wind tries to steal your artwork 😅 Authentic, no-makeup field life: long days searching for polar bears and painting marine charts under the midnight sun. #wildlifeart #scieart #Arctic #Svalbard
The artist, wearing a beanie, stands on the outer deck of a ship off Svalbard. She holds a painted marine chart of Svalbard that lifts slightly in the wind. The sea and Arctic mountains are visible behind her. The artist poses next to the same marine chart, now attached to a flat surface. There is less wind. The Svalbard mountains are clearly visible in the background. Detailed view of the painted marine chart showing a polar bear, a Steller’s eider and a bearded seal rendered realistically on the Svalbard map.
December 8, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Blue-washed raven study ✨ A watercolor exploring the bird’s natural iridescence. From my Arctic bird sheet—where the Common Raven is a true northern icon. Available on my redbubble shop.
#wildlifeart #sciart #Arctic #raven #illustration
Work-in-progress watercolor of a Northern Raven in flight, with a blue underlayer, darker head, and open wings. Scientific, detailed rendering of iridescence. Aquarelle terminée d’un grand corbeau en vol, plumage entièrement détaillé, reflets bleutés réalistes et rendu scientifique des plumes déployées. Poster of Arctic passerine birds featuring a prominent Common Raven, illustrated in a naturalistic and scientific style.
December 6, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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New Svalbard reindeer studies added to my Arctic wildlife sheet! 🦌✨ Pencil sketches + watercolor details showing calves, winter coats, and hoof anatomy. scientific description & art is my favorite part of wildlife illustration.
#wildlifeart • #sciart • Arctic • nature drawing • field sketching
Pencil sketch of a newborn Svalbard reindeer calf standing close to its mother, showing a soft, wobbly posture typical of very young animals. Pencil sketch of two adult reindeer at the end of winter, side view. Their antlers are in early regrowth and appear broad and heavy. NB: You have to admit that a reindeer's bum looks strangely like a corgi's 🐶😄 Watercolor study of a reindeer hoof seen from below, with the two toes spread apart for grip on ice and weight distribution on snow.
December 4, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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This bearded seal has been painted only hours after watching him sleep on an ice floe in Svalbard. 🦭❄️
There’s something magical about creating wildlife art straight from fresh field observations.
(Wildlife art • sciart • polar species • expedition sketches)
#sciart #wildlifeart #fieldart #naturalist
Realistic watercolor of a bearded seal with an orange-tinted head, painted directly on a nautical chart of Svalbard. The seal is shown resting on ice with long curled whiskers. The piece blends detailed wildlife illustration with a geographic map background. Détail de la tête du phoque barbu peint à l'aquarelle sur une carte marine du Svalbard accompagné de l'une des photos de référence prise par l'artiste quelques temps plus tôt.
December 3, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Northern Wheatear — one of the Arctic’s tiny long-distance migrants, flying up to 15,000 km to Africa each year.
New watercolor for my Arctic Animals poster series.
Print available in my shop (link in bio).

#arctic #birdart #wildlifeart #illustration #migration #sciart
Scientific watercolor illustration of a male and female Northern Wheatear. The birds are shown perched and in flight, with realistic plumage details. Artwork created for an Arctic animals poster. Watercolor painting of a bird in progress. The sketching phase of the rock pipit. Poster of Arctic birds completed, showing realistic and scientific watercolors of the main land birds of the far north.
December 2, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Watercolor illustration of the Svalbard reindeer 🦌❄️— part of my Arctic mammals series.
I tried adding explanatory text — On my Redbubble shop, I proposed a more polished version ✨

#Arctic #wildlife #wildlifeart #naturalhistoryart #sciart #traditional #watercolor
Naturalistic watercolor illustration of the Svalbard reindeer. It shows a detailed scientific plate presenting the animal in side view, head studies, coat colors, and some explanatory annotations. Realistic style, on a light background, taken from my collection of Arctic animals. Close-up of the original poster. Here we see reindeer digging through the snow in winter to access the tundra for food. Also shown is the main watercolor. A male reindeer with antlers in the process of growing. Watercolor portrait of a Svalbard reindeer with its cute little round face. We also see a detail from a painting showing a polar bear chasing a reindeer. This is something that can happen, but it's not that common. The main cause of reindeer mortality is lack of food due to the harsh climate. The final version of the poster is available online in my Redbubble store along with the rest of the Arctic animals collection. These animals are painted with great attention to detail in watercolor to create posters that are both artistic and scientific!
December 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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This is a male King Eider! 🦆❄️
A stunning Arctic duck that you can sometimes spot in Svalbard during summer.

The big orange knob on its bill is actually made of feathers! The skull is completely normal.

I painted this species on a nautical chart during an expedition to Svalbard last summer.
Realistic watercolor of a male King Eider painted on a nautical chart of Svalbard. The bird shows the characteristic large orange bill knob. Detailed illustration of an Arctic sea duck.
November 30, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Have you seen this poster yet?
It’s the one featuring the land birds of the Arctic 🐦❄️

The hardest species to paint is definitely the rock ptarmigan… its cryptic plumage is a real challenge 😅

Following for Arctic art, wildlife illustration, and natural history projects.
Realistic watercolors of rock ptarmigans: an adult in white winter plumage, an adult in brown summer plumage, and a speckled chicks. Some close up showing the details of the painting featuring rock ptarmigan with watercolor. Details of the cryptic plumage, the feet covered by feather and one of the cute chick. This rock ptarmigan painting are part of a larger poster showing the land bird species of the arctic. It include the passerines.
November 29, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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I’m not sure whether I’m the only one who finds my mug funny.
Tell me — did you get the 2 meanings of the sentence?

If you want this mug in time for the holidays, it’s available in my Redbubble shop (link in bio).
Perfect for anyone who’s absolutely not a morning person ☕🐻
Realistic watercolor of a yawning polar bear with a grumpy expression, shown alongside a mug featuring the same illustration and the phrase “Coffee first, humans later.” The carousel presents both the artwork and the mug design in a clean, cozy layout, meant for fans of wildlife art, arctic or polar region and morning coffee humor. Some images of the process of the realistic watercolor of a yawning polar bear with a grumpy expression. First, the sketch and then the color... The black line will come at the end of the creation.
November 28, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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A gloriously chubby polar bear, just the way I love them! 🐻‍❄️💙
This summer, I saw several bears like this: round, powerful, healthy. Nothing like the skeletal images that go viral online…

#PolarBear #WildlifeArt #Arctic #NatureIllustration #MarineChartArt #ArtCommission 🐡
Yes, climate change is making their lives harder. But not all adults are starving — some thrive, others struggle, and youngs are the ones who pay the highest price. They is also less birth... Realistic painting of a large, well-fed polar bear walking on a nautical chart. Detailed wildlife illustration over marine navigation lines. And me? I’m abit obsessed with these big Arctic fluff-tanks. Observing them, painting them… pure joy 😁✨ If you’d like a little piece of your favorite wild territory at home ➡️ I create painted marine-chart, the perfect keepsake from your adventures in nature🌊❄️ If you’d like a little piece of your favorite wild territory at home ➡️ I create painted marine-chart, the perfect keepsake from your adventures in nature🌊❄️
November 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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It's a #razorbill (and not a penguin 😉). He can flies ✈️ and raises a rather unusual chick!

#sciart #bird #AlcaTorda #ArcticSeabirds #WildlifeArt #ScientificIllustration #SeabirdArt
Watercolor of the Razorbill, painted in a scientific way. Did you see the uggly chick ? If you look closely 👀, you’ll see a little white bump ⚪ at the tip of the chick’s beak — called the egg tooth 💎. It helped the chick break out of its shell during hatching 🥚✨. These watercolor illustrations 🎨 are taken from a poster of Arctic alcids ❄️. Available to order in my Redbubble shop (link in bio) 🔗🛒.
November 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Final version of the Alaska map 🗺️ with 2 iconic Arctic animals ❄️ I hope to see one day. And you — which Arctic animal fascinates you the most 🤔?

This map is a custom commission 🎨. Do you also want to celebrate your favorite journey 🌍✈️? Get in touch 😊!

🐡 #bird #Wolf #Owl #WildlifeArt #MapArt
Over view of the map painting. On the bering strait chart, I did paint with watercolor a snowy owl and a wolf.
November 22, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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I love painting jaeger chicks.
Reason 1: they’re ridiculously cute!
2: Skuas often get a bad reputation because they steal food from other seabirds or sometimes prey on their 🐥. But… they do it to feed their own adorable baby 💛!
#sciart #birdart #watercolor #seabirds #natureillustration #wildlifeart
Jaeger (or Skua) painted with watercolor. They’re seabirds that rely on animal protein: just like murres catch fish, skuas also hunt other birds. It’s natural—and it has been this way forever. No need to pity a bird preyed upon more than a fish preyed upon… that’s how nature works !🌿🌀 ✨ This illustration is part of my Arctic seabird posters, available on my Redbubble store (link in bio).
November 17, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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It's a black Arctic wolf 🐺❄️ Arctic wolves are a subspecies of the gray wolf who can be gray, brown, white or black 🐺🌍.
If want a unique memento of your favorite journey painted on a chart, feel free to reach out 😊.
🐡 #ArcticWolf #WildlifeArt #WolfArt #ScientificIllustration #ArcticWildlife #MapArt
This particular Arctic wolf has been named Drakkar 🚢 by scientists studying him in Alaska 🏔️🇺🇸. Close up on the head of arctic wolf painting. And those deep yellow eyes ✨👀… aren’t they mesmerizing?
November 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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It was pure joy to play with the rich, complex hues of this Varied Bunting 😍
My secret? ✨ Letting the colors meet on the paper while they’re still wet… that’s where the magic happens 💧🖌️
🐡 #BirdArt #WildlifeArt #Watercolor #ScientificIllustration #BirdIllustration #Inktober
#Birdtober day 29, varied bunting, yes I m very in late to share my work xD It was ready (almost) in time but I did not take the time to prepare a post Close up on the colorfull plumage of my bird !
November 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Do you know this bird? 🧐
It’s an iconic species of the South American rainforests 🌿🇵🇪
What would you have picked for Artist’s Choice Day? 🎨
#birdtober #birdart #wildlifeartist #aquarelle #watercolor #birdillustration #natureillustration #ornithology #andeanbirds #artprocess #sciart
Andean cock-of-the-rock painted with water color. With its mesmerizing gaze and beak hidden beneath that huge forward crest, it’s truly unforgettable 😳🧡 Close up on the painting and picture of the sighting I got during my traval. I was lucky enough to see the Andean Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus) during my trip to Peru earlier this year — such a mythical sighting! ✨
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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🎉 Big news! 🎉
Starting at just €69😍
✨ my Etsy shop is finally back online! ✨
my original watercolors are available 🖼️🪶
take a peek & maybe fall in love with your favorite one😉
#Etsy #EtsyShop #Birdtober #BirdArt #SciArt #Watercolor #WildlifeArt #ScientificIllustration #NatureArt #ArtistLife
Portrait of me posing with some of my original watercolors of birds
November 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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The music I was listening to really carried me through the process…
Do you also feel inspired by music when you create? 🎧💭
It was "Ballerina" by Yehezkel Raz
#Birdtober #BirdArt #SciArt #WildlifeArt #Watercolor #ScientificIllustration #BirdIllustration #NatureArt #Inktober #ArtProcess #MusicAndArt
Fischer's Turaco painted with watercolor and black ink A few details of the process : the shinny plumage I did with special watercolors and the details of the eye made with black ink... Close up on the bird itself when the painting was finished
November 2, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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A tiny ball of feathers and nerves 😆!
The Wren is pure energy ⚡ — I did band a few, they never stop moving! Such a challenge to handle without them flying off 😅
Birdtober 26 : Pacific #Wren

🐡 #Birdtober #Birdtober2025 #BirdArt #Watercolor #ScientificIllustration #WildlifeArt
Pacific Wren Painted with watercolor. Zoom on the painting details... Do we speak about this cute bot ?
October 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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My latest watercolor sparkles ✨!
Perfect for the iridescent blue of this Acorn #Woodpecker .
This species breeds in cooperative groups with several males, females, and nest helpers 👀!
🐡 #Birdtober #Birdtober2025 #Inktober #BirdArt #Watercolor #ScientificIllustration #WildlifeArt
Acorn woodpecker painted with watercolor
October 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Trying to suggest the #bird ’s environment is always a challenge for me 🎨😅…
That’s why I painted the background first, then the bird 🐦💚
Do you also struggle to paint dense vegetation? 😆
#Birdtober 24: #OliveWarbler #SetophagaPinus 🌲
🐡 #Birdtober2025 #Inktober #WildlifeArt #ScientificIllustration
Olive warbler perched in pine trees, painted with watercolor.
October 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM