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Potter Wasp Nest
4 September 2025

#PenAndInk #NaturalHistoryArt #Art #PotterWasp #MasonWasp #Eumeninae #Vespid
December 30, 2025 at 11:15 PM
cfollicularis.bsky.social
Potter Wasp Nest
4 September 2025

#InkDrawing #PenAndInk #NaturalHistoryArt
Ink drawing of three mason wasp pots adhered to a stick. The three drawing implements used lay on top of the paper in the bottom left corner: 3H pencil (for the initial sketch), fine tip pen, extra fine tip pen. The stick with the wasp pots—the subject of the drawing—rests on the upper right corner of the paper. Black and white ink drawing of three potter wasp pots adhered to a stick. A variety of textures were created with different pen strokes: stippling, line, hatching.
December 3, 2025 at 5:58 PM
maudeuxcreations.bsky.social
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
esthervanhulsen.bsky.social
Sold!
Waxwing Portrait
Acrylics on matte board
5.1″ x 5.1″ (13 x 13 cm)
More available bird art at www.esthervanhulsen.com

#wildlifeart #animalart #wildlifepainting #animalpainting #realisticart #animalillustration #traditionalanimalart #naturalhistoryart #birdart #birdpainting
November 24, 2025 at 3:54 PM
brushwhisperer.bsky.social
Are you feeling down? Look outside and listen to a little sparrow singing. . Sometimes the wind is too strong, but it keeps living its life . . . doing what it’s supposed to do . . .
Blessings to you all . . .

#botanicalart #birdsinart #naturalhistoryart #SciArt
A field sparrow painted in watercolor. It sits on a beach of a wild rose with bunch of red rose hips. I added Indian Grass as its color goes well with the sparrow while providing nest materials and food sources. I hope you enjoy it.
November 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM
esthervanhulsen.bsky.social
SOLD 🙂
Young Mountain Hare
Acrylics on board
9.8″ x 9.8″ (25 x 25 cm)
More available work at www.esthervanhulsen.com

#wildlifeart #mountainhare #animalart #wildlifepainting #animalpainting #SciArt #traditionalart #traditionalpainting #naturalhistoryart
November 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
brushwhisperer.bsky.social
Peace to you all 🙏🏼.
A Ruby-throated Hummingbird feeding on a Cardinal Flower.
Watercolor in progress.
©️Heeyoung Kim 2025.

#botanicalart #SciArt #naturalhistoryart
October 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
esthervanhulsen.bsky.social
Caudipteryx mama feedeing her young. I had so much fun drawing the little chicks. Some bird spezies have adorably ugly looking babies, and I imagine it was the same for dinosaurs

Copic Marker and colored pencil on Fabriano paper
11.8″ x 8.3″ (30 x 21 cm)

#paleoart #naturalhistoryart #animalart
September 23, 2025 at 8:46 AM
esthervanhulsen.bsky.social
Me with authors Torstein Helleve and Prof. in paleontology Jørn hurum.
Together we created close to 30 books about all sorts of extinct wildlife and creatures, over the past decade. And more is certainly to come! 🦕

#paleoart #paleoillustration #dinosaurart #naturalhistoryart #dinosaurbooks
September 17, 2025 at 8:33 AM
esthervanhulsen.bsky.social
Working on with mammoth sketches and composition and color studies. These are all in graphite pencil, colored pencil and some white jelly pen here and there

#mammothart #mammothdrawing #woollymammoth #animalart #wildlifeart #naturalhistoryart #animalart #animaldrawing
September 15, 2025 at 9:09 AM
smartalyk.bsky.social
DAY 102
SPECIES 102 - Eleftheria terrae
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Chromatek Paper, Chromatek, HWC and QoR watercolor.

NOTES: Is it a bacteria or a pickle? 😄

#scientificillustration #naturalhistoryart #taxonomyart #microbiologyart #sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art
September 15, 2025 at 7:18 AM
romanceofbooks.bsky.social
Amphibians and reptiles from ‘Abbildungen Zu Oken’s Allgemeiner Naturgeschichte Für Alle Stände’ by Lorenz Oken. Stuttgart: Hoffmann, 1843.

I saw this when I visited University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Special Collections library @uwmadspec!

#sciart #frogs #naturalhistoryart
September 15, 2025 at 1:45 AM
smartalyk.bsky.social
DAY 99
SPECIES 99 - Micrococcus luteus
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Chromatek paper, Chromatek and QoR watercolor. Writech and Kingart Pen.

#scientificillustration #naturalhistoryart #taxonomyart #evolutionart #microbiologyart #sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art
September 12, 2025 at 7:08 AM
esthervanhulsen.bsky.social
A family of extinct camels (Camelops hesternus) is relaxing in the tree lines of Pleistocene North America.
Made for the Ice Age Fossil State Park, Nevada, Las Vegas
Copic Marker and colored pencil on Fabriano paper

#paleoart #paleoillustration #camelillustration #naturalhistoryart #animaldrawing
September 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
smartalyk.bsky.social
DAY 96
SPECIES 96 - Flaviflexus ciconiae
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Chromatek watercolor and paper. QoR Watercolor, Writech pen.

#painting #art #scientificillustration #naturalhistoryart #taxonomyart #evolutionart #microbiologyart #sciart #watercolor #bacteria #korea #stork #scienceart
September 9, 2025 at 7:41 AM
smartalyk.bsky.social
DAY 94
SPECIES 94 - Ktedonobacter racemifer
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Chromatek Paper, Chromatek, HWC and QoR Watercolor, Writech pen, Tombow pencil.

NOTES: Extremely challenging 😅

#scientificillustration #naturalhistoryart #taxonomyart #evolutionart #sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art
September 7, 2025 at 7:26 AM
cfollicularis.bsky.social
Potter Wasp Nest
4 September 2025

Potter Wasp Nest (study in graphite)
3 September 2025

Yesterday was the first time I’ve seen potter wasp nests in my garden.

#InkDrawing #PenAndInk #NaturalHistoryArt #PotterWasp #MasonWasp #Eumeninae #Vespid #Art
Pen and ink drawing of three potter wasp nests clustered on a thin twig. Each nest has a flared neck (like a vase) which has been sealed by the parent wasp, as well as a second hole in the side through which its young adult offspring emerged. Graphite study of three potter wasp nests clustered on a thin twig. The textures of the nest and the twig are conveyed with a variety of different stroke types and patterns to test their effectiveness in preparation for the final work in ink.
September 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social
#FishFriday 🐡:
www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28346505
“Der Jgelfisch”
Gemeinnüzzige Naturgeschichte des Thierreichs bd.4 (Berlin, 1783), p.175 / Pl.XX (plates by D.F. Sotzmann)
🆔 Spot-Fin Porcupinefish (Diodon hystrix)
Via BHL: www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28346505
#NaturalHistoryArt #SciArt
hand-colored book plate, illustration of a single specimen of blue-grey spot-fin porcupine fish, top down view, empty background, with caption below Diodon Hyltrix, Linn. Der Igelfisch.
August 16, 2025 at 2:21 AM
arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social
For #InternationalArmadilloDay :
John James Audubon (1785–1851)
Nine-Banded #Armadillo (here Dasypus peba, now Dasypus novemcinctus), 1848
Plate CXLVI from the imperial folio edition of The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America (NY: 1845-8)
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#NaturalHistoryArt
color book plate in landscape orientation, portrait of a nine-banded armadillo in side profile in natural habitat
August 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
esthervanhulsen.bsky.social
Pliosaurus Funkei
Copic Markers and colored pencil on Fabriano paper
8.3″ x 11.8″ (21 x 30 cm)
www.esthervanhulsen.com

#paleoart #animalart
#paleoillustration #prehistoricanimals #prehistoricseas #wildlifeart #naturalhistoryart #naturalhistoryillustration #naturalhistoryart
A drawing of a pliosaur. The background is white. The pliosaur is swimming towards the viewer, with its mouth wide open, showing its many sharp teeth. The animal has a brown color and white belly, chin and underflippers.
July 28, 2025 at 9:44 AM
esthervanhulsen.bsky.social
Small drawing of a Rockhopper penguin for an upcoming soundbook.

Copic Marker and colored pencil on Fabriano paper
8.3" x 6.3" (21 x 16,5 cm)

#penguinart #penguindrawing #naturalhistoryillustration #scientificillustration #animalart #wildlifeart #naturalhistoryart #birdart #birddrawing
Drawing of a rockhopper penguin, its head and shoulders are portrayed. The background is white. The drawing is laying on a wooden surface, with markers and pencils surrounding it.
July 21, 2025 at 7:58 AM
danielcheshire.bsky.social
Painting a desert tortoise at work. 🐢 #tortoise #naturalhistoryart
July 15, 2025 at 12:10 AM
arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social
#CapybaraAppreciationDay :
Capybara recorded by Frei Cristovão de Lisboa in Historia dos animais d arvores do Maranhão, Brazil, 1620s (facsimile ed. Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino, Lisbon, 1967)
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#NaturalHistoryArt #ColonialArt
pencil drawing of a capybara standing in side profile, from a 1620s Brazilian colonial codex recording native flora and fauna
July 10, 2025 at 11:09 PM
brushwhisperer.bsky.social
A bald eagle I painted recently….
Watercolor
I wish you a meaningful day.

#naturalhistoryart #birdsinart #SciArt
July 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
brushwhisperer.bsky.social
Need to brighten up your day? A red Chocolate Cosmos I painted long ago. A plant native to Mexico that was “mistakenly” reported as being extinct, yet still hanging in sporting its glory. To me, it symbolizes resilience.

#botanicalart #SciArt #naturalhistoryart
A brightly red colored chocolate cosmos painted by myself. A fully open blossom is composed with buds, new sprouts and wilting flowers to show the life cycle. Watercolor.
July 3, 2025 at 8:53 PM