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I love your art so much!!

Ahhh thank you!! 💜

I'll hopefully be posting more once this semester ends!

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Black-capped Chickadee sketches

#art #animals #artists on tumblr #my art #nature #wildlife #wildlife art #animal art #digital art #chickadee #birds #bird art #sketch #sketches #drawing #clip studio paint

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New year, new art

#art #illustration #my art #artists on tumblr #digital art #digital painting #clip studio paint #wildlife art #wildlife #nature #deer #white-tailed deer #animals #animal art

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Sketchbook ink doodles 🌿🌲

#art #my art #illustration #sketchbook #ink #ink drawing #micron #micron pen #botanical illustration #artists on tumblr #wisconsin artist #nature #nature art #scientific illustration #plants #flowers #trees #pine tree #spruce tree #trillium #jack in the pulpit #spring

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Decided to celebrate the spring migration by drawing my favorite warbler, the Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca) 🧡

"I have seen many birds of beauty, but not one of such dazzling plumage and bearing as the Blackburnian. The upper parts and wings are jet black, with various white markings, especially in the wings and tail, the underparts pure white, heavily streaked with black, and the throat, sides of neck, and head, and middle of the black crown, of deep, rich, fiery orange. I have never seen such a color, soft and beautifully offset by the black, yet apparently about to burst into flame, like a red hot coal. The Blackburnian is a prize for rarity alone, but doubly one for his gorgeous plumage." --Aldo Leopold

#art #my art #illustration #scientific illustration #birds #bird art #artists on tumblr #digital art #clip studio paint #wildlife art #animal art #animals #nature #wildlife #birding #blackburnian warbler #warbler

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Happy Winter Solstice! ❄️ Tonight is the longest night of the year, but from now on there are brighter days ahead. ☀️

I've featured one of my favorite animals in this piece, the caribou (or reindeer). Well-adapted to life in the arctic in both North America and Eurasia (there are several subspecies), I find that the caribou is a perfect example of perseverance, adaptation, and endurance. It is also the only species of deer in which both males and females grow antlers. Generally, males lose their antlers in the late fall, and females retain their antlers until the following spring.

I've also given a nod to tonight's conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn in this piece.

#digital art #wildlife art #illustration #art #animals #animal art #wildlife #winter #winter solstice #deer #my art #artists on tumblr #wisconsin artist #clip studio paint #wacom #digital painting

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Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) in Eclipse Plumage

I’ve always felt like the eclipse plumage of waterfowl is underrated. They’re much more subtle of course, but still pretty in their own way.

#wood duck #duck #art #my art #artists on tumblr #illustration #digital art #digital illustration #digital painting #photoshop #wacom #digital #eclipse plumage #birding #nature #wildlife #wildlife art #scientific illustration #bird art #animals #animal art

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Happy fall! 🍂

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#red fox #fox #autumn #fall #pumpkin spice #my art #art #illustration #digital art #clip studio paint #wacom #animals #wildlife #wildlife art #nature #artists on tumblr #pumpkin #cozy

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Going to try to post some things for Sketchtember this month! This is a sketch for a personal icon I’ve had in my head for a while.

I won’t be able to post every day, because I don’t want too much extra stress on top of going back to school right now (currently doing online classes only). In general, I thought I would be way more productive with art over this summer... but I’ve just become really exhausted with the state of the world right now, and I got pretty burned out from everything going on. Some sketching might be good to get my creativity going again.

#sketchtember #magpie #sketch #sketches #digital art #digital sketch #luna moth #black-billed magpie #birds #bird art #wildlife art #animals #animal art #nature #nature art #moth #sketchtember 2020 #art #my art #artists on tumblr

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Hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules) for Noelle

Polychromos colored pencil. A personalized birthday present for my sister Noelle who loves bugs, Spain, and everything flamenco. I chose the Hercules beetle to draw at random, and the thought to add the Spain/flamenco elements came while I was working on the beetle, because I knew she would love the combination. It ended up coming together very well and I’m happy with it!

#hercules beetle #insects #bugs #beetle #art #illustration #scientific illustration #my art #colored pencil #polychromos #spain #flamenco #polka dots #spanish tile #nature #animals #wildlife #wildlife art #artists on tumblr #entomology #insect art

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Orchid Mantis (Hymenopus coronatus)

Polychromos colored pencil. Birthday present for my sister Danielle.

#art #illustration #colored pencil #scientific illustration #mantis #mantid #orchid mantis #pink #my art #artists on tumblr #insects #insect art #entomology #nature #animals #wildlife #wildlife art #polychromos

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Quick morning sketch that I think I'll do more with soon!

#jackalope #jackrabbit #rabbit #bunny #my art #digital art #art #sketch #artists on tumblr #animal art #animals #wildlife art

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Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)

Polychromos colored pencil on toned paper.

#art #birds #illustration #animals #scientific illustration #artists on tumblr #my art #nature #wildlife #common yellowthroat #warbler #colored pencil #polychromos

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Fishy doodles

#my art #art #illustration #scientific illustration #artists on tumblr #fish #fish art #bluegill #longnose gar #mottled sculpin #wildlife #wildlife art #nature #nature art #animals #animal art #digital art #photoshop #wacom #sketches

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Inspired by a sweet scene I was able to see on a recent hike. A pair of White-breasted Nuthatches (Sitta carolinesis) courtship feeding. The male brings pieces of food to the female and places it in her bill. The male continues to bring food to the female while she's on the nest, though both parents partake in feeding the young, especially as they grow older.

Watercolor and graphite.

#art #illustration #my art #scientific illustration #birds #bird art #birding #nature journal #watercolor #pencil #sketch #phenology #wildlife #wildlife art #animals #animal art #artists on tumblr #wisconsin artist #nature #nature art #nuthatch #white-breasted nuthatch

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Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)

Watercolor & graphite

#great blue heron #heron #birds #bird art #scientific illustration #watercolor #graphite #pencil #artists on tumblr #wisconsin artist #my art #art #illustration #wildlife art #wildlife #animals #animal art #nature #nature art

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Red-winged Blackbird with Wetland Flowers - Watercolor & ink on 7x10" watercolor paper.

Singing Red-winged blackbirds are one of my favorite signs of spring. I've surrounded this one with some flowers that are commonly found in this bird's wetland habitat: Blue vervain (Verbena hastata), Northern blue flag iris (Iris versicolor), Marsh marigold (Caltha palustris), and American white water-lily (Nymphaea odorata). I wanted to highlight some of the beauty of our wetlands, which are a vital part of the ecosystem. The many benefits of wetlands include floodwater retention, nutrient cycling and trapping, groundwater recharge, water purification, and wildlife habitat which increases biodiversity. The loss of wetlands is a dangerous recipe for increased flooding and water pollution.

This design is also on my Redbubble shop.

#art #my art #wisconsin artist #birds #bird art #red-winged blackbird #scientific illustration #illustration #watercolor #artists on tumblr #wildlife #wildlife art #nature #nature art #animals #animal art #flowers #wetlands #painting #redbubble