It's apparently Pollinator Week so here is a sparkly bicolored striped sweat bee doing good work These colorful bees live in communal dirt burrows in our small Chicago yard and make good use of the many native and non-native flowers growing around our neighborhood #BringBackThePollinators

Note: it’s only glossy because it’s been waxed! Commission work 🥰

National bird no.7, although the Emu is not an official national bird of Australia it’s on their coat of arms, so it should be😉 #bird #birds #birdart #drawing #art #nature #wildlife

Hummingbirds! Check out the @chirpup.org bsky page! They're getting ready to release a card deck featuring an amazing collection of avian artists and birds. I contributed a few cards as well. #BirdArt #AvianArt #CardArt #CCG #TCG #NatureArt #ornithology #WildlifeArt #Ornithology #ArtistOnBluesky

Buffy Helmetcrest hummingbird! Was watching one of @coreyartusimagery.com streams, and got to looking up hummingbirds. This one stood out with its short bill, v-neck green and blue/purple beard, black and buff head, and fluffy crest. #BirdArt #ornithology #SciArt #NatureArt #WildlifeArt

Steller's sea-eagle sketch, in ballpoint -3455 🎨🐡🪶 #art #birdArt

God, I hope the bird fandom finds this??? #birds #birdart

thankful for plovers and the folks i see in chicago keeping them safe! 🪶 🐡

National bird No.6 , Brown-throated Parakeet, Aruba #birds #bird #birdart #art #drawing #wildlife #nature

#birdoftheday #raptors One of my favorite birds and animals in general. Endlessly grateful to you, turkey vulture. #birdart #digitalart #birds

Happy Solstice! In my exhibit Seasons on the Wing, Black Tern and Song Sparrow represent summer. Both are available as prints on my webstore annieshaoart.myshopify.com #BirdArt #SciArt #BSNM #Watercolor #FineArt 1/2

Crested Caracara sketch, in ballpoint and brush pen -3454 🎨🐡🪶 #art #birdArt

Got another bird done today! This time it’s Lincoln’s Sparrow! #digitalart #animalart #birdart

Lifer! Chased these guys around Biggest Week to no avail, but got em this week while visiting my sister on the west coast ♥️ Took a nap after my red-eye flight home and promptly got to felting. #wip #needlefelt #birdart

Pelican Ink & watercolor on paper #art #inkart #watercolorart #animalart #traditionalart

And today, we are celebrating giraffes... Maybe one day I will attempt to draw the entire, very tall animal but today is not that day! What wonderful creatures though. Nature is a marvel🦒 Happy World Giraffe Day! #WorldGiraffeDay

🐍 Corn snakes

June 21st is #WorldGiraffeDay 🦒🎉 Nubian Giraffe, aka Baringo, Ugandan, and Rothschild’s Giraffe subspecies, is currently listed as Critically Endangered. Threatened by habitat loss from agricultural expansion, illegal hunting & civil unrest. #Giraffe #NatureArt #WildlifeArt #AnimalArt #SciArt

white breasted waterhen #birds

I'm hopefully crawling out of the drawing rut that affected me these past weeks. Spent the long weekend in the Alps for a watercolor workshop. Plein air and landscapes are both very out of my comfort zone... it's been interesting and fun!

Iguana sketch, in orange pencil and green ballpoint pen The head was hard at this angle, but overall I like it! The toes feel like you can just scribble any sort of thing and throw a claw on the end and you'll be correct -3452 🎨🐡🦎 #art

Oh, my! Sketching Komodo Dragons isn’t for the faint of heart! 😯 Thank goodness for erasers. Messy beginnings can lead to finished pieces if we don’t give up. At least that’s what I keep telling myself. Taking a little break and then getting back to it. ✍🏻 #SciArt #sketchbook #illustrating #artist

With this current heatwave I wish I was back at sea the in the Azores 🌊 I painted this scene after my vacation a couple of years ago.

Really pleased with the "Nature in your neighbourhood" leaflets that @staffswildlife.bsky.social have produced, featuring my #naturalhistoryillustrations and #botanicalillustrations. Projects like this make me really happy, and show my #sciart work in the context it was intended and created for.

National bird number 5 , the Rufous Hornero, Argentina #bird #birds #birdart #art #drawing #wildlife #nature

Happy Flyday! Though they're common, it's fun to watch barn swallows swoop effortlessly around. #BirdArt #SciArt #Watercolor #FineArt #AnimalArt

Common Grackle (Commission) 💜🌱🌤️ Gouache and Ballpoint Pen on 8 inch Wood Panel #grackle #birding #birdart #artcommission #commissionsopen

Great grey heron sketch, in ballpoint -3451 🎨🐡🪶 #art #birdArt

Rownd. Taking a wee break from ceratopsians with a little extant antipodean theropod.

Happy Pride!! 🏳️‍🌈 This month's bird is the Little Egret! 🤍 Draw! Paint! Sculpt! We hope you'll join us. Posting day is June 24th. Rules and Full Size Ref. Photo here: birdwhispererproject.com/participate/ Photo by @kritzelich.bsky.social #birds #BirdWhisperer #art

Everybody have a wonderful World Crocodile Day!! 🤘💚🐊 #Crocodile #WorldCrocodileDay #Croc #reptile #animal #animalart #wildlife #nature #conservation #ArtYear #bskyart #illustration #drawing #art

Croc studies! Happy Croc Day! Here we have a croc skeleton, plus a Slender-snouted Crocodile and a Dwarf Crocodile!

The giant CROCODYLOMORH EMPIRE poster - >>currently only available if you can pick it up at #DinoConUK<< - is on sale for another two weeks or so, get it here... tetzoo-store.sumupstore.com/product/croc... #reptiles #herpetology

🐦‍⬛ Common Loon mail! 💌

June 17th is #WorldCrocodileDay 🐊💚 We tend to think of Africa or Australia when it comes to Crocs, but the America's have one too. South Florida in the Everglades is the only place on Earth where alligators and crocodiles coexist. #Crocodile #Reptile #NatureArt #WildlifeArt #AnimalArt #SciArt

No. 4 in my quest to draw every National bird, Magnificent Frigate bird resting in mangroves, Antigua and Barbuda, Kiribati, Nauru, Solomon I. #bird #birds #birdart #art #drawing #nature #wildlife

It's World Sea Turtle Day. Here's one of my pastel artworks depicting these amazing creatures! 12" x 16". Soft pastels on sanded paper. Prints available richardmacweeart.etsy.com/listing/1892... #seaturtle #ocean #sea #turtle #softpastel

It’s World Sea Turtle Day! Here is another watercolor painting of a Hawksbill Sea Turtle. This one was much harder to paint. #sciart #marinelife #coralreefs #seaturtleweek

Was throwin hands during the Art Gym today. Man no matter how much practice I get, the hands always fight back 😆

Dear lord, nothing makes my blood boil more than irresponsible anglers "in the name of conservation" doing this dumb stuff like this. David does a great breakdown. Read it None of this is how you catch and tag great whites, if you know. DO NOT MAKE CONTENT LIKE THIS FOR SOCIAL MEDIA LIKES

I believe we spotted a Broad winged hawk juvenile over the weekend. ( I'll toss it out to the bigger bird nerds to say otherwise. 😅) A group of mockingbirds was chasing it, which is how we were alerted and saw it up in our tree. Stayed long enough for me to try and snap its photograph.

Long tailed tits are the most adorable birds in the U.K, tiny birds with large black eyes, short beak and long tail. They move in little flocks and if you are lucky enough to see them in your garden,its such a treat. earthandsandbyanna.etsy.com/listing/4379... #birds #sciart #art #painting #MHHSBD

European Pine Marten #sciart #art #animal

Say hello to my lil friend… was at Eden Dock again today, and you know that wee Pied Wagtail I mentioned back in the day? Well. He was here again… so, as I couldn’t decide what to draw, I drew HIMB… Such a sweetheart. AND I USED MY NEW PAINT! #birdart #piedwagtail #bsnm #artist #birding

Thank you for all the likes and follows 🫶🏻 I really want to make this my job, so all of the support is so appreciated 💗 #birds #art #watercolour #birdart #birdillustration #watercolourart #naturalhistory #sciart

For some acrylic painting practice, I painted a Pyrrhuloxia to keep my Northern Cardinal company. #BirdArt #SciArt #FineArt #acrylic #AnimalArt

Two theropods #drawing #sketch #dinosaur #paleoart

Win/win/win: A great show in Philly, no more outdoor events until the fall, and plenty of #sciart left in the shop for all of you 😀 artologica.etsy.com

Something #sharp for today’s #blueskyartshow 🪶🌀 #art #drawing #sciart

“The Watchtower” Cardinal / Pussy Willow Watercolor / Gouache Fabriano HP #sciart #birdart #traditionalart 🐡🦉🪶🎨